Monthly Archives: March 2018

Palm Sunday

Holy Week begins with what I call the Day of Irony. The first part of the Mass includes the Procession with palms, recalling Christ’s entry into Jerusalem before his Passion and Death. The texts of the Traditional Roman Rite, which we use at St Mary’s all through Holy Week, preserve this irony: the One entering…
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Music for Easter Sunday, 1 April 2018

Music for Easter Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 625) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Jesus Christ Is Ris’n Today (Easter Hymn)
Nicolaimesse (Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Sunday: Resurrexi
Motet at the Offertory: Christus resurgens (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Congratulamini mihi omnes (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Postlude: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major (BWV 564) (Bach)

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Music for Easter Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Jesus Christ Is Ris’n Today (Easter Hymn)
Introit: Resurrexi (plainsong, mode iv)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Gradual: Haec dies (plainsong, mode ii)
Sequence: Victimæ Paschali laudes (plainchant, mode i)
Alleluia: Pascha nostrum (mode vii)
Offertory: Terra tremuit (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: The Strife Is O’er (Victory)
Communion: Pascha nostrum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: This Joyful Eastertide (Vruechten)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

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Music for the Solemn Easter Vigil, 31 March 2018

Saturday, 31 March 2018, 7:00 p.m.
Music for the Great Paschal Vigil and First Mass of Easter
The Exsultet
Canticle: Cantemus Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Vinea facta est (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Attende caelum (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Sicut cervus (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the aspersion: Rex sanctorum angelorum (Sarum plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon at confirmation: Confirma hoc, with Psalm 67 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antphon at confirmation: Ecce sic benedicetur (plainsong, mode vi)
The Litany of the Saints

At Mass
Kyrie Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria: Nicolaimesse (Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809)
Alleluia: Confitemini Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Tract: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Surrexit pastor bonus (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Motet at the Offertory: Christus resurgens (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Sanctus & Benedictus: Nicolaimesse (Haydn)
Motet at the Communion: Dum transisset Sabbatum I (John Taverner, 1490-1545)
Antiphon of Vespers: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, with Psalm 116 (plainsong, mode vi)
Magnificat antiphon of Vespers: Vespere autem sabbati (plainsong, mode viii)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major (BWV 564) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

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Music for Matins & Lauds of Holy Saturday, 31 March 2018

Saturday, 31 March 2018, 8:00 a.m.
Music for Matins & Lauds of Holy Saturday

Matins: First Nocturn
Antiphon In pace in idipsum, with Psalm 4 (plainsong)
Antiphon Habitabit in tabernaculo, with Psalm 14 (plainsong)
Antiphon Caro mea requiescet, with Psalm 15 (plainsong)
A reading from the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah (I) (plainsong)
Responsory: Sicut ovis ad occisionem (plainsong, mode iv)
A reading from the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah (II) (plainsong)
Responsory: Jerusalem, surge (plainsong, mode v)
A reading from the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah (III) (plainsong)
Responsory: Plange quasi virgo (plainsong, mode v)

Matins: Second Nocturn
Antiphon Elevamini, portæ æternales, with Psalm 23 (plainsong)
Antiphon Credo videre bona, with Psalm 26 (plainsong)
Antiphon Domine, abstraxisti, with Psalm 29 (plainsong)
Commentary of St. Augustine on the Psalms (I)
Responsory: Recessit pastor noster (plainsong, mode vii)
Commentary of St. Augustine on the Psalms (II)
Responsory: O vos omnes (plainsong, mode viii)
Commentary of St. Augustine on the Psalms (III)
Responsory: Ecce quomodo moritur (plainsong, mode iv)

Matins: Third Nocturn
Antiphon Deus adjuvat me, with Psalm 53 (plainsong)
Antiphon In pace factus est, with Psalm 75 (plainsong)
Antiphon Factus sum sicut homo, with Psalm 87 (plainsong)
Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews (I)
Responsory: Astiterunt reges terræ (plainsong, mode viii)
Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews (II)
Responsory: Æestimatus sum (plainsong, mode iv)
Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews (III)
Responsory: Sepulto Domino (plainsong, mode ii)

Lauds
Antiphon O mors, ero mors tua, with Psalm 50 (plainsong, mode iv)
Antiphon Plangent eum quasi unigenitum, with Psalm 91 (plainsong, mode iv)
Antiphon Attendite universi populi, with Psalm 63 (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon A porta inferi, with the Canticle of Hezekiah (plainsong, mode ii)
Antiphon O vos omnes, with Psalm 150 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Mulieres sedentes, with the Benedictus (plainsong, mode i)
Responsory Christus factus est (plainsong, mode v)
Miserere mei (plainsong)

