Monthly Archives: May 2016

Saturday, 14 May 2016, 9:00 a.m.
The Vigil of Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Vigil of Pentecost: Dum sanctificatus fuero
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.

Thursday, 12 May 2016, 6:00 p.m.
Music for Confirmations
Rev. Richard G. Cipolla, celebrant
Rev. Msgr. Thomas W. Powers, homilist
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, heiliger Geist (BWV 667) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon at confirmation: Confirma hoc, with Psalm 67 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antphon at confirmation: Ecce sic benedicetur (plainsong, mode vi)
Missa Octavi toni (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit: Spiritus Domini
Motet at the Offertory: Veni Sancte Spiritus (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Motet at the Communion: Factus est repente / Confirma hoc Deus (Gregor Aichinger, c.1565-1628)
Postlude: Choral varié sur le thème du “Veni creator” (Op. 4) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)

Music for the Sunday in Ascensiontide
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Fugue in E-flat Major (K. 153) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Hymn at the Procession: Look, O Look, the Sight Is Glorious (Bryn Calfaria)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday in Ascensiontide: Exaudi Domine…alleluia
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu nostra redemptio (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Motet at the Communion: Regina caeli à 4 (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Antiphon at the May Crowning: Sub tuum praesidium (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Marian Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes Hymn)
Postlude: Præludium in G Major (Nicolaus Bruhns, 1665-1697)

Music for the Seventh Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Introit: Exaudi Domine…alleluia (plainsong, mode i)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Non vos relinquam (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Surrexit Christus hodie (Andreas Hammerschmidt, 1611-1675)
Communion: Pater, cum essem (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Friday, 6 May 2016, 6:30 p.m.
Music for a Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Prélude (from 24 Pièces de fantaisie, Op. 51, No. 1) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Hymn at the Procession: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Introit: Cogitationes (plainsong, mode v)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Tollite jugum meum (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Father, We Thank Thee, Who Hast Planted (Rendez à Dieu)
Communion: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode ii)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (from 24 Pièces de fantaisie, Op. 54, No. 6) (Louis Vierne)

Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: 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)
Hymn at the Procession: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Introit: Viri Galilaei (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Communion: Psallite Domino (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Look, O Look, the Sight is Glorious (Bryn Calfaria)
Marian Antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel [Serene alleluias from a soul longing for heaven] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)

Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Missa Ego flos campi for double choir (Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, c.1590-1664) [St. Cecilia Schola] Gregorian Mass of Ascension Day: Viri Galilaei
Introit: Viri Galilaei (plainsong, mode vii) [St. Cecilia & St. Gregory Scholas] Alleluia: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode iv) [St. Cecilia & St. Gregory Scholas] Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii) [St. Cecilia & St. Gregory Scholas] Credo: Missa Ego flos campi (Padilla)
Offertory: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode i) [St. Cecilia Schola] Motet at the Offertory: Viri Galilaei (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594) [St. Cecilia Schola] Communion: Psallite Domino (plainsong, mode i) [St. Cecilia Schola] Motet at the Communion: Ascendit Deus (Viri Galilaei, secunda pars) (Palestrina) [St. Cecilia Schola]
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
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)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Cecilia Student Schola
The St. Gregory Student Schola
The St. John the Baptist Choristers

Wednesday, 4 May 2016, 7:00 p.m.
Music for First Vespers of the Ascension
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
St. Patrick's Chapel
Viri Galilaei & Psalm 109 (mode vii)
Cumque intuerentur & Psalm 110 (mode viii)
Elevatis manibus & Psalm 111 (mode iv)
Exaltate Regem regum & Psalm 112 (mode viii)
Videntibus illis & Psalm 116 (mode viii)
Hymn: Salutis humanae Sator (plainsong, mode iv)
Magnificat antiphon: Pater, manifestavi (mode vi)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)

Viri Galilæi

Sunday, 1 May 2016, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Vespers of the Fifth Sunday after Easter
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia & Psalms 109, 110, 111, 112, & 113 (mode vii)
Hymn: Ad regias Agni dapes (plainsong, mode viii)
Magnificat antiphon: Petite et accipietis (plainsong, mode viii)
O Salutaris Hostia (Werner)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Easter
and First Holy Communions
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Fugue sur le thème du Carillon des Heures de la Cathédrale de Soissons (Op. 12) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)
Processional Hymn: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Missa O sacrum convivium (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Easter: Vocem jucunditatis
Motet at the Offertory: Beatus vir qui timet Dominum II (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Hymn at the Procession: O Sanctissima
Antiphon at the May Crowning: Regina cæli (simple tone)
Postlude: Versets on Verbum supernum: En taille à 4, Fugue, Récit en dialogue, Récit de Basse de Trompette (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)

Music for the Sixth Sunday of Easter
and First Holy Communions
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Processional Hymn: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Spiritus Sanctus docebit vos (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima
Offertory: Benedicite gentes (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Panis angelicus (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921)
Communion: Spiritus Sanctus docebit vos (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Motet at the Communion: I Sat Down (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above