Monthly Archives: August 2017

Music for Vespers of the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 3 September 2017

Sunday, 3 September 2017, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Dixit Dominus & Psalm 109 (mode vii)
Magna opera Domini & Psalm 110 (mode iii)
Qui timet Dominum & Psalm 111 (mode iv)
Sit nomen Domini & Psalm 112 (mode vii)
Deum autem noster & Psalm 113 (mode i)
Hymn: Lucis Creator optime (plainsong, mode viii)
Magnificat antiphon: Unus autem ex illis (mode i)
Commemoration of St. Pius X: Dum esset Summus Pontifex (mode i)
O Salutaris Hostia (Werner)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 3 September 2017

Music for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30)
Prelude: Sonata No. 3 in A Major: Andante tranquillo (Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847)
Hymn at the Procession: The God of Abraham Praise (Leoni)
Missa Doulce memoire (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Respice Domine
Motet at the Offertory: In te speravi (Lassus)
Motet at the Communion: Ego sum panis vivus (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Sonata No. 3 in A Major: Con moto maestoso (Mendelssohn)

Music for the Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Beyond All Praising (Thaxted)
Introit: Miserere mihi Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine, in auxilium meum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Offertory: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Rockingham)
Communion: Qui vult venire (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds (St. Peter)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Our Patronal Festival

I want to thank everyone who helped making the celebration of our patronal festival so beautiful and so joyous. Bishop Caggiano was genuinely pleased to be with us once again. The Mass was splendid with Mozart's Sparrow Mass as the setting. And who could have a dry eye after hearing the Laudate Dominum after Communion? Such perfect weather for our…
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Music for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, 27 August 2017

Music for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30)
Prelude: Rhapsody in D-flat Major (Op. 17, No. 1) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (St. Anne)
Gregorian Mass of the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost: Deus in adjutorium meum
Motet at the Offertory: Ave verum corpus (prima pars) (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Motet at the Communion: Cujus latus / O dulcis (Ave verum, secunda et tertia pars) (Josquin)
Postlude: Rhapsody in C-sharp minor (Op. 17, No. 3) (Howells)

Music for the Twenty-First Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30)
Hymn at the Procession: All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (Coronation)
Introit: Inclina Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Tu es Petrus (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Exspectans exspectavi (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: O Christ the Great Foundation (Aurelia)
Communion: De fructu operum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Thou Art the Christ, O Lord (Croft’s 136th)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

ASSUMPTION

The Traditional Roman Rite of the Mass lies at the very heart of Saint Mary’s parish. Since Father Markey introduced it in the parish some seven years ago, it has become integral to the very existence of this parish both in spiritual ways and in eminently practical ways. The Solemn Mass on Sunday has brought…
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