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Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady and Dedication of Marian Triptych, 7 February 2018

Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady
and Dedication of the Triptych of Our Lady of Norwalk

Wednesday, 7 February 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Missale Romanum of 1962
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Hail Queen of Heaven, the Ocean Star (Stella)
Introit: Salve sancta Parens (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa Beatae Mariae Virginis II (Mantova) (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gradual: Benedicta et venerabilis es (plainsong, mode iv] Tract: Gaude Maria Virgo (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Ave Maria (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave maris stella (Giammateo Asola, 1532-1609)
Communion: Beata viscera (plainsong, mode i, with verses)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Postlude: Versets on Ave Maris stella (Op. 18, Nos. 6-9) (Marcel Dupré, 1886-1971)

The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary's Choir
The St. Cecilia Student Schola
Viri Galilæi

Music for Vespers of Sexagesima Sunday, 4 February 2018

Sunday, 4 February 2018, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of Sexagesima Sunday

Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
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: Vobis datum est (mode vi)
Commemoration of St. Agatha: Stans beata Agatha (mode i)
O Salutaris Hostia (Werner)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

The sermon will be preached by Fr. Carleton Jones, OP

Music for Sexagesima Sunday, 4 February 2018

Music for Sexagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude (Op. 93/1) (Aleksandr Konstantinovich Glazunov, 1865-1936, arr. Dupré)
Hymn at the Procession: Fight the Good Fight (Duke Street)
Missa Non è lasso martire (Leonhard Lechner, c.1553-1606)
Gregorian Mass of Sexagesima: Exsurge
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Regina caelorum (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: In illo tempore: cum turba (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Postlude: Fugue (Op. 93/2) (Glazunov)

Music for the Fifth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: God, Whose Almighty Word (Italian Hymn)
Introit: Venite, adoremus Deum (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gradual: Tollite hostias (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Perfice gressus meos (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: Out of the Deep (Thomas Tomkins, 1572-1656)
Communion: Multitudo languentium (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Litany to the Holy Spirit (Peter Hurford, b.1930)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for Candlemas, 2 February 2018

Friday, 2 February 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Purification of Our Lady (Candlemas)
(Missale Romanum of 1962)

Prelude: La Vierge et l'Enfant; Desseins eternels (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)

At the Blessing of Candles & Procession
At the blessing of candles: Lumen ad revelationem gentium (plainsong, mode viii), etc.
At the procession: Angularis fundamentum (Regent Square)
At the procession: Adorna thalamum (plainsong, mode vi)

At Mass
Messe cum jubilo (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)
Gregorian Mass of Candlemas: Suscepimus Deus
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave Regina caelorum (Leonel Power, 1370-1445)
Motet at the Communion: Quem terra, pontus, aethera (William Byrd, 1540-1623)

Postlude: Fantaisie-Improvisation sur l’Ave maris stella (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)

St. Mary's Schola Cantorum

Music for the Feast of St. John Bosco, 31 January 2018

Wednesday, 31 January 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. John Bosco
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Gregorian Mass of St. John Bosco: Dedit illi Deus
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Puerorum (Op. 62) (Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, 1839-1901)
Gloria: Missa Sincere in memoriam (Op. 187) (Rheinberger)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Elgar)
Postlude: Master Tallis's Testament (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)

St. Cecilia Student Schola

Music for Septuagesima Sunday, 28 January 2018

Music for Septuagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Sicilienne (Op. 53, No. 2) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Hymn at the Procession: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Blaenwern)
Missa Simile est regnum caelorum (Alonso Lobo, 1555-1617)
Gregorian Mass of Septuagesima: Circumdederunt me
Motet at the Offertory: Simile est regnum caelorum à 4 (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Et egressus (Simile est, secunda pars) (Guerrero)
Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Op. 54, No. 6) (Vierne)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Blaenwern)
Introit: Laetetur cor (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gradual: Quis sicut Dominus (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Adorabo ad templum (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Bonum est confiteri (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Verily, Verily I Say Unto You (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Communion: Illumina (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Domine exaudi orationem meam (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany, 21 January 2018

Music for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Organ Sonata in G: Andante espressivo (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Hymn at the Procession: Thine Arm, O Lord, in Days of Old (St. Matthew)
Missa Batalla escoutez (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday after the Epiphany: Adorate Deum
Motet at the Offertory: Alma Redemptoris Mater (prima pars) (Jean L'Héritier, c.1480-c.1551)
Motet at the Communion: Tu quae genuisti (Alma Redemptoris, secunda pars) (L'Héritier)
Postlude: Organ Sonata in G: Allegro maestoso (Elgar)

Music for the Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (Westminster Abbey)
Introit: Dominus secus mare Galilææ (plainsong, mode i)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gradual: Timebunt gentes (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Dominus regnavit (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Dextera Domini (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton)
Communion: Venite post me (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: My Eyes for Beauty Pine (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above