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Advent Lessons & Carols, 11 December 2009, 7:00 p.m.

St. Mary's warmly invites you & your family
to a ceremony of
Advent Lessons & Carols
Friday, 11 December 2009, 7:00 p.m.

The St. Mary’s Choir
El Coro Hispano de Santa María
St. Mary’s Children’s Schola
Anchor Academy Schola Cantorum

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David J. Hughes, Organist & Choirmaster
Welder Gómez, Spanish Choir director

Seven readings from Sacred Scripture and the writings of the saints on the Advent of Our Lord
will be interspersed with carols, chants, hymns, and organ music of the season.
A festive reception will follow.

For more information, please contact the St. Mary’s Music Office.

A PDF flier is available here.

Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, 8 December 2009

Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 12:10 p.m.)

Prelude: Prélude à l’Introït pour l’Immaculée Conception (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Alleluia: Tota pulchra es (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly (Pleading Saviour)
Communion: Gloriosa dicta (plainsong, mode viii)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Offertoire pour l’Immaculée Conception (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Tournemire)

Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)

Prelude: Prélude à l’Introït pour l’Immaculée Conception (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Tournemire)
Missa de Beata Maria (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of the Immaculate Conception: Gaudens gaudebo
Motet at the Offertory: Illibata Dei Virgo nutrix (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Motet at the Communion: Ave virginum decus hominum (Illibata..., secunda pars) (Josquin)
Postlude: Postlude (pièce terminale) pour l’Immaculée Conception (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Tournemire)

Music for the Second Sunday of Advent, 6 December 2009

Music for the Second Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)

Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday of Advent: Populus Sion
Kyrie: Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII) [Children’s Scholas] Hymn at the Communion: Creator alme siderum (plainsong, mode iv) [Children’s Scholas] Sanctus: Missa D’ung aultre amer (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Agnus Dei: Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV) [Children’s Scholas] Motet at the Communion: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Marian Antiphon: Ave Maria (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Second Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)

Processional Hymn: On Jordan’s Bank (Winchester New)
Kyrie: Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Laetatus sum (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Comfort, Comfort, O My People (Geneva)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Jerusalem surge (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Hark, A Herald Voice is Sounding (Merton)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

The St. Mary’s Children’s Schola and the Anchor Academy Schola Cantorum combine to sing for the 9:30 Extraordinary Form Solemn High Mass this Sunday. The scholas will next sing for Mass on January 10th, the Feast of the Holy Family. For more information about the program of children’s musical formation at St. Mary’s, please contact David Hughes.

Music for the First Sunday of Advent, 29 November 2009

Music for the First Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)

Missa Brevis (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the First Sunday of Advent: Ad te levavi
Motet at the Offertory: Ecce virgo concipiet (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Hymn at the Communion: Conditor alme siderum (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)

Music for the First Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)

Kyrie: Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Processional Hymn: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, Veni Emmanuel)
Alleluia: Ostende nobis (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Wake, Awake, For Night Is Flying (Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Dominus dabit benignitatem (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Music for Thanksgiving Day, 26 November 2009

Music for the Thursday of the Thirty-Fourth Week of the Year
(Thanksgiving Day)
Thursday, 26 November 2009
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 9:00 a.m.)

Prelude: Improvisation on St. George’s Windsor
Processional Hymn: Come, Ye Thankful People, Come (St. George’s Windsor)
Hymn at the Offertory: We Gather Together (Kremser)
Hymn at the Offertory: Este Pan y Vino (Carmelo Erdozáin, b.1939)
Communion: Jerusalem, quae aedificatur (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Racimo y Trigal (Erdozáin)
Recessional: Now Thank We All Our God (Nun danket)
Postlude: Improvisation on the Te Deum

St. Cecilia’s Day Concert, 20 November 2009

The St. Cecilia Society at St. Mary Church is pleased to present its annual benefit St. Cecilia's Day Concert on Friday, 20 November 2009 at 7:30 P.M. The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum, under the direction of David Hughes, will sing polyphony of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance:

anonymous (XIV C.): Messe de Tournai (excerpts)
Josquin: Missa L’homme armé sexti toni (excerpts)
Byrd: Factus est repente
Byrd: Miserere mihi Domine
Philips: Ave Maria
Victoria: Ave Maris Stella

First Vespers of the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lady will be sung by the St. Mary's Choir at 7:00 P.M., and a festive wine & cheese reception will follow the concert. Suggested donation is $25 general admission, $15 for students & seniors; all proceeds go to support the work of the St. Cecilia Society throughout the year. For more information, please visit stmarynorwalk.net/music, or call the music office at 203-866-5546 x115.

A PDF flier is available here.

Music for the Last Sunday after Pentecost, 22 November 2009

Music for the Twenty-Fifth & Last Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)

Prelude: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (Max Reger, 1873-1916)
Missa L’homme armé sexti toni (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sunday after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: A custodia matutina [Ps. 130, secunda pars] (Josquin)
Motet at the Communion: O Sacrum Convivium (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Toccata & Fugue in D minor (BWV 565) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Feast of Christ the King
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)

Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Processional Hymn: All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (Coronation)
Alleluia: Potestas ejus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Christus vincit (plainsong)
Communion: Sedebit Dominus Rex (plainsong, mode vi)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 15 November 2009

Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)

Prelude: De profundis (from Neuf Pièces) (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Mass in C (Anton Bruckner, 1824-1896)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: De profundis (Andreas Hammerschmidt, 1611-1675)
Motet at the Communion: Panis angelicus (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921)
Postlude: Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain (Op. 7) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)

The Schola Cantorum is joined today by the St. Mary’s Choir.

Music for the Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)

Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Processional Hymn: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)
Alleluia: De profundis (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (St. Anne)
Communion: Amen dico vobis, quidquid (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: O Gladsome Light (Nunc dimittis)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, 8 November 2009

Music for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)

Prelude: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa carminum (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Improvisation at the Offertory
Improvisation at the Communion
Postlude: Toccata in F Major (BuxWV 156) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

Music for the Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)

Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Processional Hymn: From All That Dwell Below the Skies (Duke Street)
Alleluia: Qui posuit (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: O What Their Joy and Their Glory Must Be (O quanta qualia)
Communion: Dominus regit me (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Verum Corpus (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above