Monthly Archives: November 2015

Music for the First Sunday of Advent, 29 November 2015

Music for the First Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending (Helmsley)
Mass for Five Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the First Sunday of Advent: Ad te levavi
Motet at the Offertory: Domine præstolamur (prima pars) (Byrd)
Motet at the Communion: Veni Domine et noli tardare (Domine præstolamur, secunda pars) (Byrd)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the First Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni Emmanuel)
Introit: Ad te levavi (plainsong, mode viii)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Ostende nobis Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Ad te Domine levavi (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending (Helmsley)
Communion: Dominus dabit benignitatem (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Savior of the Nations, Come (Nun komm der Heiden Heiland)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the Feast of St. Sylvester (Thanksgiving Day), 26 November 2015

Thursday, 26 November 2015, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Sylvester, Abbot
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: We Gather Together (Kremser)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gregorian Mass of an Abbot: Os justi
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (attrib. Victoria)
Hymn at the Communion: Iste confessor (plainsong, mode viii)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Hymne d’action de grâces “Te Deum” (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)

Music for the Last Sunday after Pentecost, 22 November 2015

Music for the Last Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (BWV 687) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: How Shall I Sing That Majesty (Coe fen) (descant by David Hughes)
Missa Caça (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553) [Student Schola] Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Alleluia: De profundis (plainsong, mode vii) [Student Schola] Offertory: De profundis (plainsong, mode ii) [Student Schola] Hymn at the Offertory: Ave maris stella (plainsong, mode i; versets by Victoria) [Student Schola] Communion: Amen dico vobis: quidquid (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola] Motet at the Communion: Laudem dicite Deo (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558) [Student Schola] Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in E-flat Major (Op. 99, No. 3) (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921)

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

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Music for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Crown Him with Many Crowns (Diademata)
Introit: Dignus est Agnus (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Potestas ejus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Postula a me (plainsong, mode iv)
Acclamation at the Offertory: Christus vincit (plainsong, with organum)
Communion: Sedebit Dominus Rex (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: The Royal Banners Forward Go (Agincourt Hymn)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

GAUDEAMUS!: A concert by the St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum

The St. Cecilia Society of St. Mary Church, Norwalk
is pleased to present its annual benefit concert in honor of St. Cecilia

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
David J. Hughes, Director

Sunday, 15 November 2015, 4:00 P.M.
$25 general admission | $15 students & seniors

All proceeds go to support the work of the St. Cecilia Society throughout the year.
A festive wine & cheese reception will follow the concert.

Music for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, 15 November 2015

Music for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
(Lections of the Sixth Resumed Sunday after Epiphany)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Cantilène (from Suite Brève) (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Hymn at the Procession: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)
Missa Gaudeamus (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: De profundis [Ps. 129, prima pars] (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: A custodia matutina [Ps. 129, secunda pars] (Lasso)
Postlude: Con moto maestoso from Organ Sonata No. 3 in A Major (Op. 65, No. 3) (Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847)

Music for the Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)
Introit: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito (plainsong, mode vi)
Kyrie, Sanctus: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: De profundis (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: De profundis (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Out of the Depths, to You, O Lord, We Cry (Alberta)
Communion: Amen dico vobis: quidquid (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Elgar)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of St. Josaphat, 14 November 2015

Saturday, 14 November 2015, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Josaphat
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Gregorian Mass of St. Josaphat: Gaudeamus
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Motet at the Offertory: Deus tuorum militum (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Improvisation

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 Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year, The Cathedral Parish (St. Augustine’s), Bridgeport, 8 November 2015

Sunday, 8 November 2015, 9:30 a.m.
The Cathedral Parish, St. Augustine’s, Bridgeport
Music for the Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Andante Maestoso (Op. 101, No. 5) (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Hymn at the Procession:  Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Introit: Intret oratio mea (plainsong, mode iii)
Kyrie: Missa Caça (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gloria: English Missal Mass (plainsong, mode iv)
Alleluia: Qui posuit (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Gressus meos (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Laudem dicite Deo (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Sanctus: English Missal Mass (plainsong)
Agnus Dei: Missa Caça (Morales)
Communion: Dominus regit me (plainsong, mode ii)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Sortie (Guy Ropartz, 1864-1955)

The St. Cecilia Student Schola

prelude organist:
Heitor Caballero, Organist & Choirmaster of The Cathedral Parish, Bridgeport

postlude organist:
David J. Hughes, Organist & Choirmaster of St. Mary's, Norwalk

Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 8 November 2015

Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
(Lections of the Fifth Resumed Sunday after Epiphany)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Come, Ye Thankful People, Come (St. George's Windsor)
Missa Dittes maistresse (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: De profundis (Ludwig Senfl, 1486-1543)
Motet at the Communion: O bone et dulcis Domine Jesu (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Postlude: Improvisation

We welcome Charles Weaver as the guest director
and Robert Rudesill as the guest organist 
for this Mass.

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Music for the Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: God, Whose Almighty Word (Italian Hymn)
Introit: Intret oratio mea (plainsong, mode iii)
Kyrie, Sanctus: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Qui posuit (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Gressus meos (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: God Has Spoken by His Prophets (Rustington)
Communion: Dominus regit me (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Sortie (Guy Ropartz, 1864-1955)

Music for All Souls’ Day, 2 November 2015

Monday, 2 November 2015, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro defunctis à 4 (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Introit: Requiem aeternam (Morales)
Gradual: Requiem aeternam (Morales)
Tract: Absolve Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Sequence: Dies irae (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe (Morales)
Communion: Lux aeterna (plainsong, mode viii)
At the absolution: Libera me, Domine (plainsong, mode i)

Music for Vespers of All Saints’ Day, 1 November 2015

Sunday, 1 November 2015, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of All Saints' Day
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Vidi turbam magnam & Psalm 109 (mode i)
Et omnes Angeli & Psalm 110 (mode i)
Redemisti nos & Psalm 111 (mode viii)
Benedicite Dominum & Psalm 112 (mode viii)
Hymnus omnibus Sanctis & Psalm 113 (mode viii)
Hymn: Placare Christe servulis (plainsong, mode viii)
Magnificat antiphon: O quam gloriosum (mode vi)
O Salutaris Hostia (Hereford)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

The sermon will be preached by Fr. George Rutler.