Saturday, 14 April 2018, 9:00 a.m.
Requiem Masss for Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro-Carámbula
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro defunctis (plainsong)
Kyrie: Messe de Tournai (anon., XIV C.)
At the absolution: Libera me, Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Oriamendiko Soñuba (Marcha de Oriamendi)
Music for the Feast of St. Leo the Great, 11 April 2018
Wednesday, 11 April 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Leo I
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of a Sovereign Pontiff: Si diligis me
Postlude: Improvisation
Dominica in Albis
This Sunday has many names. The first is Dominica in Albis, meaning Sunday in white, because the newly baptized wore their white garments to Mass on this Sunday. This is also called Low Sunday. No one is quite sure where this name comes from, but it would seem that this Sunday of the Octave of…
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Annunciation: Monday, April 9
Feast of the Annunciation Monday, April 9, 2018 Masses: 7:30 a.m. Low Mass 12:10 p.m. English Mass 6:00 p.m. Solemn Mass with orchestra 7:30 p.m. Lecture by Roberto di Mattei sponsored by the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny, followed by a reception (find out more)
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Easter Sunday
Whatever I can say about the glory of Easter pales to what George Herbert, Anglican priest and poet, said in his wonderful poem I have oft quoted. So read, meditate and enjoy this Easter Gift, all who love and support our wonderful parish dedicated to Our Lady! Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise…
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Music for the Feast of the Annunciation, 9 April 2018
Monday, 9 April 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Annunciation
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Ave Maris Stella (Jean Titelouze, c.1562-1633)
Mass in B-flat (Santiago Billoni, c.1700-c.1763)
Gregorian Mass of the Annunciation: Vultum tuum
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli (José de Torres y Martínez Bravo, c.1670-1738)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave maris stella (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Postlude: Benedicta es Regina caelorum (Antonio de Cabezón, 1510-1566)
This Mass, sponsored by the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny,
will be followed by a lecture by Roberto de Mattei in the parish hall at 7:30 p.m.
Music for the Octave Day of Easter, 8 April 2018
Music for the Octave Day of Easter (Low Sunday)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Erstanden ist der heil’ge Christ (BWV 628) Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Ye Sons and Daughters (O filii et filiæ)
Mass for Four Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass for the Octave Day of Easter: Quasi modo
Motet at the Offertory: Stetit Jesus (Jacob Regnart, c.1540-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Conturbati (Stetit Jesus, secunda pars) (Regnart)
Postlude: Choral-Improvisation sur le Victimae Paschali (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1937)
Music for the Second Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Processional Hymn: Christ the Lord Is Ris’n Today (Llanfair)
Introit: Quasi modo (plainsong, mode vi)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: In die resurrectionis (plainsong, mode vii)
Alleluia: Post dies octo (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Angelus Domini (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ye Sons and Daughters (O filii et filiæ, plainsong, mode ii)
Communion: Mitte manum tuam (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (Gaudeamus pariter)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above
Palm Sunday
Holy Week begins with what I call the Day of Irony. The first part of the Mass includes the Procession with palms, recalling Christ’s entry into Jerusalem before his Passion and Death. The texts of the Traditional Roman Rite, which we use at St Mary’s all through Holy Week, preserve this irony: the One entering…
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Music for Easter Sunday, 1 April 2018
Music for Easter Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 625) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Jesus Christ Is Ris’n Today (Easter Hymn)
Nicolaimesse (Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Sunday: Resurrexi
Motet at the Offertory: Christus resurgens (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Congratulamini mihi omnes (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Postlude: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major (BWV 564) (Bach)
The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir
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Music for Easter Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Jesus Christ Is Ris’n Today (Easter Hymn)
Introit: Resurrexi (plainsong, mode iv)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Gradual: Haec dies (plainsong, mode ii)
Sequence: Victimæ Paschali laudes (plainchant, mode i)
Alleluia: Pascha nostrum (mode vii)
Offertory: Terra tremuit (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: The Strife Is O’er (Victory)
Communion: Pascha nostrum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: This Joyful Eastertide (Vruechten)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above
The St. Mary’s Choir
Music for the Solemn Easter Vigil, 31 March 2018
Saturday, 31 March 2018, 7:00 p.m.
Music for the Great Paschal Vigil and First Mass of Easter
The Exsultet
Canticle: Cantemus Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Vinea facta est (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Attende caelum (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Sicut cervus (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the aspersion: Rex sanctorum angelorum (Sarum plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon at confirmation: Confirma hoc, with Psalm 67 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antphon at confirmation: Ecce sic benedicetur (plainsong, mode vi)
The Litany of the Saints
At Mass
Kyrie Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria: Nicolaimesse (Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809)
Alleluia: Confitemini Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Tract: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Surrexit pastor bonus (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Motet at the Offertory: Christus resurgens (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Sanctus & Benedictus: Nicolaimesse (Haydn)
Motet at the Communion: Dum transisset Sabbatum I (John Taverner, 1490-1545)
Antiphon of Vespers: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, with Psalm 116 (plainsong, mode vi)
Magnificat antiphon of Vespers: Vespere autem sabbati (plainsong, mode viii)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major (BWV 564) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir