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A Fond Farewell to Fr. Cipolla

Father Richard Gennaro Cipolla, Pastor of St. Mary's, 2015–2018 Fr. Cipolla's last Sunday as pastor was June 24, 2018, the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. The music for Solemn Mass included works of Byrd, Mozart, and Monteverdi. The subject of his sermon was "Friendship." The parish gave a festive reception in his honor…
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Music for Vespers of the Feast of the Most Precious Blood, 1 July 2018

Sunday, 1 July 2018, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the Feast of the Most Precious Blood

Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Quis est iste & Psalm 109 (mode vii)
Ego qui loquor & Psalm 110 (mode viii)
Vestitus erat veste & Psalm 111 (mode iv)
Quare ergo rubrum & Psalm 112 (mode viii)
Torcular calcavi solus & Psalm 147 (mode ii)
Hymn: Festivis resonent (plainsong, mode viii)
Magnificat antiphon: Beata es Maria (mode viii)
O Salutaris Hostia (Werner)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Feast of the Most Precious Blood, 1 July 2018

Music for the Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prelude in D Major (BWV 532/1) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (Beecher)
Missa Quinta (Johann Stadlmayr, 1575-1648)
Offertory: O bone, o dulcis (Heinrich Schütz, 1585-1672)
Communion: O pretiosum (Virgilio Mazzocchi, 1597-1646)
Postlude: Fugue in D Major (BWV 532/2) (Bach)

Music for the Thirteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise (St. Denio)
Introit: Omnes gentes (plainsong, mode vi)
Gradual: Exaltabo te (plainsong, mode iii)
Alleluia: Omnes gentes (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Sicut in holocausto (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Kingsfold)
Communion: Inclina aurem tuam (plainsong, mode iv)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

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