Monthly Archives: June 2019

Music for Vespers of the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 7 July 2019

Sunday, 7 July 2019, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Dixit Dominus & Psalm 109 (mode vii)
Magna opera Domini & Psalm 110 (mode iii)
Qui timet Dominum & Psalm 111 (mode iv)
Sit nomen Domini & Psalm 112 (mode vii)
Deum autem noster & Psalm 113 (mode i)
Hymn: Lucis Creator optime (plainsong, mode viii)
Magnificat antiphon: Praeceptor, per totum noctem (mode i)
Commemoration of Ss. Cyril & Methodius: Isti sunt viri sancti (mode i)
O Salutaris Hostia (Werner)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the External Solemnity of the Most Precious Blood, 7 July 2019

Music for the External Solemnity of the Most Precious Blood
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Chorale Phrygien (Jehan Alain, 1911-1940)
Hymn at the Procession: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton)
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Most Precious Blood: Redemisti nos
Motet at the Offertory: Caro mea (Byrd)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Byrd)
Postlude: Litanis (Alain)

Music for the Fourteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Word of God, Come Down on Earth (Liebster Jesu)
Missa Orbis factor (Mass XI)
Introit: Suscepimus Deus (i)
Gradual: Esto mihi (v)
Alleluia: Magnus Dominus (vii)
Credo I
Offertory: Populum humilem (v)
Hymn at the Offertory: Christ Is the World’s Light (Christe sanctorum)
Communion: Gustate et videte (iii)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesus, Lover of My Soul (Aberystwyth)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (v)
Organ music as above

Music for the External Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, 30 June 2019

Music for the External Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Cantabile from Symphony No. 6 (Op. 42, No. 2) (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)
Hymn at the Procession: O Sacred Heart (Laurence)
Missa D'ung aultre amer (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Sacred Heart: Cogitationes
Motet at the Offertory: Tu solus qui facis mirabilia (Josquin)
Motet at the Communion: Unus militum (Terrence B. Fay, b.1977)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 6 (Widor)

Music for the Thirteenth 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)
Missa Orbis factor (Mass XI)
Introit: Omnes gentes (vi)
Gradual: Venite filii (v)
Alleluia: Omnes gentes (i)
Offertory: Sicut in holocausto (v)
Hymn at the Offertory: All People That on Earth Do Dwell (Old Hundredth)
Communion: Inclina aurem tuam (iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Adoro te devote (v)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (v)
Organ music as above

Learn Your Faith/Conozca Su Fe: Corpus Christi

The symbolism of the crucifix, which we see in the church every Sunday, reminds us of the fact that the same sacrificial offering of Himself, which Jesus made for us on the Cross, is continued for us in the sacrifice of the Mass. Ultimately, the same symbolism of the crucifix prompts us to consider how…
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Music for Corpus Christi, 23 June 2019

Sunday, 23 June 2019
9:30 a.m.
Music for the Feast of Corpus Christi (external solemnity)
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Le banquet céleste (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Hymn at the Procession: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Gregorian Mass of Corpus Christi: Cibavit eos
Missa Pange lingua (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Sequence: Lauda Sion (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Offertory: Ego sum panis vivus (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: Panis angelicus (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921)
Hymn at the Procession: Pange lingua, with versets of Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703)
Hymns at the Procession:
1. Pange lingua gloriosi (plainsong, mode iii)
2. Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)
3. Godhead Here In Hiding (Adoro Te Devote)
4. Soul of My Saviour (Anima Christi)
5. O Jesus, We Adore Thee (Fulda melody)
6. Verbum supernum (plainsong, mode viii)
7. Cantemos al Amor (Ignacio Busca Sagastizábal)
Hymn at Benediction: O Salutaris (Hereford)
Hymn at Benediction: Tantum ergo (French melody)
Antiphon at Benediction: Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Postlude de Fête 'Te Deum Laudamus' (Op. 21) (Léonce de Saint-Martin, 1886-1954)

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

Music for Trinity Sunday, 16 June 2019

Music for Trinity Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: La relation réelle en Dieu est réellement identique à l'essence (from Meditations Sur Le Mystère De La Sainte Trinité) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Processional Hymn: O God, Almighty Father (Gott Vater sei gepriesen)
Missa Deus semipterne (Vatican Gradual, Mass III)
Gregorian Mass of Trinity Sunday: Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas
Motet at the Offertory: Duo Seraphim (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Motet at the Communion: Sancta Trinitas unus Deus (Antoine de Févin, c.1470-c.1512)
Postlude: Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr (BWV 663) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for Trinity Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Almighty Father (Gott Vater sei gepriesen)
Introit: Caritas Dei (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gradual: Benedictus es (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Benedictus es (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Benedictus sit (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: I Bind Unto Myself Today (St. Patrick’s Breastplate)
Communion: Benedicimus Deum (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Quicunque vult (The Athanasian Creed) (Tonus peregrinus)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above