Monthly Archives: January 2016

Music for Sexagesima Sunday, 31 January 2016

Music for Sexagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Ballade en mode phrygien (Jehan Alain, 1911-1940)
Hymn at the Procession: Father, We Thank Thee, Who Hast Planted (Rendez à Dieu)
Missa Che fa oggi il mio sole (Gregorio Allegri, 1582-1652)
Gregorian Mass of Sexagesima: Exsurge
Motet at the Offertory: Conserva me Domine (prima pars) (Philippe de Monte, 1521-1603)
Motet at the Communion: Cum turba plurima (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Postlude: Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain (Op. 7) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is the World’s Light (Christe sanctorum)
Introit: Laetetur cor (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Adorabo ad templum (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Bonum est confiteri (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Communion: Illumina (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Verily, Verily I Say Unto You (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

A reception will be held after the 11:30 Mass to bid a fond farewell to Fr. Paul N. Check.

Music for Septuagesima Sunday, 24 January 2016

Music for Septuagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Fight the Good Fight (Duke Street)
Missa super Mon coeur se recommande à vous (Johannes Eccard, 1553-1611)
Gregorian Mass of Septuagesima: Circumdederunt me
Motet at the Offertory: Bonum est confiteri (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Illumina faciem tuam (Carlo Gesualdo, 1566-1613)
Postlude: Organ Sonata No. 1 (Paul Hindemith, 1895-1963)

Music for the Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Word of God, Come Down on Earth (Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier)
Introit: Adorate Deum (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Dominus regnavit (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Dextera Domini (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Litany to the Holy Spirit (Peter Hurford, b.1930)
Communion: Comedite pinguia (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany, 17 January 2016

Music for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Cantilène from Symphony No. 3 in F-sharp minor (Op. 28) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Hymn at the Procession: Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (Salzburg)
Missa Amor ecco colei (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after the Epiphany: Omnis terra
Motet at the Offertory: Nuptiae factae sunt (prima pars) (Lasso)
Motet at the Communion: Dixit Mater / Et dicit ei Jesu / Omnis homo (Nuptiae factae sunt: secunda, tertia & quarta pares) (Lasso)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 3 in F-sharp minor (Op. 28) (Vierne)

Music for the Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (Salzburg)
Introit: Omnis terra (plainsong, mode iv)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Laudate Deum (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Jubilate Deo (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: O be joyful in the Lord (William Boyce, 1711-1779)
Communion: Dicit Dominus: Implete hydrias (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of St. Marcellus I, 16 January 2016

Saturday, 16 January 2016, 11:30 a.m.
The Convent of St. Birgitta, Darien, Connecticut

Music for the Feast of St. Marcellus I
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Gregorian Mass of Holy Popes: Si diligis me
Hymn at the Offertory: Deus tuorum militum (plainsong, mode iii)

This Mass is part of the retreat for students of the parish
who are to receive the sacrament of Confirmation later this year.

Music for the Feast of the Holy Family, 10 January 2016

Music for the Feast of the Holy Family
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Rhosymedre (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Hymn at the Procession: Once In Royal David's City (Irby)
Gregorian Mass of the Holy Family: Exsultet gaudio
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Motet at the Communion: Fili, quid fecisti nobis (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 1 (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

We welcome Charles Weaver as the guest director
and Eric Dolch as the guest organist for this Mass.

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Music for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: As With Gladness Men of Old (Dix)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Benedictus qui venit (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Benedictus qui venit (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (Salzburg)
Communion: Omnes qui in Christo (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Of the Father’s Love Begotten (Divinum mysterium, plainsong, mode v)
Marian Antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

We welcome Eric Dolch as the guest director & organist for this Mass.

Music for a Saturday of Our Lady, 9 January 2016

Saturday, 9 January 2016, 9:00 a.m.
Music for a Saturday of Our Lady in Christmastide
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Saturdays of Our Lady in Christmastide: Vultum tuum
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave maris stella

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, 9 January 2016, 11:30 a.m.
The Convent of St. Birgitta, Darien, Connecticut

Music for a Saturday of Our Lady in Christmastide
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Saturdays of Our Lady in Christmastide: Vultum tuum
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave maris stella

This Mass is part of the retreat for students of the parish
who are to receive the sacrament of Confirmation later this year.

Music for the Feast of the Epiphany, 6 January 2016

Wednesday, 6 January 2016, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Prélude sur l'introït de l'Epiphanie (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)
Hymn at the Procession: Earth Has Many a Noble City (Stuttgart)
Missa Fons bonitatis 
(Vatican Gradual, Mass II)
Gregorian Mass of the Epiphany: Ecce advenit
Hymn at the Offertory: Personent hodie (Piae Cantiones, 1582)
Motet at the Communion: Stella splendens (Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, c.1400)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 6 (Charles-Marie Widor, 1834-1937)

The St. Cecilia Student Schola
Charles Weaver, guest director
Eric Dolch, guest organist

Music for Vespers of the Holy Name of Jesus, 3 January 2016

Sunday, 3 January 2016, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the Most Holy Name of Jesus
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Omnes qui invocaverit & Psalm 109 (mode viii)
Sanctum et terribile & Psalm 110 (mode v)
Ego autem in Domino & Psalm 111 (mode iii)
A solis ortu & Psalm 112 (mode iv)
Sacrificabo hostiam & Psalm 115 (mode viii)
Hymn: Jesu dulcis memoria (plainsong, mode i)
Magnificat antiphon: Vocabis nomen ejus Jesum (mode i)
O Salutaris Hostia (Hereford)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode v)

The sermon will be preached by Fr. Shawn Cutler.

Music for the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus, 3 January 2016

Music for the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Vorspiel & Nachspiel in D minor (Anton Bruckner, 1824-1896)
Hymn at the Procession: At the Name of Jesus (King's Weston)
Missa Christe Jesu (William Rasar, b. c.1491)
Gregorian Mass of the Most Holy Name of Jesus: In nomine Jesu
Kyrie Le Roy (John Taverner, 1490-1545)
Motet at the Offertory: To solus qui facis mirabilia (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Motet at the Communion: O nomen Jesu (Peter Philips, c.1560-1628)
Postlude: Final from Sonata No. 1 (Op. 42) (Alexandre Guilmant, 1837-1911)

We welcome Charles Weaver as the guest director
and Eric Dolch as the guest organist 
for this Mass.

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Music for the Feast of the Epiphany
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: What Star Is This (Puer nobis)
Introit: Ecce advenit (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Vidimus stellam (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Reges Tharsis (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: What Child Is This (Greensleeves)
Communion: Vidimus stellam (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning (Morning Star; James P. Harding, 1850-1911)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

We welcome Eric Dolch as the guest director & organist for this Mass.

Music for the Octave Day of Christmas, 1 January 2016

Friday, 1 January 2016, 5:30 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Circumcision & Octave Day of Christmas

(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Versets on A solis ortus cardine: En taille (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)
Missa Tecum principium (Robert Fayrfax, 1464-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Octave Day of Christmas: Puer natus est
Motet at the Communion: O admirabile commercium (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Postlude: Versets on A solis ortus cardine: Fugue à 5, Trio, Point d’orgue sur les grands jeux (Grigny)