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Holy Week 2021

~ PALM SUNDAY ~ (March 28) 8:00 AM: English Sung Mass. 9:30 AM: Solemn Traditional Latin Mass (with Blessing and Procession – No 11:15 Mass). 1:00 PM: Spanish Sung Mass. ~ HOLY MONDAY ~ (March 29) 8:00 AM: Traditional Latin Mass. 11:30 AM: Confessions at St. Mary. 12:10 PM: English Mass. 3:00-9:00 PM: 'Reconciliation Monday'…
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Music for Holy Week 2021

SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 2021: PALM SUNDAY

8:00 a.m.  Sung Mass in English
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with Blessing and Procession
Asperges me (Oreste Ravanello)
Pueri hebraeorum (Charles Weaver, after Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Messa a tre voci
(Antonio Lotti)
Improperium expectavit (Ravanello)
Vexilla Regis (Victoria, arr.)
O Domine Jesu Christe I & II (Claudio Monteverdi)
(no 11:15 a.m. Missa cantata)
1:00 p.m.  Sung Mass in Spanish

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2021: SPY WEDNESDAY

7:00 P.M. Tenebrae: Matins & Lauds of Maundy Thursday
Responsories (Michael Haydn)
Miserere mei, Deus (Charles Gounod)

THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2021: MAUNDY THURSDAY

7:00 P.M. Solemn Mass in Cena Domini
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, op. 122 no. 5 (Johannes Brahms)
Missa Pange lingua (Josquin des Prez)
Dextera Domini (Orlande de Lassus)
In me transierunt (Orlande de Lassus)
Coenantibus illis (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Pange lingua (Ludwig Senfl)
9:00 P.M. Vespers & Stripping of the Altars

FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2021: GOOD FRIDAY

3:00 P.M. Mass of the Presanctified
St. John Passion (William Byrd)
Improperia (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
Crux fidelis (att. King John IV of Portugal)
Vexilla Regis (Michael Praetorius)
7:00 Tenebrae: Matins & Lauds of Holy Saturday
With the Burial of the Body of Christ
Miserere mei, Deus (Antonio Lotti)

SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2021: HOLY SATURDAY

7:00 P.M. The Great Vigil of Easter
Messa da cappella (Giovanni Rovetta)
Jesu salvator saeculi (Thomas Tallis)
Dum transisset Sabbatum (John Taverner)
Laudate Dominum (Claudio Monteverdi)
Sortie in F (César Franck)

SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2021: EASTER SUNDAY

8:00 A.M. Sung Mass in English
9:30 A.M. Solemn Mass
Messa da cappella (Giovanni Rovetta)
Alleluia: Pascha nostrum (Pérotin)
Regina caeli (Henricus Isaac)
Pascha nostrum (William Byrd)
Laudate Dominum (Claudio Monteverdi)
Sortie in F (César Franck)
11:15 A.M. Missa cantata
Regina caeli (Francesca Caccini)
Laudate Dominum (Claudio Monteverdi)
1:00 P.M. Sung Mass in Spanish

Music for March 2021

All sung Masses at St. Mary's include the full Gregorian chant Propers, as well as the Ordinary of the Mass sung in Latin to plainchant or polyphony.

Reservations required—Livestream also available

Sunday, March 7, 2021: Third Sunday of Lent

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae (Josquin dez Prez)
Justitiae Domini (Alessandro Scarlatti)
Passer invenit (Matthieu Le Maistre)
11:15 a.m.  Missa cantata with women's chant schola
Audi benigne conditor (Guillaume Dufay)
1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Sunday, March 14, 2021: Laetare Sunday (Fourth Sunday of Lent)

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa arpeggione (Terrence B. Fay)
Laudate Dominum (William Croft)
Accepit Jesus panes (Francisco Guerrero)
11:15 a.m.  Missa cantata with cantor
1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Friday, March 19, 2021: Feast of St. Joseph

Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m.  Solemn Mass with cantors
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd)
Te Joseph celebrent (Richard Dobbins)
Ave verum corpus (Josquin des Prez)

Sunday, March 21, 2021: Passion Sunday (Fifth Sunday of Lent)

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Asperges me (Charles Weaver)
Missa sine nomine (Ludovico da Viadana)
Gustate et videte (Giammateo Asola)
Vexilla regis (Guillaume Dufay)
11:15 a.m.  Missa cantata with women's chant schola
Sanctus and Agnus Dei (Anonymous, 14th c.)
1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Thursday, March 25, 2021: Feast of the Annunciation

Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m.  Solemn Mass with women's chant schola
Angelus ad virginem (Anonymous, 14th century England)
Ave Maria, o auctrix vitae (St. Hildegard of Bingen)

Sunday, March 28, 2021: Palm Sunday

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with Blessing and Procession
St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Asperges me (Oreste Ravanello)
Pueri hebraeorum (Charles Weaver, after Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Messa a tre voci
 (Antonio Lotti)
Improperium expectavit (Ravanello)
Vexilla Regis (Victoria, arr.)
O Domine Jesu Christe I & II (Claudio Monteverdi)
(no 11:15 a.m. Missa cantata)
1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2021: SPY WEDNESDAY

7:00 P.M. Tenebrae: Matins & Lauds of Maundy Thursday
St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Men's chant schola

Responsories (Michael Haydn)
Miserere mei, Deus (Charles Gounod)

View the Full Music Schedule for Holy Week and Easter (March 28 –April 4, 2021)

Cantate hymnum ad Virginem contra plagam!Stella caeli—A prayer to the Virgin in the time of contagion