Memorialize New Vestments in Memory of a Loved One
Music for Christmas Day, 25 December 2017
Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (BuxWV 223) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. David Willcocks, 1919-2015)
Missa O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Day: Puer natus est
Motet at the Offertory: O magnum mysterium (Victoria)
Motet at the Communion: Christe Redemptor omnium (Victoria)
Postlude: Gelobet seist deu, Jesu Christ (BWV 722) / Gelobet seist deu, Jesu Christ (BWV 604) / Von Himmel kam der Engel Shaar (BWV 607) / In dulci jubilo (BWV 608) / In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
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)
Gradual: Viderunt omnes (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Tui sunt caeli (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Willcocks)
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
Music for the Midnight Mass of Christmas, 24/25 December 2017
The recitation of the Rosary begins at 11:00 p.m.
Carols begin at 11:30 p.m.
Carol: On Christmas Night (Sussex Carol)
Carol: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen)
Carol: Como estrella en claro cielo
Carol: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham)
Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem (Carl Rütti, b.1949)
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.)
Mass in G (Franz Schubert, 1979-1828)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Midnight: Dominus dixit
Motet at the Offertory: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Hodie Christus natus est (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, 1562-1621)
Postlude: Gelobet seist deu, Jesu Christ (BWV 722) / Gelobet seist deu, Jesu Christ (BWV 604) / Von Himmel kam der Engel Shaar (BWV 607) / In dulci jubilo (BWV 608) / In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Music for the Vigil of Christmas, 24 December 2017
Music for the Vigil of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the procession: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni Emmanuel)
Missa Mi mi (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday of Advent: Rorate caeli
Motet at the Offertory: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Ockeghem)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Music for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel)
Introit: Rorate caeli (plainsong, mode i)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Gradual: Prope est Dominus (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Veni Domine (plainsong, mode iii)
Offertory: Ave Maria (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Hymn at the Offertory: Creator of the Stars of Night (Conditor alme siderum)
Communion: Ecce virgo concipiet (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Rorate caeli (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Music for the Ember Wednesday of Advent, 20 December 2017
Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Ember Wednesday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Ember Wednesday of Advent: Rorate caeli
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)