Sacred Music at St. Mary’s


Music for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 14 September 2008

Music for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Jésus accepte la souffrance (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Missa O Rex gloriæ (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross: Nos autem gloriari
Motet at the Offertory: O Crux benedicta (Cipriano de Rore, 1516-1565)
Hymn at the Communion: Vexilla Regis (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Passacaglia in C Minor (BWV 582) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Jésus accepte la souffrance (Messiaen)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Dulce lignum (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Cross of Jesus (John Stainer, 1840-1901)
Communion: Per signum Crucis (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Vexilla Regis (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Passacaglia in C Minor (BWV 582) (Bach)



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