Monthly Archives: January 2014

Music for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany, 26 January 2014

Music for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 (Gustav Mahler, 1860-1911)
Hymn at the Procession: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Blaenwern)
Missa In illo tempore (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday after the Epiphany: Adorate Deum
Motet at the Offertory: Confitebor tibi Domine (Monteverdi)
Motet at the Communion: Cantate Domino (Monteverdi)
Postlude: Pièce d’Orgue (Fantasy in G Major) (BWV 572) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

The music at today’s Mass is offered in thanksgiving for the
thirtieth anniversary of priestly ordination of
Fr. Richard G. Cipolla.
Ad multos annos!

Music for the Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above (Mit Freuden zart)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Dominus regnavit (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Dextera Domini (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Lead me, Lord (S.S. Wesley, 1810-1876)
Communion: Venite post me (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton) (C.H.H. Parry, 1848-1918)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany, 19 January 2014

Music for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Monodie (Jehan Alain, 1911-1940)
Missa Inclina cor meum (Philippe de Monte, 1521-1603)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after the Epiphany: Omnis terra
Motet at the Offertory: Tribus miraculis (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium à 6 (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Postlude: Litanies (Alain)

Music for the Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Christ the Great Foundation (Aurelia)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Laudate Deum (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Jubilate Deo (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Lead, Kindly Light (Alberta) (William Henry Harris, 1883-1973)
Communion: Laetabimur (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Litany to the Holy Spirit (Peter Hurford, b.1930)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for None of Wednesday, 15 January 2014

Wednesday, 15 January 2014, 2:30 p.m.
Music for None of Wednesday
Hymn: Rerum, Deux, tenax vigor (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon: Deus meus, misericordia tua praeveniet me, with Psalms 58 and 59 (plainsong, mode iii)
Commemoration of St. Paul the Hermit
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

The St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Scholæ Ss. Benedicti & Scholasticæ

Music for the Feast of the Holy Family, 12 January 2014

Music for the Feast of the Holy Family
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Von Himmel kam der Engel Schar (BWV 607) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Nasce la gioja mia (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Holy Family: Exsultet gaudio
Motet at the Offertory: Fili, quid fecisti (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Palestrina)
Postlude: Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' (BWV 662) (Bach)

Music for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (Salzburg)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Benedictus qui venit (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Benedictus qui venit (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Puer natus in Bethlehem (plainsong, mode i)
Communion: Omnes qui in Christo (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Joy to the World (Antioch)
Organ music as above

Music for Solemn Mass in the Presence of a Greater Prelate: The Feast of the Epiphany, 5 January 2014

Sunday, 5 January 2014, 9:30 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Epiphany
Solemn Mass in the Presence of a Greater Prelate
His Excellency Frank J. Caggiano
Bishop of Bridgeport
Prelude: Aequale No. 2 (Anton Bruckner, 1824-1896)
Motet at the procession: Ecce sacerdos magnus (Bruckner)
Prelude: Versets on A solis ortus cardine: En taille (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)
Cantus Missæ for double choir (Op. 109) (Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, 1839-1901)
Gregorian Mass of the Epiphany: Ecce advenit
Motet at the Offertory: Videntes stellam (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Magi veniunt (Jacobus Clemens non Papa, c.1510-1556)
Motet at the Communion: Surge, illuminare, Jerusalem (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Blessing of the Altarpiece: Cantemus Domino (Laudemus nunc Dominum, secunda pars) (Jacob Obrecht, c.1458-1505)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 1 (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir
The St. Mary’s Student Schola

Music for the Octave Day of Christmas, 1 January 2014

Music for the Feast of St. Mary, Mother of God
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Versets on Ave Maris Stella: En taille à 5 (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)
Hymn at the Procession: Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly (Pleading Savior)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Post partum (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky (Eisenach)
Postlude: Versets on Ave Maris Stella: Duo (Grigny)
Communion: Exsulta filia Sion (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Salve Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Versets on Ave Maris Stella: Fugue à 4, Dialogue sur les grands jeux (Grigny)

Music for the Feast of the Circumcision & Octave Day of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Prélude pour la Circoncision (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Missa Tecum principium (Robert Fayrfax, 1464-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Octave Day of Christmas: Puer natus est
Motet at the Offertory: Angelus ad pastores ait (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: O admirabile commercium (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Fantaisie et Choral pour la Circoncision (Tournemire)