Viri Galilæi

Music for Good Friday, 30 March 2018

Friday, 30 March 2018
Music for Good Friday

The Commemoration of the Passion & Death of the Lord (3:00 p.m.)
Tract: Domine, audivi auditum (plainsong, mode ii)
Tract: Eripe me, Domine (plainsong, mode ii)
Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem (polyphonic turba setting by William Byrd, 1540-1623)
The Reproaches (plainsong)
Motet at the Adoration of the Cross: Filiae Jerusalem (Esteban Lopez Morago, c.1575-1630)
Motet at the Adoration of the Cross: Stabat Mater (Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, c.1590-1664)
Motet at the Adoration of the Cross: Sepulto Domino (Morago)
Antiphon: Crucem tuam (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Adoration of the Cross: Crux fidelis (plainsong)
Hymn at the Translation of the Sacrament: Vexilla Regis prodeunt (Estêvão de Brito, c.1570-1641)

Vespers of Good Friday
Antiphon Calicem salutaris accipiam, with Psalm 115 (plainsong, mode ii)
Antiphon Cum his qui oderunt, with Psalm 119 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Eripe me, Domine, with Psalm 139 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Domine, clamavi ad te, with Psalm 140 (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon Considerabam ad dexteram, with Psalm 141 (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon Cum accepisset acetum, with the Magnificat (plainsong, mode i)
Responsory Christus factus est (plainsong, mode v)
Motet: Miserere (Manuel Cardoso, 1566-1650)

Procession of the Cristo Muerto & Burial with Compline (7:00 p.m.)
Prelude: Letanía de la Pasión: Iesu dulcissime (anonymous, from the missions of Bolivia)
Antiphon: O Crux benedicta (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn: O Cruz fiel y venerable (Picardy)
Hymn: Vexilla Regis prodeunt (plainsong, more Hispano)

Psalm 4 (recto tono)
Psalm 90 (recto tono)
Psalm 113 (recto tono)
Nunc dimittis (plainsong, mode iii)
Responsory Christus factus est
Miserere mei, Deus
(Antonio Lotti, 1667-1740)
Y ¿cual hombre no llorara? (Juan Rodriguez Estevez)

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Music for Matins & Lauds of Good Friday, 30 March 2018

Friday, 14 April 2017, 8:00 a.m.
Music for Matins & Lauds of Good Friday

Matins: First Nocturn
Antiphon Astiterunt reges terræ, with Psalm 2 (plainsong)
Antiphon Diviserunt sibi, with Psalm 21 (plainsong)
Antiphon Insurrexerunt in me, with Psalm 26 (plainsong)
A reading from the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah (I) (plainsong)
Responsory: Omnes amici mei (plainsong, mode viii)
A reading from the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah (II) (plainsong)
Responsory: Velum templi (plainsong, mode ii)
A reading from the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah (III) (plainsong)
Responsory: Vinea mea electa (plainsong, mode viii)

Matins: Second Nocturn
Antiphon Vim faciebant, with Psalm 37 (plainsong)
Antiphon Confundantur et revereantur, with Psalm 39 (plainsong)
Antiphon Alieni insurrexerunt, with Psalm 53 (plainsong)
Commentary of St. Augustine on the Psalms (I)
Responsory: Tamquam ad latronem (plainsong, mode viii)
Commentary of St. Augustine on the Psalms (II)
Responsory: Tenebræ factæ sunt (plainsong, mode vii)
Commentary of St. Augustine on the Psalms (III)
Responsory: Animam meam dilectam (plainsong, mode viii)

Matins: Third Nocturn
Antiphon Ab insurgentibus in me, with Psalm 58 (plainsong)
Antiphon Longe fecisti, with Psalm 87 (plainsong)
Antiphon Captabunt in animam justi, with Psalm 93 (plainsong)
Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews (I)
Responsory: Tradiderunt me in manus (plainsong, mode vi)
Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews (II)
Responsory: Jesum tradidit impius (plainsong, mode viii)
Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews (III)
Responsory: Caligaverunt oculi mei (plainsong, mode v)

Lauds
Antiphon Proprio Filio suo, with Psalm 50 (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon Anxiatus est in me, with Psalm 142 (plainsong, mode iv)
Antiphon Ait latro ad latronem, with Psalm 84 (plainsong, mode i)
Antiphon Dum conturbata fuerit, with the Canticle of Habakkuk (plainsong, mode i)
Antiphon Memento mei, Domine Deus, with Psalm 147 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Posuerunt super caput ejus, with the Benedictus (plainsong, mode i)
Responsory Christus factus est (plainsong, mode v)
Miserere mei (plainsong)

