Monthly Archives: December 2015

Music for the Feast of St. John the Evangelist, 27 December 2015

Music for the Feast of St. John the Evangelist
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Versets on Von himmel hoch (BWV 769) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: What Child Is This (Greensleeves)
Missa Praeter rerum seriem (Cipriano de Rore, 1515-1565)
Gregorian Mass of St. John the Evangelist: In medio Ecclesiae
Motet at the Offertory: Praeter rerum seriem (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Motet at the Communion: Virtus Sancti Spiritus (Praeter rerum seriem, secunda pars) (Josquin)
Postlude: Versets on Von himmel hoch (BWV 769) (Bach

Music for the Feast of the Holy Family
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Once in Royal David’s City (Irby)
Introt: Deus in loco sancto suo (plainsong, mode v)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Gaudete justi (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: In te speravi (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: How Brightly Beams the Morning Star (Wie schön leuchtet)
Communion: Fili, quid fecisti (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham; arr. Holst)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Good Christian Men, Rejoice (In dulci jubilo)
Organ music as above

Music for the Mass of Christmas Day, 25 December 2015

Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Puer natus in Bethlehem (BWV 603) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. David Willcocks, 1919-2015)
Missa O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Day: Puer natus est
Gradual: Viderunt omnes (Pérotin, fl. c. 1200)
Motet at the Offertory: Verbum caro factum est (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Motet at the Communion: O magnum mysterium (Victoria)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Postlude: Fugue in A Major (BWV 536/2) (Bach)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum

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Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. Willcocks)
Introit: Puer natus est (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Tui sunt caeli (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Laetabundus [The Christmas Sequence] (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Offertory: Joy to the World (Antioch)
Communion: Viderunt omnes (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Unto Us Is Born A Son (arr. Willcocks)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)
Organ music as above

The St. Mary’s Choir

Music for the Midnight Mass of Christmas, 24/25 December 2015

The recitation of the Rosary begins at 11:00 p.m.

The orchestral prelude begins at 11:20 p.m.
Prelude: Christmas Concerto (Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8) (Arcangelo Corelli, 1683-1713)

Carols  begin at 11:30 p.m.
Carol: What Child Is This (Greensleves)
Carol: O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël)
Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem (St. Louis)
Carol: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Carol: Tu scendi dalle stelle (St. Alfonso Maria de’ Liguori, 1696-1787)
Carol: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen)
Carol: De Virgine Maria (Carl Rütti, b.1949)
Carol: Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
Prelude: Desseins éternels (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
The Solemn Proclamation of Christmas
Hymn at the Procession: Adeste Fideles (John Francis Wade, arr. David Willcocks, 1919-2015)
Hymn at the Procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)

Music for the Midnight Mass of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 12:00 a.m.)
Mass in C Major (K. 258, “Piccolomini”) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Midnight: Dominus dixit
Motet at the Offertory: Laudate Dominum (from Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339) (Mozart)
Motet at the Communion: Verbum caro factum est (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Postlude: Fugue in A Major (BWV 536/2) (Bach)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir
The St. Cecilia Student Schola

Music for Christmas Eve, 24 December 2015

Thursday, 24 December 2015, 4:00 p.m.
Music for the Vigil Mass of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. David Willcocks)
Introit: Hodie scietis (plainsong, mode vi)
Mass of the Sacred Heart (Richard Rice, b.1962)
Offertory: Tollite portas (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Joy to the World (Antioch)
Communion: Revelabitur (plainsong, mode i)
Carol at the Communion: Chanticleer’s Carol (Vernon Hoyle, b.1948)
Carol at the Communion: Adam lay ybounden (Boris Ord, 1897-1961)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 20 December 2015

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the procession: Veni, veni, Emmanuel (plainsong, mode i)
Missa Inviolata (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday of Advent: Rorate caeli
Motet at the Offertory: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Peter Philips, c.1560-1628)
Motet at the Communion: Veni Domine et noli tardare (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Veni Domine (plainsong, mode iii)
Offertory: Ave Maria (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Hymn at the Offertory: Creator of the Stars of Night (Conditor alme siderum)
Communion: Ecce virgo concipiet (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Rorate caeli (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the Third Sunday of Advent, 13 December 2015

