Monthly Archives: September 2011

Music for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 2 October 2011

Music for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Ricercare del duodecimo tono (Andrea Gabrieli, c.1532-1585)
Missa Dormendo un giorno (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Miserere mihi
Motet at the Offertory: Miserere mei Deus (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Cantate Domino (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Postlude: Choral Alleluiatique (from L’Orgue mystique) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)

Music for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (Westminster Abbey)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: In exitu Israel (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: There was a man in the land of Hus (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: God So Loved the World (John Stainer, 1840-1901)
Communion: In salutari tuo (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 25 September 2011

Music for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude (from 24 Pièces en style libre) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Missa Spem in alium (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Inclina, Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Exspectans expsectavi (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: Inclina Domine (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Vierne)

Music for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: At the Name of Jesus (King's Weston)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Paratum cor meum (plainsong, mode iii)
Offertory: Upon the rivers of Babylon (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu, the very thought of Thee (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Communion: Memento verbi tui (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: Non nobis, Domine (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for Solemn Mass of the Ember Saturday in September, 24 September 2011

Saturday, 24 September 2011, 9:00 a.m.
Music for Solemn Mass of the Ember Saturday in September
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Fugue sur le thème du Carillon des Heures de la Cathédrale de Soissons (Op. 12) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)
Introit: Venite, adoremus Deum (plainsong, mode ii)
Kyrie: Missa Sæculorum Amen (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gradual: Propitius esto (plainsong, mode v)
Gradual: Protector noster (plainsong, mode v)
Gradual: Convertere (plainsong, mode v)
Gradual: Dirigatur (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn: Benedictus es (plainsong, mode vii)
Tract: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Domine, Deus salutis meæ (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: De profundis (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa Sæculorum Amen (Guerrero)
Communion: Mense septimo (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Fugue in E-flat Major (‘St. Anne’) (BWV 552) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

This Mass is part of the conference
"For the Whole Church: Looking forward with
Summorum Pontificum",
sponsored by the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny.

Music for Vespers of the Ember Friday in September, 23 September 2011

Friday, 23 September 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Music for Vespers of the Ember Friday in September
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
At the procession: Recordare mei Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Domine probasti me & Psalm 138. I. (mode iii)
Mirabilia opera tua & Psalm 138. II. (mode vi)
Ne derelinquas me & Psalm 139 (mode iv)
Domine clamavi ad te & Psalm 140 (mode viii)
Educ de custodia & Psalm 141 (mode iii)
Hymn: Hominis superne Conditor (plainsong, mode i)
Magnificat antiphon: Mulier, quae erat (mode viii)
Magnificat octavi toni (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Preces feriales (plainsong)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (Christopher Tye, c.1505-1572)
Postlude: Præludium in D minor (BuxWV 140) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

This Vespers is the opening of the conference
"For the Whole Church: Looking forward with
Summorum Pontificum",
sponsored by The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny.

Music for the Feast of St. Matthew, 21 September 2011

Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Matthew
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Canzona in D minor (BWV 588) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of St. Matthew: Os justi
Improvisation at the Offertory
Hymn at the Communion: Exsultet orbis gaudiis (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: "Little" Fugue in G minor (BWV 578) (Bach)

Music for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 18 September 2011

Music for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Kyrie eleison in E minor (Op. 59, No. 7) (Max Reger, 1873-1916)
Missa quarti toni (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Protector noster
Motet at the Offertory: Exsultate justi (Ludovico da Viadana, 1564-1627 )
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Præludium in F-sharp minor (BuxWV 146) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

Music for the Twenty-Fifth 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: Confitemini Domino (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: If I walk in the midst of tribulation (plainsong, mode viii) [Simple English Propers] Motet at the Offertory: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Communion: Tu mandasti (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave verum Corpus (plainsong, mode vi)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Nuptial Mass of Helen Taylor & Brian McCormack, 17 September 2011

Saturday, 17 September 2011, 2:00 p.m.
Music for the Nuptial Mass of Helen Taylor & Brian McCormack
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Master Tallis’s Testament (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
At the Procession: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
At the Bridal Procession: Trumpet Voluntary (Henry Purcell, 1659-1695)
Gregorian Nuptial Mass: Deus Israel conjungat vos
Mass for Four Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Offertory: Nigra sum sed formosa (from the Canticum Canticorum) (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Pulchra es amica mea (from the Canticum Canticorum) (Palestrina)
Marian motet: Ave Maria...Virgo serena (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Postlude: Toccata from Symphony No. 5 (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)

Music for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 14 September 2011

Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Jésus accepte la souffrance (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross: Nos autem gloriari
Improvisation at the Offertory
Hymn at the Communion: Vexilla Regis (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Passacaglia in D Minor (BuxWV 161) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

Music for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 11 September 2011

Music for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Partitas on O Gott, du frommer Gott (BWV 767) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa ‘El Ojo’ (Francisco de Peñalosa, c.1470-1528)
Gregorian Mass of the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Respice Domine
Motet at the Offertory: In te speravi (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Domine non sum dignus (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Postlude: Danse funèbre pour honorer une mémoire héroïque (JA 120) (Jehan Alain, 1911-1940)

Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy (In Babilone)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Timebunt gentes (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Our Father, We Have Wandered (Passion Chorale)
Communion: Tollite hostias (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: All My Hope On God Is Founded (Michael) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above