Monthly Archives: November 2018

Music for Vespers of the First Sunday of Advent, 2 December 2018

Sunday, 2 December 2018, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the First Sunday of Advent
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
In illa die & Psalm 109 (mode viii)
Jucundare filia Sion & Psalm 110 (mode viii)
Ecce Dominus veniet & Psalm 111 (mode v)
Omnes sitientes & Psalm 112 (mode vii)
Ecce veniet Propheta & Psalm 113 (mode iv)
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 i)

Music for the First Sunday of Advent, 2 December 2018

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)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Gregorian Mass of the First Sunday of Advent: Ad te levavi
Motet at the Offertory: Veni Domine (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Ecce Dominus veniet (Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621)
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: Come, O Long Expected Jesus (Stuttgart)
Introit: Ad te levavi (plainsong, mode viii)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Gradual: Universi qui te exspectant (plainsong, mode i)
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)
Motet at the Communion: Matin Responsory for Advent (after Palestrina)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Music for a Votive Mass for the Remission of Sins, 29 November 2018

Thursday, 29 November 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for a Votive Mass for the Remission of Sins
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Praeludium in G minor (BuxWV 149) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Missa Rex splendens (Vatican Gradual, Mass VII)
Gregorian Mass for the Remission of Sins: Misereris omnium
Offertory: Domine exaudi orationem (plainsong, mode iv, with verses)
Communion: Petite et accipietis (plainsong, mode i, with the Miserere)
Postlude: "Big" Praeludium in E minor (Nicolaus Bruhns, 1665-1697)

This Mass is sponsored by the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny.
It will followed by an address in the parish hall by Martin Mosebach:
"By Their Fruits You Shall Know Them: Six Theses on the Liturgical Reform"

Learn Your Faith: The Season of Advent

The word “advent” provides us with much material for reflection on the meaning of the season of the liturgical year we call “Advent”. The Latin word advenire means “to come to”, “to reach”, or “to arrive at”. Meditating on the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary, we may ponder the fact that the Lord Jesus Christ…
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Music for the Last Sunday after Pentecost, 25 November 2018

Music for the Twenty-Seventh & Last Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Suite pour orgue: Prélude (Op. 5) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)
Hymn at the Procession: God of All Power, and Truth, and Grace (Breslau)
Missa Cuidez vous que Dieu (Pierre de Manchicourt, c.1510-1564)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: De profundis (prima pars) (Ludwig Senfl, 1486-1543)
Motet at the Communion: A custodia matutina (De profundis, secunda pars) (Senfl)
Postlude: Prélude et fugue sur le nom d'Alain (Op. 7) (Duruflé)

Music for the Feast of Christ the King
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King (Ich glaub an Gott)
Introit: Dignus est Agnus (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa Dominator Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass XV)
Gradual: Dominabitur (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Potestas ejus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Postula a me (plainsong, mode iv)
Acclamation at the Offertory: Christus vincit (Ambrosian plainsong)
Communion: Sedebit Dominus Rex (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: The Beatitudes (Arvo Pärt, b.1935)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for St. Cecilia’s Day, 22 November 2018

Thursday, 22 November 2018, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Cecilia
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gregorian Mass of St. Cecilia: Loquebar
Hymn at the Offertory: Jesu corona Virginum (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Anima Christi (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: How Shall I Sing That Majesty (Coe fen)
Postlude: Improvisation