Monthly Archives: August 2016

Music for the Feast of St. Nicholas of Tolentine, 10 September 2016

Saturday, 10 September 2016, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Nicholas of Tolentino
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Dominator Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass XV)
Gregorian Mass of a Confessor not a Bishop: Justus ut palma
Hymn at the Offertory: Iste confessor (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 Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady, 8 September 2016

Thursday, 8 September 2016, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: O gloriosa virginum (Op. 77, No. 3) (Flor Peeters, 1903-1986)
Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes Hymn)
Kyrie Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Solemnitas gloriosae (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: O Sanctissima
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Beatam me dicent (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (Franz Schubert, 1797-1828)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Fugue in D Major (BWV 532/2) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

This Mass marks the traditional opening of the school year
for Regina Pacis Academy.

Music for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 4 September 2016

Music for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Partitas on O Gott, du frommer Gott (BWV 767) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (St. Anne)
Missa Si bona suscepimus (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Miserere mihi Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Domine in auxilium (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Si bona suscepimus (Philippe Verdelot, c.1480-c.1532)
Postlude: Partitas on O Gott, du frommer Gott (BWV 767) (Bach)

Music for the Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (St. Anne)
Introit: Justus es Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Domine, exaudi orationem meam (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Oravi Deum meum (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: All My Hope On God Is Founded (Michael)
Communion: Vovete et reddite (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Take Up Your Cross (O Jesu, mi dulcissime)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of St. Augustine, 28 August 2016

Music for the Feast of St. Augustine,
patron of the Diocese of Bridgeport

(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Introduction-Choral (from Suite Gothique) (Léon Boëllmann, 1862-1897)
Hymn at the Procession: This Is The Feast Day of the Lord’s True Witness (Iste confessor)
Missa In illo tempore (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Gregorian Mass of a Doctor: In medio Ecclesiae
Motet at the Offertory: Currite, currite, populi, currite (Monteverdi)
Motet at the Communion: O Doctor optime (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Antiphon at the Veneration of St. Augustine’s Relics: O Doctor optime (plainsong, mode ii)
Postlude: Fantasia in G Major (BWV 572) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Come, Thou Almighty King (Italian Hymn)
Introit: Miserere mihi Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine, in auxilium meum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Offertory: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Rockingham)
Communion: Domine, memorabor (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Sweet Sacrament Divine (Divine Mysteries)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 21 August 2016

Music for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: My Lord, My Life, My Love (Orlando Gibbons: Song 20)
Missa Vidi speciosam (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Protector noster
Motet at the Offertory: Immittet angelus Domini (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Agnus Dei: Missa Surge propera (Victoria)
Motet at the Communion: Venite exsultemus Domino (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Rhapsody No. 2 in E-flat Major (Op. 17, No. 2) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)

Music for the Twenty-First Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Christ the Great Foundation (Aurelia)
Introit: Inclina Domine aurem tuam (plainsong, mode i)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Quoniam Deus (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Exspectans exspectavi (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: Be Thou My Vision (Slane)
Communion: De fructu operum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Father, We Thank Thee Who Hast Planted (Rendez à Dieu)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of the Assumption, 14 August 2016

Sunday, 14 August 2016, 4:00 p.m.
Music for the Assumption of Our Lady
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Solemn Mass in the Presence of a Greater Prelate
His Excellency Frank J. Caggiano, Bishop of Bridgeport
Procession in honor of Our Lady of the Assumption

Prelude: Versets on Ave maris stella (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)
Missa brevis in D Major (K. 194) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Gregorian Mass of the Assumption: Signum magnum
Hymn at the Procession: Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above (Salve Regina coelitum)
Motet at the Offertory: Assumpta est Maria (Marc-Antoine Charpentier, 1643-1704)
Motet at the Communion: Quae est ista quae progeditur à 5 (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Mozart)
Antiphon at the Blessing of the Statue of Our Lady of Norwalk: Sub tuum praesidium (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Procession: Ave Maria (attrib. Victoria)
Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes Hymn)
Postlude: Prelude, Fugue, & Chorale on Ave maris stella (Flor Peeters, 1903-1986)

Music for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 14 August 2016

Music for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Andantino (from Pièces de fantaisie) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Hymn at the Procession: Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Respice Domine
Motet at the Offertory: In te speravi (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Cathédrales (from Pièces de fantaisie) (Vierne)

Music for the Twentieth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)

Hymn at the Procession: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Introit: Si iniquitates (plainsong, mode iii)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Venite, exsultemus Domino (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Immittet angelus Domini (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Communion: Primum quaerite (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: My Lord, My Life, My Love (Orlando Gibbons: Song 20)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for a Saturday of Our Lady, 13 August 2016

Saturday, 13 August 2016, 9:00 a.m.
Music for a Saturday of Our Lady after Pentecost
Missale Romanum of 1962
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa cum jubilo
 (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady: Salve Sancta Parens
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave maris stella (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the Feast of St. Jane Frances de Chantal, 12 August 2016

Friday, 12 August 2016, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Jane Frances de Chantal
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation
Introit: Cognovi Domine (plainsong, mode iii)
Kyrie Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Alleluia: Specie tua (plainsong, mode viii)
Sanctus: Mass XII
Agnus Dei: Mass XII
Communion: Dilexisti justitiam (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Anima Christi (plainsong, viii)
Postlude: Toccata from Symphony No. 5 (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)

The choir for today’s Mass is comprised of the participants in St. Mary’s Chant Camp 2016.

Music for the Feast of St. Clare of Assisi, 11 August 2016

Thursday, 11 August 2016, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Clare of Assisi
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation
Introit: Dilexisti justitiam (plainsong, mode viii)
Kyrie Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Alleluia: Adducentur regi (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory:
Sanctus: Mass XII
Agnus Dei: Mass XII
Communion: Quinque prudentes virgines (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

The choir for today’s Mass is comprised of the participants in St. Mary’s Chant Camp 2016.