Monthly Archives: October 2014

ANGULARIS FUNDAMENTUM: A concert by the St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum

The St. Cecilia Society of St. Mary Church, Norwalk
is pleased to present its annual benefit concert in honor of St. Cecilia
& in celebration of the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
David J. Hughes, Director

Sunday, 9 November 2014, 4:00 P.M.
$25 general admission | $15 students & seniors

All proceeds go to support the work of the St. Cecilia Society throughout the year.
A festive wine & cheese reception will follow the concert.

Music for the Feast of Christ the King, 26 October 2014

Music for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Kyrie, Gloria: Missa Ego flos campi for double choir (Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, c.1590-1664) [Student Schola] Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Papae Marcelli (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Christ the King: Dignus est Agnus
Alleluia: Potestas ejus (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola] Offertory: Postula a me (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola] Motet at the Offertory: Vexilla Regis (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Domini est terra (Philippe de Monte, 1521-1603)
At the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: O Salutaris (Hereford)
Litany & Consecration to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Hymn at Benediction: Tantum ergo (French melody)
Antiphon at Benediction: Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 3 in F# minor (Op. 28) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Cecilia Student Schola

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Music for the Thirtieth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Introit: Laetetur cor (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Lauda Jerusalem (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Domine, vivifica me (plainsong, mode iii)
Motet at the Offertory: O, Praise God in His Holiness (C. Armstrong Gibbs, 1889-1960)
Communion: Laetabimur (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Praise to the Holiest in the Height (Newman)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for None of Thursday, 23 October 2014

Thursday, 23 October 2014, 3:00 p.m.
Music for None of Thursday
Hymn: Rerum, Deus, tenax vigor (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon: Invocabimus nomen tuum, with Psalms 74 and 75 (plainsong, mode vi)
Commemoration of St. Anthony Mary Claret
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

The office of None is sung by the students of Regina Pacis Academy.

Music for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 19 October 2014

Music for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (BWV 633) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Mi-Mi (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Gregorian Mass of the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Salus populi
Offertory: Si ambulavero (with painsong verses)
Motet at the Communion: Cantus (Salve Regina / Ave Regina / Inviolata / Alma Redemptoris) (Nicolas Gombert, c.1495-c.1560)
Postlude: Psalm-Prelude on Ps. 34:6 (Op. 32, No. 1) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)

Music for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Word of God, Come Down on Earth (Liebster Jesu)
Introit: Ego clamavi (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Lauda anima mea (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Meditabor (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: O God Beyond All Praising (Thaxted)
Communion: Domine Dominus noster (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, 16 October 2014

Thursday, 16 October 2014, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Psalm-Prelude on Ps. 23:4 (Op. 32, No. 3) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Hymn at the Procession: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Kingsfold)
Kyrie Orbis factor (Mass XI)
Hymn at the Offertory: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (St. Columba)
Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Deus Genitor alme (Mass XVIII)
Communion: Simile est regnum caelorum (plainsong, mode viii)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in C Major (BWV 553) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Mass is sung approximately once per month by the students of Regina Pacis Academy.

Music for the Vigil of St. Teresa of Avila, Carmelite Monastery, Brooklyn, 14 October 2014

Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Carmelite Monastery, Brooklyn, New York
Music for the Vigil of St. Teresa of Avila
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Veni Creator Spiritus (Gilles Binchois, c.1400-1460)
Carmelite Mass of St. Teresa of Avila: Dedit ei Dominus
- Introit: Dedit ei Dominus (mode iii)
- Gradual: Danti mihi sapientiam (mode v)
- Alleluia: Declaratio sermonum tuorum (mode viii)
- Offertory: Factus est in corde meo (mode iv)
- Communion: Misercordias Domini (mode i)
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Hymn at the Offertory: Regis superni nuntia (plainsong, mode viii; Vespers hymn for St. Teresa)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

The St. Cecilia Student Schola

Music for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 12 October 2014

Music for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Allein Gott in der Höh sei her (Georg Böhm, 1661-1773)
Missa sine nomine à 4 (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Da pacem Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Da pacem Domine (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Cantate Domino (Giovanni Croce, 1557-1609)
Postlude: Præludium in D minor (Böhm)

Music for the Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: All Glory Be to God on High (Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr)
Introit: Si iniquitates (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Qui timent Dominum (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Recordare mei (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Communion: Aufer a me (plainsong, mode ii)
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 Feast of the Maternity of Our Lady, 11 October 2014

Saturday, 11 October 2014, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Maternity of Our Lady
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of the Maternity of Our Lady: Ecce Virgo concipiet
Hymn at the Communion: Ave maris stella (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Improvisation

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

Music for the External Solemnity of Our Lady of the Rosary, 5 October 2014

Music for the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary (external solemnity)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Meine Seele erhebet den Herrn (Fuga super il Magnificat) [BWV 733] (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750; sometimes attrib. Krebs)
Missa Gaudeamus (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady of the Rosary: Gaudeamus
Motet at the Offertory: Salve Regina (Christopher Tye, c.1505-1572)
Motet at the Communion: Illibata Dei Virgo nutrix (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in D Major [BWV 532] (Bach)

Music for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (Westminster Abbey)
Introit: In voluntate tua (plainsong, mode iv)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: In exitu Israel (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Vir erat in terra (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Thou Knowest, Lord (Henry Purcell, 1659-1695)
Communion: In salutari tuo (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Richard de Castre’s Prayer to Jesus (R.R. Terry, 1865-1938)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for a Mass of Thanksgiving for the Marriage of Marie-Louise Skidd & Jared Rovny, 4 October 2014

Saturday, 4 October 2014, 4:00 p.m.
Music for a Mass of Thanksgiving for the Marriage of Marie-Louise Skidd & Jared Rovny
Anticipatory Mass of the Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 645) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Blaenwern)
Mass for Five Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Alleluia: In exitu Israel (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Vir erat in terra nomine Job (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Ecce tu pulchra es (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Communion: In salutari tuo (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (Christopher Tye, c.1505-1572)
Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)