Monthly Archives: May 2015

Thursday, 14 May 2015, 10:00 a.m.
Music for Ascension Thursday
His Excellency Frank J. Caggiano, celebrant
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation
Introit: Men of Galilee (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa Dominator Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass XV)
Hymn at the Offertory: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Communion: Jubilate Deo (canon)
Marian Antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Toccata from Symphony No. 5 (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)

The Schola of Regina Pacis Academy

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Thursday, 14 May 2015, 12:10 p.m.
Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
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)
Hymn at the Procession: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: The Head That Once Was Crowned With Thorns (St. Magnus)
Communion: Signa eos (plainsong, mode vii)
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)

Sunday, 10 May 2015, 11:30 a.m.
Music for the Installation of Fr. Richard Cipolla as Pastor of St. Mary Church
and Mass of the Sixth Sunday of Easter
His Excellency Frank J. Caggiano, celebrant
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Toccata & Fugue in D minor (Dorian) (BWV 538) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Prelude: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (Westminster Abbey)
Introit: Vocem jucunditatis (plainsong, mode iii)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Ego vos elegi (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Benedicite gentes (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Confitebor tibi (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Communion: Ego vos elegi (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: ¡Dios reina! (anonymous French)
Motet at the Communion: Regina caeli (Gregor Aichinger, 1565-1628)
Motet at the Communion: Greater Love Hath No Man (John Ireland, 1879-1962)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 1 (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir
Coro Hispano de Santa Maria

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude pour le cinquième dimanche après Pâques (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Easter: Vocem jucunditatis
Motet at the Offertory: Benedicite gentes (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Regina caeli (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Hymn at the Procession: O Sanctissima
Antiphon at the May Crowning: Regina cæli (simple tone)
Postlude: Improvisation

Saturday, 9 May 2015, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Gregory Nazianzen
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of a Doctor: In medio Ecclesiae
Hymn at the Offertory: Iste Confessor (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Anima Christi (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)

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

Thursday, 7 May 2015, 3:00 p.m.
Music for None of the Feast of Dedication of St. Mary Church
Hymn: Rerum, Deus, tenax vigor (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon: Lapides pretiosi, with Psalm 118 (plainsong, mode i)
Responsorium brevium: Haec est domus Domini (plainsong)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)

The office of None is sung by the students of Regina Pacis Academy.

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (BuxWV 198) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima
Missa Congratulamini mihi (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of the Fouth Sunday after Easter: Cantate Domino
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli (K. 108) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Motet at the Communion: Quia quem meruisti (Regina caeli, K. 108, cont’d) (Mozart)
Postlude: Toccata in F Major (BuxWV 156) (Buxtehude)

Music for the Fifth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Processional Hymn: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Christus resurgens (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima
Offertory: Jubilate Deo (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Communion: Ego sum vitis vera (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Jesu, the very thought of Thee (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Motet at the Communion: I Sat Down (Bairstow)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli
Organ music as above

Saturday, 2 May 2015, 4:00 p.m.
Music for First Holy Communions
and Anticipatory Mass of the Fifth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (BuxWV 198) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Processional Hymn: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Christus resurgens (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima
Offertory: Jubilate Deo (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Communion: Ego sum vitis vera (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Jesu, the very thought of Thee (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Motet at the Communion: I Sat Down (Bairstow)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli
Postlude: Toccata in F Major (BuxWV 156) (Buxtehude)