Music for the Feast of the Purification of the BVM (Candlemas) [external solemnity]
(Missale Romanum of 1962; prelude begins at 3:00 p.m.)
Prelude: Cantata No. 82: “Ich habe genug” (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton)
Prelude: Prelude & Fugue in D Major (BWV 532) (Bach)
At the blessing of candles: Lumen ad revelationem gentium (plainsong, mode viii)
At the procession: Adorna thalamum (plainsong, mode vi)
Mass for Five Voices (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Gregorian Mass of Candlemas: Suscepimus, Deus
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Anton Bruckner, 1824-1896)
Motet at the Communion: O Sacrum Convivium (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Motet at the Communion: Senex puerum portabat (Byrd)
Postlude: Dieu parmi nous (Messiaen)
