Monthly Archives: December 2016

Saturday, 7 January 2017, 9:00 a.m.
Music for a Month's Mind Mass for Paul G. Hughes
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro defunctis (plainsong)

Viri Galilæi

Friday, 6 January 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of the Epiphany: Ecce advenit
Offertory: Reges Tharsis (plainsong, mode v, with verses)
Hymn at the Communion: Hodie nobis beata illuxit (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the Feast of the Circumcision & Octave Day of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Canonic variations on Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (BWV 769) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Of the Father's Love Begotten (Corde natus ex Parentis)
Missa super Ich stund an einem Morgen (Jacobus Handl, 1550-1591)
Gregorian Mass of the Octave Day of Christmas: Puer natus est
Motet at the Offertory: Mirabile mysterium (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Resonet in laudibus (Lassus)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Canonic variations on Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (BWV 769) (Bach)

Music for the Feast of St. Mary, Mother of God
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Felix namque 2 (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Hymn at the Procession: Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly (Pleading Saviour)
Introit: Salve sancta Parens (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Post partum (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Felix namque (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky (Eisenach)
Communion: Exsulta filia Sion (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Virgin-born, We Bow Before You (Mon Dieu prête-moi l’oreille)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Canonic variations on Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (BWV 769) (Bach)

Friday, 30 December 2016, 1:30 p.m.
Music for the Nuptial Mass of Isabel Anderson & Matthew Gendron
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 645) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
At the Procession: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654) (Bach)
At the Bridal Procession: Trumpet Tune (Jeremiah Clarke, 1674-1707)
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Nuptial Mass: Deus Israel conjungat vos
Motet at the Offertory: Tota pulchra es (prima pars) (John Plummer, c.1410-c.1483)
Motet at the Communion: Tota pulchra es (secunda pars) (Plummer)
Marian Offering: Ave Maria (Charles Gounod, 1818-1893)
Postlude: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (BWV 147) (Bach)

Wednesday, 28 December 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the Holy Innocents
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Tecum principium & Psalm 109 (mode i)
Redemptionem misit Dominus & Psalm 110 (mode vii)
Exortum est in tenebris & Psalm 111 (mode vii)
Apud Dominum misericordia & Psalm 129 (mode iv)
De fructu ventris tui & Psalm 131 (mode viii)
Hymn: Salvete flores Martyrum (plainsong, mode i)
Magnificat antiphon: Innocentes pro Christo (mode ii)

Viri Galilæi

Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Noël No. I [sur les jeux d'Anches] (Louis Claude Daquin, 1694-1772)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. David Willcocks, 1919-2015)
Mass for Five Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Day: Puer natus est
Gradual: Viderunt omnes (Pérotin, fl. c. 1200)
Motet at the Offertory: Hodie nobis caelorum Rex (Philippe de Monte, 1521-1603)
Motet at the Communion: Verbum caro factum est (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Postlude: Noël No. X [Grand jeu et Duo] (Daquin)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum

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Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. Willcocks)
Introit: Puer natus est (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Tui sunt caeli (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Willcocks)
Hymn at the Offertory: Joy to the World (Antioch)
Communion: Viderunt omnes (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)
Organ music as above

The St. Mary’s Choir

The recitation of the Rosary begins at 11:00 p.m.

Carols begin at 11:30 p.m.
Carol: What Child Is This (Greensleves)
Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem (St. Louis)
Carol: On Christmas Night (Sussex Carol)
Carol: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen)
Carol: Tu scendi dalle stelle (St. Alfonso Maria de’ Liguori, 1696-1787)
Carol: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham)
Carol: Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
The Solemn Proclamation of Christmas
Hymn at the Procession: Adeste Fideles (John Francis Wade, arr. David Willcocks, 1919-2015)
Hymn at the Procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)

Music for the Midnight Mass of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 12:00 a.m.)
Messe de Minuit pour Noël (Marc-Antoine Charpentier, 1643-1704)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Midnight: Dominus dixit
Motet at the Offertory: In nativitatem Domini (Charpentier)
Motet at the Communion: Verbum caro factum est (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Postlude: Versets on A solis ortus cardine: En taille; Point d’orgue sur les grands jeux (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)

Saturday, 24 December 2016, 4:00 p.m.
Music for the Vigil Mass of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Carol at the Communion: I Sing of a Maiden that is Mateless (Charles F. Waters, 1895-1975)
Carol: Away in a Manger (Cradle Song)
Prelude: Christmas Concerto: Vivace, Grave, Allegro (Arcangelo Corelli, 1653-1713)
Hymn at the procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles, arr. David Willcocks)
Alleluia: Crastia die (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Tollite portas (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Joy to the World (Antioch)
Communion: Revelabitur (plainsong, mode i)
Carol at the Communion: Adam lay ybounden (Boris Ord, 1897-1961)
Carol at the Communion: Nowell Sing We (anon. English, XV C.)
Hymn at the retiring procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)
Postlude: Christmas Concerto: Pastorale (Corelli)