Monthly Archives: February 2014

Recital: A J. S. Baccalaureate, 2 March 2014


A J. S. Baccalaureate
Sunday, 2 March 2014
4:00 p.m.
Mark Rike, Violin
Terrence B. Fay, Tenor
Alexis Zingale, Piano

Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1014
Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016
Geduld, Geduld from St. Matthew Passion BWV 244
Benedictus from Mass in B Minor BWV 232
Ach, mein Sinn from St. John Passion BWV 245
Ach, ziehe die Seele from Cantata BWV 96
Die Liebe zieht mit sanften Schritten from Cantata BWV 36
Drum ich mich ihm ergebe from Cantata BWV 107

General admission $15 | Students $10
For further information, please e-mail music@stmarynorwalk.net.
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THE ARTISTS

Violinist Mark Rike is on the faculty of Choate-Rosemary Hall and the Neighborhood Music School in New Haven, CT. He is a former member of the Cincinnati, New Haven, and Hartford Symphony Orchestras. As a Moy fellow of the American Austrian Foundation, he worked four summers in Austria with Prof. Alfred Staar of the Vienna Philharmonic where he played as soloist and concertmaster with conductors Giuseppe Sinopoli, Fabio Luisi, Yehudi Menuhin, Sandor Vegh, Leopold Hager and others. He has been a violin student of Syoko Aki Erle, Dorothy Delay, Henry Meyer, Kurt Sassmanshaus and Almita Vamos. He studied chamber music with Josef Gingold and with members of the La Salle, Tokyo and Cleveland string quartets. He began his baroque training as a harpsichord student of Eiji Hashimoto in Cincinnati and continued with Jaap Schroder on violin at the Yale School of Music from which he holds the Master of Music and Artist Diploma degrees. He is a member of the Genzinger String Quartet, a period instrument ensemble. He has also performed with the Arcadia Players, American Classical Orchestra, Rebel Baroque Orchestra and many others.

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Terrence B. Fay began studying trombone at the age of ten. He is an active soloist, performing as a soloist with the Wallingford Symphony, as well as in numerous recitals throughout the area. He is an active orchestral musician as a member of the New Haven Symphony and principal trombonist of the Eastern Connecticut and New Britain Symphony Orchestras, while also performing with such groups as the Rhode Island Philharmonic, Orchestra New England, Moscow State and Wisconsin Chamber Orchestras, and the Waterbury and New Britain Symphonies, among others.
A native of Long Island, NY, Mr. Fay received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Juilliard School, spending one of his undergraduate years at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he received Commendation in the Drummond Sharpe Prize from Philip Jones CBE. He received his Master of Music degree with honors and Artist Diploma from the Yale School of Music, where he was the inaugural recipient of the John Swallow Prize.  Mr. Fay is also an accomplished vocalist, having sung professionally for well over a decade. He has been a soloist most recently with the choirs of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Stamford, Trinity Episcopal Church, Torrington, and the Marquand Chapel Choir at the Yale Divinity School. He has been a member of the choir of Christ Church, New Haven, Trinity Episcopal Church, Torrington, and of the Grammy-award winning choir, Gaudeamus, while also performing frequently with MidAmerica Productions in New York City under the direction of John Rutter, among others. In 2011, he performed as a member of the Collegiate Chorale at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland in performances with Bryn Terfel and Barbara Frittoli, and the Bard Festival with the American Symphony Orchestra. He is currently a member of the Schola Cantorum of St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk.  Mr. Fay is currently on the faculty of the Educational Center for the Arts, the Neighborhood Music School, Choate Rosemary Hall, and the Universities of Bridgeport and New Haven.

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Alexis Zingale began her piano studies at the age of four and presented her first solo recital program at age nine. Ms. Zingale has performed throughout the U.S. and Canada as soloist and collaborator, and is now one of the most actively sought-after collaborators in New England. Her collaborative repertoire includes over 300 sonatas, concert pieces, art songs, arias and orchestral transcriptions. Ms. Zingale studied with Edward Auer, Russell Hirshfield and Patricia Lutnes, and she has had significant coaching with Vladimir Feltsman. Her collaborative studies have been with George Taylor, Wendy Sharp, Dan Stepner, Oleh Krysa, Jean Barr, and Jody Rowitsch. She has performed in masterclasses with such artists as Boris Berman, Peter Frankl, Claude Frank, Angela Cheng and John Perry, and in collaborative masterclasses with such artists as Graham Johnson, Melvin Chen, and the Lydian String Quartet.  Her recent performance experiences vary from finalist at the Hugo Kauder International Music Competition for Piano and the Sorel Medallion in Collaborative Piano, accompanying entrants to the Naumberg International and Young Concert Artists International competitions, to solo and collaborative performance on the University of Maryland New Music Maryland series, and numerous performances on Neighborhood Music Schools Bach’s Lunch and Faculty Fridays series. Notable venues for her performances include the Miller Theatre in New York City, Ed Landreth Hall at Texas Christian University, Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music, and Sprague Hall, Woolsey Hall and Battell Chapel in New Haven.  Ms. Zingale has performed as soloist and collaborator with the Wallingford Symphony Orchestra, the Hamden Symphony Orchestra, and the Brevard Music Center Festival Orchestra, and with the Brevard Music Center faculty chamber ensemble. Ms. Zingale has given international and local premieres of new works by young composers. She performed on harpsichord with acclaimed new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound, and reed organ with the New Haven Oratorio Choir. Ms. Zingale has recorded for Peer Music Classical and the Charles Ives Society, and her performances have been broadcast on Connecticut Public Radio.  She is currently a piano faculty member and staff accompanist at the Neighborhood Music School in New Haven, CT.

