Recent Posts by David Hughes

Music for Trinity Sunday, 18 May 2008

Music for Trinity Sunday (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Vespers hymn Jam sol recedit igneus
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Gregorian Mass of Trinity Sunday: Benedicta sit sancta Trinitas
Motet at the Offertory: O Lux Beata Trinitas (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Motet at the Communion: Duo seraphim clamabant (Victoria)
Postlude: Gloria Tibi Trinitas (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)

Music for Trinity Sunday (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Allein Gott in der Höh sei her (Georg Böhm, 1661-1773)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Benedictus es (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ancient of Days (J. Albert Jeffery, 1855-1929)
Communion: Benedicimus Deum caeli (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Father of heaven, Whose love profound (Orlando Gibbons, 1583-1625)
Postlude: Fugue in E-flat Major (‘St. Anne’), BWV 552 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for Pentecost, 11 May 2008

Music for Pentecost (Whitsunday) (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on Veni Creator Spiritus
Missa Æterna Christi munera (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Pentecost: Spiritus Domini
Hymn at the Offertory: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Versets on Veni Creator: Duo (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)

Music for Pentecost (Whitsunday) (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Versets on Veni Creator: En taille, Fugue a 5 (de Grigny)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Sequence: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode i)
Alleluia: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Communion: Factus est repente (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Postlude: Versets on Veni Creator: Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux (de Grigny)

Music for the Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension, 4 May 2008

Music for the Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Canzona in C Major, BuxWV 166 (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Missa Regina caeli (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday in Ascensiontide: Exaudi, Domine
Hymn at the Offertory: Salutis humanae Sator (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Postlude: Fugue in C Major (‘Jig’ Fugue), BuxWV 174 (Buxtehude)

Music for the Seventh Sunday of Easter (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel [Serene alleluias from a soul longing for heaven] (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Exivi a Patre (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli (Gregor Aichinger, 1564-1628)
Communion: Pater, cum essem (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)
Postlude: Transports de joie d’une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne [Outbursts of joy from a soul before the Glory of Christ which is its own glory] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)

Music for Ascension Thursday, 1 May 2008

Music for Ascension Thursday (Missale Romanum of 1970, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Ascension (from Le Miroir de Jésus: Mystères du Rosaire) (André Caplet, 1878-1925)
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Look, Ye Saints, the Sight Is Glorious (Coronae) (W.H. Monk, 1823-1889)
Communion: Data est mihi (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Our Lord Is Risen from the Dead (Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag)
Postlude: Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père [Majesty of Christ praying that His Father should glorify Him] (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)

Music for Ascension Thursday (Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Chorale on Viri Galilaei (David J. Hughes, b.1980)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of Ascension Day: Viri Galilaei
Hymn at the Offertory: Salutis humanae Sator (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Regina caeli, jubila (Katholischer Geistlicher Kirchengesang, 1599)
Postlude: Fugue on Ascendit Deus (Hughes)

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Easter, 27 April 2008

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Easter (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Easter: Vocem jucunditatis
Hymn at the Offertory: Exsultemus et laetemur (plainsong, mode iii)
Motet at the Communion: Haec dies (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
We welcome Mr. Sebastián Zubieta as guest conductor for this Mass.

Music for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Hymn at the Offertory: Hail Thee, Festival Day (Salve festa dies) (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Hymn at the Communion: He Is Risen, He Is Risen! (Neander) (Joachim Neander, 1650-1680)
We welcome Mr. William Riccio as guest conductor for this Mass.

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Easter, 20 April 2008

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Easter (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Heut’ triumphieret Gottes Sohn, BWV 630 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa ‘Alleluia’ (Jean Mouton, c.1459-1522)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after Easter: Cantate Domino
Motet at the Offertory: Cantate Domino (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Postlude: Toccata in A Minor (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, 1562-1621)

Music for the Fifth Sunday of Easter (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Cantate Domino
Alleluia: Christus resurgens (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Cantate Domino (Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, 1657-1743)
Communion: Tanto tempore (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: O For a Closer Walk With God (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Postlude: Improvisation on Duke Street

Music for the Third Sunday after Easter, 13 April 2008

Music for the Third Sunday after Easter (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Glorificamus (John Redford, c.1485-1547)
Mass for Four Voices (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday after Easter: Jubilate Deo
Hymn at the Offertory: Ad regias Agni dapes (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Tallis)
Postlude: Verses on the Te Deum (anonymous French, 16th century)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Sheep May Safely Graze (from Cantata No. 208) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Alleluia: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode i)
Communion: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode ii)
Postlude: Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542 (Bach)

Music for the Second Sunday after Easter, 6 April 2008

Music for the Second Sunday after Easter (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Misericordia Domini
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after Easter: Misericordia Domini
Motet at the Communion: Regina caeli (Robert White, c.1538-1574)
Postlude: Partita on Christ lag in Todesbanden (Georg Böhm, 1661-1733)

Music for the Third Sunday of Easter (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Jubilate Deo
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Oportebat pati Christum (plainsong, mode iv)
Antiphon at the Offertory: Regina caeli (plainchant, mode vi)
Hymn at the Offertory: Now the Green Blade Riseth (Noel Nouvelet)
Communion: Surrexit Dominus (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Hallelujah! He Is Risen (Hallelujah! Gott zu loben)
Postlude: Partita on Christ lag in Todesbanden (Georg Böhm, 1661-1733)

Music for the Octave Day of Easter, 30 March 2008

Music for the Octave Day of Easter (Low Sunday) (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Alleluia In die resurrectionis meae
Missa Octavi Toni (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass for the Octave Day of Easter: Quasi modo
Motet at the Offertory: Angelus Domini (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Post dies octo (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Postlude: Improvisation on Surrexit Christus hodie

Music for the Second Sunday of Easter (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Erschienen Ist der Herrliche Tag, BWV 629 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Alleluia: Post dies octo (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ye Sons and Daughters (O filii et filiae, plainsong, mode ii)
Communion: Mitte manum tuam (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (Gaudeamus pariter)
Postlude: Choral-Improvisation sur le Victimae Paschali (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)

Music for Easter Sunday, 23 March 2008

Music for Easter Sunday (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Christ ist erstanden (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Regina caeli (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Sunday: Resurrexi
Motet at the Offertory: Terra tremuit (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Postlude: Improvisation on the Alleluia Pascha nostrum

Music for Easter Sunday (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Christ ist erstanden (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Sequence: Victimae Paschali laudes (plainchant, mode i)
Alleluia: Pascha nostrum (plainchant, mode vii)
At the Aspersion: Vidi aquam (plainchant, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: At The Lamb’s High Feast We Sing (Salzburg)
Communion: Pascha nostrum (plainchant, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Haec dies (Ludovico da Viadana, 1564-1627)
Hymn at the Communion: This Joyful Eastertide (arr. Charles Wood, 1866-1926)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 1 (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Recent Comments by David Hughes

No comments by David Hughes yet.