Monthly Archives: May 2015

Music for Trinity Sunday, 31 May 2015

Music for Trinity Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott (BWV 680) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Saeculorum Amen (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of Trinity Sunday: Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas
Motet at the Offertory: Tres sunt (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Motet at the Communion: O lux beata Trinitas (Robert Fayrfax, 1464,1521)
Postlude: Fugue in E-flat Major (“St. Anne”) (BWV 552/2) (Bach)

Music for Trinity Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Processional Hymn: Holy, Holy, Holy (Nicaea)
Introit: Benedicta sit sancta Trinitas (plainsong, mode viii)
Alleluia: Benedictus es, Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Benedictus sit Deus (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: O God, Almighty Father (Gott Vater sei gepriesen)
Motet at the Offertory: If Ye Love Me (Tallis)
Communion: Data est mihi (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Quicunque vult (The Athanasian Creed) (Tonus peregrinus)
Marian Antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for a Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart, 29 May 2015

Friday, 29 May 2015, 8:00 a.m.
Music for a Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Introit: The thoughts of His heart (plainsong, mode v)
Kyrie: Missa Dominator Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass XV)
Hymn at the Offertory: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Sanctus: Missa Dominator Deus (Mass XV)
Agnus Dei: Mass XVIII
Communion: Unus militum (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Communion: Alle psallite cum luya (Montpellier Codex, XIII C.)

The Schola of Regina Pacis Academy

Music for Pentecost, 24 May 2015

Music for Pentecost (Whitsunday)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, heiliger Geist (BWV 667) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Missa Aeterna Christi munera (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Pentecost: Spiritus Domini
Motet at the Offertory: Loquebantur variis linguis (Peter Philips, c.1560-1628)
Motet at the Communion: Jam Christus astra ascenderat (Robert Parsons, c.1530-1572)
Postlude: Choral varié sur le thème du “Veni creator” (Op. 4) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)

Music for Pentecost (Whitsunday)
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest (Lambillotte)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Sequence: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode i)
Alleluia: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Confirma hoc Deus (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Communion: Factus est repente (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Communion: O Lord, Give Thy Holy Spirit (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)

Music for First Vespers of Pentecost, Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, 23 May 2015

Saturday, 23 May 2015, 4:00 p.m.
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia
First Vespers of Pentecost
(Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite)
Dum complerentur & Psalm 109 (mode iii)
Spiritus Domini & Psalm 110 (mode viii)
Repleti sunt omnes & Psalm 111 (mode viii)
Fontes et omnia & Psalm 112 (mode i)
Loquebantur & Psalm 116 (mode vii)
Hymn: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Magnificat antiphon: Non vos relinquam (mode i)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli, solemn tone (plainsong, mode vi)

The St. Cecilia Student Schola

Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady in Paschaltide, Carmelite Monastery, Philadelphia, 23 May 2015

Saturday, 23 May 2015, 12:00 noon
Carmelite Monastery, Philadelphia
Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady in Paschaltide
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Introit: Salve sancta Parens (plainsong, mode ii)
Kyrie Cum jubilo (plainsong, mode i)
Gloria: Mass for Four Voices (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Alleluia: Virga Jesse floruit (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Beata es, Virgo Maria (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Sicut cervus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Sanctus & Benedictus: Mass for Four Voices (Tallis)
Agnus Dei: Mass for Four Voices (Tallis)
Communion: Diffusa est gratia (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Sitivit anima (Sicut cervus, secunda pars) (Palestrina)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli, solemn tone (plainsong, mode vi)

The St. Cecilia Student Schola

Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady, Villa Maria Guadalupe, Stamford, 20 May 2015

Wednesday, 20 May 2015, 8:00 a.m.
Villa Maria Gauadalupe, Stamford
Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady
(Missale Romanum of 2002)

Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes hymn)
Kyrie: Missa Dominator Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass XV)
Hymn at the Offertory: Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary (Sunrise)
Sanctus: Missa Dominator Deus (Mass XV)
Agnus Dei: Mass XVIII
Communion: Beata viscera (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Postlude: Versets on Ave maris stella (Jean Titelouze, c.1562-1633)

The Schola of Regina Pacis Academy

St. Cecilia Concert Series: Charlotte Dobbs, 17 May 2015

Charlotte Dobbs, soprano
David Hughes, piano
music of Karg-Elert, Copland, and Hughes

Copland: Twelve Songs of Emily Dickinson
Hughes: Song Cycle on Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (premiere performance)

Sunday, 17 May 2015, 4:00 P.M.

General Admission: $15 / Students: $10

A festive reception will follow the recital.

Click here for a PDF flier.

Praised in Opera Now for her “angelic lyric soprano voice", Charlotte Dobbs brings luminous sound and incisive musicianship to a broad repertoire that encompasses Bach, Mozart, and the bel canto masters, as well as the second Viennese school and contemporary composers.

