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Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady and Dedication of Marian Triptych, 7 February 2018

Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady
and Dedication of the Triptych of Our Lady of Norwalk

Wednesday, 7 February 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Missale Romanum of 1962
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Hail Queen of Heaven, the Ocean Star (Stella)
Introit: Salve sancta Parens (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa Beatae Mariae Virginis II (Mantova) (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gradual: Benedicta et venerabilis es (plainsong, mode iv] Tract: Gaude Maria Virgo (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Ave Maria (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave maris stella (Giammateo Asola, 1532-1609)
Communion: Beata viscera (plainsong, mode i, with verses)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Postlude: Versets on Ave Maris stella (Op. 18, Nos. 6-9) (Marcel Dupré, 1886-1971)

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