Music for the Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Canzona in C Major, BuxWV 166 (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Missa Regina caeli (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday in Ascensiontide: Exaudi, Domine
Hymn at the Offertory: Salutis humanae Sator (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Postlude: Fugue in C Major (‘Jig’ Fugue), BuxWV 174 (Buxtehude)
Music for the Seventh Sunday of Easter (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel [Serene alleluias from a soul longing for heaven] (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Exivi a Patre (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli (Gregor Aichinger, 1564-1628)
Communion: Pater, cum essem (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)
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)
Music for Ascension Thursday (Missale Romanum of 1970, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Ascension (from Le Miroir de Jésus: Mystères du Rosaire) (André Caplet, 1878-1925)
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Look, Ye Saints, the Sight Is Glorious (Coronae) (W.H. Monk, 1823-1889)
Communion: Data est mihi (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Our Lord Is Risen from the Dead (Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag)
Postlude: Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père [Majesty of Christ praying that His Father should glorify Him] (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Music for Ascension Thursday (Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Chorale on Viri Galilaei (David J. Hughes, b.1980)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of Ascension Day: Viri Galilaei
Hymn at the Offertory: Salutis humanae Sator (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Regina caeli, jubila (Katholischer Geistlicher Kirchengesang, 1599)
Postlude: Fugue on Ascendit Deus (Hughes)
Music for the Fifth Sunday after Easter (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Easter: Vocem jucunditatis
Hymn at the Offertory: Exsultemus et laetemur (plainsong, mode iii)
Motet at the Communion: Haec dies (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
We welcome Mr. Sebastián Zubieta as guest conductor for this Mass.
Music for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Hymn at the Offertory: Hail Thee, Festival Day (Salve festa dies) (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Hymn at the Communion: He Is Risen, He Is Risen! (Neander) (Joachim Neander, 1650-1680)
We welcome Mr. William Riccio as guest conductor for this Mass.
Music for the Fourth Sunday after Easter (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Heut’ triumphieret Gottes Sohn, BWV 630 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa ‘Alleluia’ (Jean Mouton, c.1459-1522)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after Easter: Cantate Domino
Motet at the Offertory: Cantate Domino (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Postlude: Toccata in A Minor (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, 1562-1621)
Music for the Fifth Sunday of Easter (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Cantate Domino
Alleluia: Christus resurgens (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Cantate Domino (Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, 1657-1743)
Communion: Tanto tempore (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: O For a Closer Walk With God (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Postlude: Improvisation on Duke Street
Music for the Third Sunday after Easter (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Glorificamus (John Redford, c.1485-1547)
Mass for Four Voices (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday after Easter: Jubilate Deo
Hymn at the Offertory: Ad regias Agni dapes (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Tallis)
Postlude: Verses on the Te Deum (anonymous French, 16th century)
Music for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Sheep May Safely Graze (from Cantata No. 208) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Alleluia: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode i)
Communion: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode ii)
Postlude: Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542 (Bach)
Music for the Second Sunday after Easter (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Misericordia Domini
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after Easter: Misericordia Domini
Motet at the Communion: Regina caeli (Robert White, c.1538-1574)
Postlude: Partita on Christ lag in Todesbanden (Georg Böhm, 1661-1733)
Music for the Third Sunday of Easter (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Jubilate Deo
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Oportebat pati Christum (plainsong, mode iv)
Antiphon at the Offertory: Regina caeli (plainchant, mode vi)
Hymn at the Offertory: Now the Green Blade Riseth (Noel Nouvelet)
Communion: Surrexit Dominus (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Hallelujah! He Is Risen (Hallelujah! Gott zu loben)
Postlude: Partita on Christ lag in Todesbanden (Georg Böhm, 1661-1733)