Music for the Octave Day of Christmas, 1 January 2011

Music for the Feast of the Circumcision & Octave Day of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)

Prelude: Prélude pour la Circoncision (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of the Octave Day of Christmas: Puer natus est
Hymn at the Offertory: A solis ortu cardine (plainsong, with versets of Nicolas de Grigny)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesu, Redemptor omnium (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Fantaisie et Choral pour la Circoncision (Tournemire)

Music for the Feast of St. Mary, Mother of God
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 12:10 p.m.)

Prelude: Dans une douce joie (from Neuf Pièces) (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Hymn at the Procession: Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly (Pleading Saviour)
Alleluia: Post partum (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky (Eisenach)
Communion: Exsulta filia Sion (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Virgin-born, We Bow Before You (Mon Dieu prête-moi l’oreille)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 609) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

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