Monthly Archives: July 2011

Music for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, 31 July 2011

Music for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Allein Gott in der Höh sei her (Max Reger, 1873-1916)
Missa Iste confessor (Palestrina)
Gregorian Mass of the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: Omnes gentes
Motet at the Offertory: Jubilate Deo (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Motet at the Communion: Salve Regina (Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621)
Postlude: Fugue in D Major (BWV 532) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Eighteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Domine Deus salutis meae (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: At the Lamb’s High Feast (Salzburg)
Communion: Panem de caelo (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Communion: Praise to the Holiest in the Height (Newman)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

St. Mary’s and the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny are pleased to present a talk by Michael Foley on the Mystical Meaning of the Roman Missal at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, 31 July. The presentation will be preceded by Rosary and Benediction in the church at 4:30 p.m.  Please see the website of the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny for further information.

Music for the Nuptial Mass of Clare Ashdowne and Joshua Copeland, 30 July 2011

Saturday, 30 July 2011, 1:00 p.m.
Music for the Nuptial Mass of Clare Ashdowne and Joshua Copeland
(Missale Romanum of 1970)
Prelude: Prelude & Fugue in E-flat Major ('St. Anne') (BWV 552) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Prelude: Love Bade Me Welcome (from Five Mystical Songs) (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Procession: All My Hope On God Is Founded (Michael) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Gregorian Nuptial Mass: Deus Israel conjungat vos
Mass for Five Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Robert Parsons, c.1530-1572)
Motet at the Communion: Ego flos campi (Jacobus Clemens non Papa, c.1510-1556)
Hymn at the Communion: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Blaenwern)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (Christopher Tye, c.1505-c.1572)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in G Major (BWV 541) (Bach)

Music for the Feast of St. James at St. James Cathedral, Brooklyn, 25 July 2011

Monday, 25 July 2011, 7:00 p.m.
The Cathedral Basilica of St. James, Brooklyn
Music for the Feast of St. James the Apostle
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Exsultet caelum (Jean Titelouze, c.1562-1633)
Missa Iste sanctus (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of St. James: Mihi autem
Hymn at the Offertory: Exsultet caelum (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Motet at the Communion: Apostole Christi Jacobe (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Communion: O lux et decus Hispaniae (Victoria)
Postlude: Praeludium in D minor (BuxWV 140) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
David J. Hughes, Organist & Choirmaster

The music for this Mass is sponsored by The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny.

Music for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, 24 July 2011

Music for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude pour le sixième dimanche après la Pentecôte (from L’Orgue mystique) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Gregorian Mass of the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: Dominus fortitudo plebis
Kyrie Summe Deus: Vatican Gradual, ad libitum II
Gloria: Vatican Gradual, ad libitum I
Improvisation at the Offertory
Sanctus: Vatican Gradual, Mass II
Agnus Dei: Vatican Gradual, ad libitum I
Motet at the Communion: O Jesu, nomen dulce (Heinrich Schutz, 1585-1672)
Postlude: Apparition de l’Église éternelle (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)

Music for the Seventeenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Exsultate Deo (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: O God, Our Help In Ages Past (St. Anne)
Communion: Simile est regnum caelorum (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: O Jesu, King most wonderful (King’s Norton)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

St. Mary’s Student Schola – Norwalk Benefit Concert, 22 July 2011

Friday, 22 July 2011, 7:30 p.m.
St. Mary’s Student Schola
The Sisters of Life Schola
Concert at St. Mary’s, Norwalk

Virgin Great and Glorious (Basque melody)
Jesu dulcis memoria (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Jerusalem (Communio of Laetare Sunday) (plainsong, mode iv)
O Sacrum Convivium (Roberto Remondi, 1850-1928)
Verbum supernum (plainsong, mode viii)
Ave Verum Corpus (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Christus vincit (Carolingian plainsong, VIIIth century)
Salve Regina (simple tone) (plainsong, mode v)
Ave Maria (attrib. Victoria)
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) (plainsong, mode v)
Magnificat (plainsong & fauxbourdon, mode viii)
Ave Regina cælorum (simple tone) (plainsong, mode vi)
Ave Maris Stella (plainsong, mode i)
versets on Ave Maris Stella (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)
Regina cæli (simple tone) (plainsong, mode vi)
Alleluia. Assumpta est Maria (plainsong, mode v)
Rejoice, O Queen of Heaven (André Gouze, b. 1943)
Regina cæli (solemn tone) (plainsong, mode vi)

This concert is a benefit for the St. Mary’s Student Schola’s upcoming trip to sing for the main English-speaking Masses, as well as several Latin Masses, at World Youth Day this summer in Madrid. For more information, please visit www.chantwith.us.

Requiem Mass for Fr. Kevin Fitzpatrick, 21 July 2011

Thursday, 21 July 2011, 6:00 p.m.
Requiem Mass for the Rev. Kevin P. Fitzpatrick
on the third anniversary of his death
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro defunctis (plainsong)
Motet at the Communion: Sicut cervus (from the Requiem) (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
At the absolution: Libera me, Domine (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, 17 July 2011

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Partitas sopra "Jesu, meine Freude" (Johann Gottfried Walther, 1684-1748)
Missa Laudate Deum (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Exaudi Domine...adjutor
Motet at the Offertory: Exaudi Deus (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Unam petii (Giovanni Francesco Anerio, c.1567-1630)
Postlude: Partitas sopra "Jesu, meine Freude" (Walther)

Music for the Sixteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Holy, Holy, Holy (Nicaea)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Eripe me (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Lauda anima)
Communion: Optimam partem (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Adoro Te Devote
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, 16 July 2011

Music for the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Saturday, 16 July 2011, 9:00 a.m.
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: Gaudeamus
Hymn at the Offertory: Tota pulchra es (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave Maria… virgo serena (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Rosa Mystica (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 10 July 2011

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (BWV 647) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Dominus illuminatio mea
Motet at the Offertory: Illumina oculos meos à 5 (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Illumina faciem tuam (Carlo Gesualdo, 1566-1613)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in C Major (BWV 531) (Bach)

Music for the Fifteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Word of God, Come Down on Earth (Liebster Jesu)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Te decet hymnus (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Father, We Thank Thee Who Hast Planted (Rendez à Dieu)
Communion: Passer invenit (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: If Thou But Trust In God to Guide Thee (Wen nur den lieben Gott)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for a Saturday of Our Lady, 9 July 2011

Music for a Saturday of Our Lady
Saturday, 9 July 2011, 9:00 a.m.
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Toccata avanti la Messa della Madonna (Girolamo Frescobaldi, 1583-1643)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Saturdays of Our Lady after Pentecost: Salve sancta parens
Improvisation at the Offertory
Hymn at the Communion: Ave maris stella (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Ave maris stella (Jean Titelouze, c.1562-1633)

The second Saturday of every month is a Missa cantata celebrated
for the intentions of the Gospel of Life Society at St. Mary’s.