Music for Quinquagesima Sunday, 2 March 2014

Music for Quinquagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ (BWV 649) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Messa a 4 voci da Cappella (1650) (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Gregorian Mass of Quinquagesima: Esto mihi
Motet at the Offertory: In illo tempore, assumpsit Jesus (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Regina caelorum (Guerrero)
Postlude: Passacaglia in C minor (BWV 582/1) Bach)

Music for the Eighth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Our Help In Ages Past (St. Anne)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Domine Deus meus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine convertere (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Offertory: Sicut cervus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Communion: Primum quaerite (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Love bade me welcome (from Five Mystical Songs) (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Chant Workshop for Children, 1 March 2014

Chant workshop for kids!

Saturday, March 1st
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

David Hughes, instructor

St. Mary’s is pleased to offer this opportunity for students
with no prior experience in singing Gregorian chant.

Suggested ages: Grades 2 through 8.
Cost: Free!
Children should bring a bag lunch.

To register (by Friday, February 28th), please e-mail
music@stmarynorwalk.net
or call 203-866-5546 x115.

Music for None of Wednesday, 26 February 2014

Wednesday, 26 February 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)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)

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

Music for Sexagesima Sunday, 23 February 2014

Music for Sexagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Psalm-Prelude on Ps. 34:6 (Op. 32, No. 1) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Gregorian Mass of Sexagesima: Exsurge
Missa sine nomine à 6 (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Regina caelorum (Cipriano de Rore, c.1515-1565)
Motet at the Communion: Exsurge Domine (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Psalm-Prelude on Ps. 23:4 (Op. 32, No. 3) (Howells)

Music for the Seventh Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Praise to the Lord (Lobe den Herren)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Verba mea (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Intende voci (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Offertory: Let all mortal flesh keep silence (Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Communion: Narrabo (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: O for a closer walk with God (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, 22 February 2014

Saturday, 22 February 2014, 3:00 p.m.
St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield, Connecticut
Music for the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Gregorian Mass of the Chair of St. Peter: Statuit ei
Offertory: Tu es Petrus (plainsong, mode i, with verses)
Hymn at the Communion: Quodcumque in orbe (plainsong, mode iv)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)

This Mass is part of the retreat for students of the parish
who are to receive the sacrament of Confirmation later this year.

Music for Septuagesima Sunday, 16 February 2014

Music for Septuagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude (from Messe basse pour tous les temps) (Gaston Litaize, 1909-1991)
Missa super Mon coeur se recommande à vous (Johannes Eccard, 1553-1611)
Gregorian Mass of Septuagesima: Circumdederunt me
Motet at the Offertory: Circumdederunt me (Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, 1590-1664)
Motet at the Communion: Simile est regnum caelorum (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Postlude: Prière d’action de grâces (from Messe basse pour tous les temps) (Litaize)

Music for the Sixth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Crown Him With Many Crowns (Diademata)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Benedictus es Domine (plainsong, mode iii)
Motet at the Offertory: If ye love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Communion: Manducaverunt (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, 9 February 2014

Music for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Passacaglia in D minor (BuxWV 161) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Mass for Four Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday after the Epiphany: Adorate Deum
Motet at the Offertory: Dextera Domini (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Regina caelorum à 8 (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Postlude: Præludium in G minor (BuxWV 149) (Buxtehude)

Music for the Fifth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise (St. Denio)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Perfice gressus meos (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Communion: Introibo ad altare Dei (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of St. John of Matha, 8 February 2014

Saturday, 8 February 2014, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. John of Matha
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Rex Genitor (Kevin Allen, b.1964)
Gregorian Mass of a Confessor not a Bishop: Os justi
Improvisation at the Offertory
Hymn at the Communion: Iste Confessor (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation on Iste Confessor

The second Saturday of every month is a Missa cantata celebrated
for the intentions of the Gospel of Life Society at St. Mary’s.

Music for Candlemas, 2 February 2014

Music for the Feast of the Purification of Our Lady (Candlemas)
Blessing of Candles, Procession, & Mass
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude à l’Introït pour la Purification de la Vierge (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
At the blessing of candles: Lumen ad revelationem gentium (plainsong, mode viii) [Schola S. Gregorii] At the procession: Adorna thalamum (plainsong, mode vi), etc.
Missa de Beata Virgine à 4 (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553) [Schola S. Cæcilia] Gregorian Mass of Candlemas: Suscepimus, Deus
Alleluia: Senex puerum (plainsong, mode i) [Scholæ Ss. Cæciliæ & Gregorii] Motet at the Offertory: Videte miraculum (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Communion: Responsum (plainsong, mode viii) [Schola S. Gregorii] Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (Peter Philips, c.1560-1628)
Postlude: Les enfants de Dieu (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)

The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
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The St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Schola S. Caeciliae
Schola S. Gregorii
Schola S. Joannis Baptistae

Music for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (Westminster Abbey)
Introit: Suscepimus (plainsong, mode i)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Senex puerum (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Diffusa est gratia (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Blessed City, Heavenly Salem (Sarum plainsong, mode i)
Communion: Responsum (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Lumen ad revelationem / Nunc dimittis (Christopher Upton, b.1979)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Dieu parmi nous (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Messiaen)