Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 12:10 p.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode i)
Communion: Data est mihi (plainsong, mode i)
Marian Antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Messe basse (Gabriel Fauré, 1845-1924)
Gregorian Mass of Ascension Day: Viri Galilaei
Gloria: Missa Lux et origo (Mass I)
Hymn at the Offertory: Salutis humanae Sator (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: Viri Galilaei (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Transports de joie d’une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne [Outbursts of joy from a soul before the Glory of Christ which is its own glory] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)
The St. Cecilia Student Schola
The St. Gregory Student Schola
The St. John the Baptist Choristers
