Monthly Archives: June 2018

Music for the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 24 June 2018

Music for the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Litanies (Jehan Alain, 1911-1940)
Hymn at the Procession: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Blaenwern)
Mass for Four Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist: De ventre matris meae
Motet at the Offertory: Fuit homo missus a Deo (Hieronymus Praetorius, 1560-1629)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Motet at the Communion: Confitebor tibi Domine (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Postlude: Rhapsody in C-sharp minor (Op. 17, No.3) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)

Music for the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: From All Thy Saints in Warfare (King's Lynn)
Introit: De ventre matris meae (plainsong, mode i)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gradual: Priusquam te formarem (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Tu puer (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Justus ut palma (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: The Great Forerunner of the Morn (Winchester New)
Communion: Tu puer (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Ut queant laxis (plainsong, mode ii)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 17 June 2018

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Ricercare (Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi) (György Ligeti, 1923-2006)
Prelude: Toccata avanti la Messa delli Apostoli (Girolamo Frescobaldi, 1583-1643)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (St. Anne)
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (In Duplicibus Solemnibus), with Messa delli Apostoli (Frescobaldi)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Dominus illuminatio mea
Motet at the Offertory: Tollite jugum meum (Jacob Regnart, c.1540-1599)
Postlude: Toccata avanti il Ricercare; Ricercare cromatico post il Credo (Frescobaldi)

Music for the Eleventh Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Jesus Shall Reign (Duke Street)
Introit: Exaudi Domine (plainsong, mode iv)
Gradual: Bonum est confiteri (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Domine, in virtute tua (plainsong, mode vi)
Offertory: Benedicam Dominum (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Come, Ye Thankful People, Come (St. George's Windsor)
Communion: Unam petii (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: Father, We Thank Thee Who Hast Planted (Rendez à Dieu)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Growth and Restoration

I am starting an article for publication that will be titled “Organic Development of the Traditional Roman Rite—as we speak.” I want to share with our parishioners who love the Liturgy only briefly why I think it possible and salutary that the Traditional Roman Mass should continue to grow organically. For some it will seem…
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Music for the External Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, 10 June 2018

Music for the External Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
and Confirmations
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Responsory at the Reception of the Bishop: Ecce sacerdos magnus (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Vesting of the Bishop: 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)
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Sacred Heart: Cogitationes
Motet at the Offertory: Sicut cervus (prima pars) (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Hymn at the Communion: Cor, arca legem continens (plainsong, mode iii)
Postlude: Versets on Veni Creator (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)

The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary's Choir

 

Music for a Saturday of Our Lady, 9 June 2018

Saturday, 9 June 2018, 9:00 a.m.
Music for a Saturday of Our Lady after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Gregorian Mass of Saturdays of Our Lady after Pentecost: Salve sancta parens
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave maris stella (plainsong, mode i)

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

Requiem Mass for Charles Edstrom, 7 June 2018

Thursday, 7 June 2018, 10:00 a.m.
Requiem Masss for Charles Edstrom
(Missale Romanum of 1962)

Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Missa pro defunctis
 (plainsong)
Motet at the Communion: Sicut cervus (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
At the absolution: Libera me, Domine (plainsong, mode i)
At the procession to the cemetery: In paradisum (plainsong, mode vii)
At the procession to the cemetery: Ego sum resurrectio, with the Benedictus