Viri Galilæi

Music for Holy Thursday, 29 March 2018

Thursday, 29 March 2018, 7:00 p.m.
Music for the Mass of Maundy Thursday

At Mass
Missa brevis for Holy Thursday (Giovanni Rovetta, c.1596-1668)
Motet at the Offertory: Tristis est anima mea (Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, c.1590-1664)
Motet at the Communion: O bone Jesu (Loyset Compère, c.1450-1518)
Motet at the Communion: Ubi caritas (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)
Hymn at the procession: Pange lingua gloriosi (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the procession: Jesu dulcis memoria (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the procession: Verbum supernum (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the procession: Sacris solemniis (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the procession: Ave verum corpus (William Byrd, 1540-1623)

At Vespers
Antiphon Calicem salutaris accipiam, with Psalm 115 (plainsong, mode ii)
Antiphon Cum his qui oderunt, with Psalm 119 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Eripe me, Domine, with Psalm 139 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Domine, clamavi ad te, with Psalm 140 (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon Considerabam ad dexteram, with Psalm 141 (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon Coentatibus autem, with the Magnificat (plainsong, mode i)
Responsory Christus factus est
Miserere mei (plainsong)

At the Stripping of the Altars
Antiphon Diviserunt sibi, with Psalm 21 (recto tono)

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Music for Tenebrae, 28 March 2018

Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 7:00 p.m.
Music for Tenebræ
Matins & Lauds of Maundy Thursday

Matins: First Nocturn
Antiphon Zelus domus tuae, with Psalm 68 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Avertantur retrorsum, with Psalm 69 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Deus meus, eripe me, with Psalm 70 (plainsong, mode viii)
A reading from the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah (I) (plainsong)
Responsory: In monte Oliveti (plainsong, mode viii)
A reading from the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah (II) (Giammateo Asola, c.1532-1609)
Responsory: Tristis est anima mea (plainsong, mode viii)
A reading from the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah (III) (Asola)
Responsory: Ecce vidimus eum (plainsong, mode v)

Matins: Second Nocturn
Antiphon Liberavit Dominus, with Psalm 71 (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon Cogitaverunt impii, with Psalm 72 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Exsurge, Domine, with Psalm 73 (plainsong, mode i)
Commentary of St. Augustine on the Psalms (I)
Responsory: Amicus meus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Commentary of St. Augustine on the Psalms (II)
Responsory: Judas mercator pessimus (Palestrina)
Commentary of St. Augustine on the Psalms (III)
Responsory: Unus ex discipulis meis (Palestrina)

Matins: Third Nocturn
Antiphon Dixi iniquis, with Psalm 74 (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon Terra tremuit, with Psalm 75 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon In die tribulationis, with Psalm 76 (plainsong, mode vii)
Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians (I)
Responsory: Eram quasi agnus innocens (Palestrina)
Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians (II)
Responsory: Una hora (Palestrina)
Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians (III)
Responsory: Seniores populi (Palestrina)

Lauds
Antiphon Justificeris, Domine, with Psalm 50 (plainsong)
Antiphon Dominus tamquam ovis, with Psalm 89 (plainsong)
Antiphon Contritum est cor meum, with Psalm 35 (plainsong)
Antiphon Exhortatus es, with Exodus 15 (plainsong)
Antiphon Oblatus est, with Psalm 146 (plainsong)
Antiphon Traditor autem, with the Benedictus (plainsong, mode i)
Responsory Christus factus est (plainsong, mode v)
Motet: Miserere mei (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)

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Music for Palm Sunday, 25 March 2018

Sunday, 25 March 2018, 9:30 a.m.
Music for Palm Sunday

At the consecration and reception of palms
Asperges me (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon: Hosanna filio David (plainsong, mode vii)
Sanctus XVIII
Antiphon at the reception of palms: Pueri Hebraeorum portantes, with Psalm 23:1-4 (mode i)
Motet at the reception of palms: Pueri Hebraeoum vestimenta (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Antiphon at the reception of palms: Pueri Hebraeoum vestimenta, with Psalm 46:1-10 (mode i)

At the procession
Antiphon: Cum audisset populus (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn: Hosanna, Loud Hosanna (Ellacombe)
Anthem: Ante sex dies (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn: To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King (Ich glaub an Gott)
Hymn: The Royal Banners Forward Go (Agincourt)
Hymn: Christus vincit (traditional melody)
Antiphon at the entrance into the church: Gloria, laus, et honor (plainsong, mode i)
Responsory: Ingrediente

At the Mass of the Passion
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Matthaeum (polyphonic turba settings by Victoria)
Motet at the Offertory: Improperium (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Media vita (Henri Du Mont, 1610-1684)

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