Music for the Solemn Easter Vigil, 20 April 2019

Saturday, 20 April 2019, 7:00 p.m.
Music for the Great Paschal Vigil and First Mass of Easter
The Exsultet
Canticle: Cantemus Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Vinea facta est (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Attende caelum (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Sicut cervus (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the aspersion: Rex sanctorum angelorum (Sarum plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at confirmation: Veni Creator Spiritus (Gilles Binchois, c.1400-1460)
Antiphon at confirmation: Confirma hoc, with Psalm 67 (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at confirmation: Sicut cervus / Sitivit anima mea (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at confirmation: Factus est repente / Confirma hoc (Gregor Aichinger, 1565-1628)
Antiphon at confirmation: Ecce sic benedicetur (plainsong, mode vi)
The Litany of the Saints

Kyrie Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria: Orgelsolomesse (K. 259) (Wolfang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Alleluia: Confitemini Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Tract: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu Salvator saeculi (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Sanctus & Benedictus: Orgelsolomesse (Mozart)
Motet at the Communion: Dum transisset Sabbatum I (John Taverner, 1490-1545)
Antiphon of Vespers: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, with Psalm 116 (plainsong, mode vi)
Magnificat antiphon of Vespers: Vespere autem sabbati (plainsong, mode viii)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 6 (Op. 42, No. 2) (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir

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