Music for the Third Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 645) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Motet at the Procession: O Thou, the Central Orb (Charles Wood, 1866-1926)
Introit: Gaudete (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola] Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Gradual: Qui sedes, Domine (plainsong, mode vii) [Student Schola] Alleluia: Excita, Domine (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola] Offertory: Benedixisti (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola] Motet at the Offertory: Gaudete omnes (Hieronymus Praetorius, 1560-1629)
Communion: Dicite: Pusillanimes (plainsong, mode vii) [Student Schola] Motet at the Communion: Conditor alme siderum (Guillaume Dufay, c.1397-1474)
Postlude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (BWV 660) (Bach)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Cecilia Student Schola

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Music for the Third Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, Divine Messiah (Venez, Divin Messie)
Introit: Gaudete (plainsong, mode i)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Excita, Domine (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Benedixisti (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Wake, Awake, For Night Is Flying (Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme)
Communion: Dicite: Pusillanimes (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Communion: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 12 December 2015

Saturday, 12 December 2015, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of Our Lady of Gaudalupe
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady of Gaudalupe: Salve sancta Parens
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave maris stella (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

The second Saturday of every month is a Missa cantata celebrated

for the intentions of the Gospel of Life Society at St. Mary’s.

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Saturday, 12 December 2015, 4:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of Our Lady of Gaudalupe
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Hymn at the Procession: Desde el cielo (Las Apariciones Guadalupana)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Flores apparuerunt (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Elegi et sanctificavi (plainsong, mode v)
Hymns at the Offertory: Oh María, Madre Mía; Immaculate Mary (Lourdes hymn)
Communion: Non fecit taliter (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (attrib. Victoria)
Hymn at the Communion: O Sanctissima
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Mañanitas a la Virgen de Guadalupe
Procession through Norwalk to follow Mass

The St. Mary’s Choir
Coro Hispano de Santa María

Advent Lessons & Carols, 11 December 2015, 7:00 p.m.

St. Mary's warmly invites you & your family
to its annual service of
Advent Lessons & Carols
Friday, 11 December 2015, 7:00 p.m.

The St. Mary's Choir
El Coro Hispano de Santa María
The St. Mary's Student Schola

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David J. Hughes, Organist & Choirmaster
Charles A. Weaver, Associate Director
Welder Gomez, Spanish Choir Director
William V. Riccio, Jr., Assistant Organist
Robert Rudesill, Assistant Organist
Samuel A. Schmitt, Student Schola Assistant Director

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Venite adoremus!

Bring your family & friends to prepare in your hearts a home
for Our Lord this Christmas! This simple & beautiful service,
in which readings from sacred scripture alternate with sung meditations,
illuminates a season of  joyful expectation.
Chants of Advent, choral motets, & congregational hymns
will culminate in Adoration & Benediction of Our Lord
in the Most Blessed Sacrament. A festive reception will follow.

For further information:
203-866-5546 x115
music@stmarynorwalk.net

Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, 8 December 2015

Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Saluto Angelico (from Vitraux Polychromes d’Anciennes Cathédrales) (Sigfrid Karg-Elert, 1877-1933)
Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes Hymn)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Tota pulchra es (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly (Pleading Saviour)
Communion: Gloriosa (plainsong, mode viii)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Prélude à l’Introït pour l’Immaculée Conception (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Missa Sicut lilium inter spinas (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Immaculate Conception: Gaudens gaudebo
Motet at the Offertory: Ave cujus conceptio (Nicholas Ludford, 1485-1557)
Motet at the Communion: Ave vera virginitas (Ave cujus conceptio, secund pars) (Ludford)
Postlude: Pièce términal pour l’Immaculée Conception (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Tournemire)

Music for Vespers of the Second Sunday of Advent, 6 December 2015

Sunday, 6 December 2015, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the Second Sunday of Advent
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Ecce in nubibus & Psalm 109 (mode i)
Urbs fortitudinis & Psalm 110 (mode vii)
Ecce apparebit Dominus & Psalm 111 (mode vii)
Montes et colles & Psalm 112 (mode i)
Ecce Dominus noster & Psalm 113 (mode iii)
Hymn: Creator alme siderum (plainsong, mode iv)
Magnificat antiphon: Tu es qui venturus es (mode viii)
O Salutaris Hostia (Hereford)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode v)

The sermon will be preached by Fr. Brian Gannon.