Charlotte made her New York Philarmonic debut in a new song cycle by the Swiss composer Michael Jarrell, as well as debuts with the Philadelphia Orchestra in a concert of works of Mozart and the Alabama Symphony Orchestra in Handel’s Messiah. She joined the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra for Bach’s Magnficat under Jeffrey Kahane. She also was featured in recital at Caramoor, Collage New Music in Boston, and with the Claring Chamber Players for Faure’s La Bonne Chanson.

On the operatic stage, Charlotte made her debut with New York City Opera in VOX, a concert performance of new operas, as well as covering Governess in their production of The Turn of the Screw. Charlotte made her European debut in as Corinna in Il viaggio a Reims at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, and returned to Italy to sing Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia under the auspices of the Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini and Teatro Aligheri in the theaters of Jesi, Fermo, and Ravenna. She also made her debut in 2009 with the Chicago Opera Theater, singing Servilia in La clemenza di Tito with Jane Glover in a new production of Christopher Alden. Under the baton of Lorin Maazel, she appeared as Governess in the Chateauville Foundation’s production of The Turn of the Screw. Other recent operatic credits include Amina in La Sonnambula, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, the title role in Tchaikovsky's Iolanta, Nuria in Ainadamar, and Countess in Le nozze di Figaro with the Curtis Opera Theater, as well as the title role in Iphigenie en Aulide, Elettra in Idomeneo, and Juno in La Calisto at Juilliard. Charlotte also joined renowned theater group The Civilians for their production Paris Commune at Arts Emerson and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

She appeared recently with Music of the Baroque in Chicago, in a concert performance of Dido and Aeneas and other works of Purcell, as well as several recital appearances at Caramoor. She also recently made her debut with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, singing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony under the baton of Jeffrey Kahane. She appeared in recital with Mitsuko Uchida at the Marlboro Music Festival, performing Schoenberg's Book of the Hanging Gardens. Also at Marlboro, she gave her first performance of Schoenberg's Second String Quartet, which was reprised with the Saratoga Chamber Players. She has been featured in three programs with the New York Festival of Song, most recently “The Sweetest Path” at Caramoor and Merkin Hall. Miss Dobbs made her Kimmel Center and Carnegie Hall debuts in Nielsen's Third Symphony with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Alan Gilbert.

Born in Massachusetts, she has received an M.M. from both Juilliard and Curtis and a B.A. from Yale, where she majored in English and Music.

Music for the Sunday in Ascensiontide, 17 May 2015

Music for the Sunday in Ascensiontide
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel [Serene alleluias from a soul longing for heaven] (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Missa Ascendens Christus (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday in Ascensiontide: Exaudi Domine...alleluia
Motet at the Offertory: Ascendo ad Patrem meum (Jacob Handl, 1550-1591)
Motet at the Communion: Ascendens Christus (Victoria)
Postlude: Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père [Majesty of Christ praying that His Father should glorify Him] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)

Music for the Seventh Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Introit: Exaudi Domine…alleluia (plainsong, mode i)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Non vos relinquam (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Hail Thee, Festival Day (Ascension) (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Communion: Pater, cum essem (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Eternal Monarch, King Most High (Gonfalon Royal)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for Solemn Mass of Ascension Thursday, 14 May 2015

Thursday, 14 May 2015, 5:30 p.m.
Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 1962)

Prelude: Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père [Majesty of Christ praying that His Father should glorify Him] (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Mass for Four Voices (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585) [Student Schola] Gregorian Mass of Ascension Day: Viri Galilaei
Introit: Viri Galilaei (plainsong, mode vii) [Student Schola] Kyrie Lux et origo (plainsong, mode viii) [Student Schola] Alleluia: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola] Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii) [Student Schola] Offertory: Ascendit Deus [Student Schola] Motet at the Offertory: Viri Galilaei (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594) [Student Schola] Communion: Psallite Domino (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola] Motet at the Communion: Jesu nostra redemptio (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Hymn at the Communion: Salutis humanae Sator (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola] Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Prière du Christ montant vers son Père [Prayer of Christ ascending to His Father] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)

The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
The St. Cecilia Student Schola
The St. Gregory Student Schola
The St. John the Baptist Choristers

Music for Vespers of Ascension Thursday, 14 May 2015

Thursday, 14 May 2015, 4:30 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the Ascension
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Viri Galilaei & Psalm 109 (mode vii)
Cumque intuerentur & Psalm 110 (mode viii)
Elevatis manibus & Psalm 111 (mode iv)
Exaltate Regem regum & Psalm 112 (mode viii)
Videntibus illis & Psalm 116 (mode viii)
Hymn: Salutis humanae Sator (plainsong, mode iv)
Magnificat antiphon: O Rex gloriae (mode ii)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)

The St. Gregory Student Schola
The St. Cecilia Student Schola