Monthly Archives: August 2014

Music for the External Solemnity of St. Augustine, 31 August 2014

Music for the External Solemnity of St. Augustine,
patron of the Diocese of Bridgeport
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Introduction-Choral (from Suite Gothique) (Léon Boëllmann, 1862-1897)
Missa Papae Marcelli (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of a Doctor: In medio Ecclesiae
Motet at the Offertory: O Doctor optime (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Iste confessor Domini sacratus (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Hymn at the Procession of St. Augustine’s Relics: De profundis tenebrarum (Evangelists, after Bach)
Hymn at the Procession of St. Augustine’s Relics: Magne Pater Augustine (plainsong, mode v)
Antiphon at the Veneration of St. Augustine’s Relics: O Doctor optime (plainsong, mode ii)

Music for the Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Menuet Gothique (from Suite Gothique) (Boëllmann)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Beyond All Praising (Thaxted)
Introit: Miserere mihi Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine, in auxilium meum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Offertory: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Rockingham)
Communion: Qui vult venire (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Take Up Your Cross (O Jesu, mi dulcissime)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Toccata (from Suite Gothique) (Boëllmann)

Music for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, 24 August 2014

Music for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prelude “The New Commonwealth” (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Missa Carminum (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Gregorian Mass of the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost: Deus in loco sancto suo
Motet at the Offertory: Manus tuae fecerunt me (prima pars) (Robert White, 1538-1574)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Jacques Arcadelt, c.1505-1568)
Postlude: Imperial March (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)

Music for the Twenty-First Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (Coronation)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Offertory: Exspectans exspectavi (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: O Christ the Great Foundation (Aurelia)
Communion: De fructu operum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life (The Call, Vaughan Williams)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, 17 August 2014

Music for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Puisque j’ay perdu (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost: Dum clamarem ad Dominum
Motet at the Offertory: Pater peccavi (Duarte Lobo, c.1565-1646)
Motet at the Communion: Adjuva nos Deus (Ascanio Trombetti, 1544-1590)
Postlude: Versets on Jesu dulcis memoria (Flor Peeters, 1903-1986)

Music for the Twentieth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Come, Holy Ghost (Lambillotte)
Introit: Protector noster (plainsong, mode iv)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Venite, exsultemus Domino (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Lord of All Hopefulness (Slane)
Communion: Domus mea (plainsong, mode v)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of the Assumption, 15 August 2014

Music for the Assumption of Our Lady
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Ave Maria, Ave Maris Stella (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Hymn at the Procession: Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above (Salve Regina coelitum)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Assumpta est Maria (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: Sing We of the Blessed Mother (Omne die)
Communion: Beatam me dicent (plainsong, mode vi)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Improvisation on the Salve Regina

Music for the Assumption of Our Lady
and conclusion of the Forty Hours’ Devotion
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Ave Maria, Ave Maris Stella (Langlais)
Missa Assumpta est Maria (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Assumption: Signum magnum
Motet at the Offertory: Assumpta est Maria à 6 (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: Virgo prudentissma à 6 (prima pars) (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Litany of the Saints
Hymn at the Procession: Pange lingua, with versets from the Livre d’orgue de Montréal
Antiphon at Benediction: Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Hymne d’action de grâces “Te Deum” (Langlais)

Music for the Opening of the Forty Hours’ Devotion, 13 August 2014

Wednesday, 13 August 2014, 7:00 p.m.
Music for a Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament
and opening of the Forty Hours’ Devotion
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Lauda Sion (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Blessed Sacrament: Cibavit eos
Motet at the Offertory: O sacrum convivium (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Hymn at the Procession: Pange lingua, with versets of Jean Titelouze (c.1562-1633)
Litany of the Saints

Music for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, 10 August 2014

Music for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prelude in A minor (BWV 543/1) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Magnae Deus potentiae (Vatican Gradual, Mass V)
Gregorian Mass of the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost: Ecce Deus adjuvat me
Motet at the Offertory: Justitiae Domini (propter Dominica nona post Pentecosten) (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Eripe me (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Postlude: Fugue in A minor (BWV 543/2) (Bach)

Music for the Nineteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Faith of our Fathers (St. Catherine)
Introit: Respice Domine (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Domine, refugium factus es nobis (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: In te Domine speravi (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: The God of Abraham Praise (Leoni)
Communion: Panis quem ego dedero (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for a Saturday of Our Lady, 9 August 2014

Saturday, 9 August 2014, 9:00 a.m.
Music for a Saturday of Our Lady after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Saturdays of Our Lady after Pentecost: Salve sancta parens
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Rosa Mystica (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)

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 the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, 3 August 2014

Music for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude (pour le huitième dimanche après la Pentecôte) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1937)
Missa Dormendo un giorno (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost: Suscepimus Deus
Motet at the Offertory: Populum humilem (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Gustate et videte (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Postlude: Alleluia No. 5 (pour le huitième dimanche après la Pentecôte) (Tournemire)

Music for the Eighteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (Westminster Abbey)
Introit: Sitientes venite ad aquas (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Domine Deus salutis meae (plainsong, mode iii)
Offertory: Precatus est Moyses (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Word of God, Come Down On Earth (Liebster Jesu)
Communion: Panem de caelo (plainsong, mode v)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for a Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 1 August 2014

Friday, 1 August 2014, 12:10 p.m.
Music for a Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Introit: Cogitationes (plainsong, mode v)
Kyrie fons bonitatis (Vatican Gradual, Mass II)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Ramiro Real, b.1969)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa Jubilate Deo (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Unus militum (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesu dulcis memoria (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Rhapsody No. 3 in C-sharp minor (Op. 17, No. 3) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)

The choir for today’s Mass is comprised of the participants in St. Mary’s Chant Camp 2014.