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Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Ave Maria, Ave maris stella (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes Hymn)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Tota pulchra es (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly (Pleading Saviour)
Communion: Gloriosa (plainsong, mode viii)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Improvisation

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Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Magnificat in B-flat (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes Hymn)
Plainsong Mass for a Mean (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Gregorian Mass of the Immaculate Conception: Gaudens gaudebo
Gloria: Missa Alme Pater (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave maris stella (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Tota pulchra es (prima pars) (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Postlude: Toccata, Fugue et Hymne sur "Ave maris stella" (Flor Peeters, 1903-1986)

The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
The St. Cecilia Student Schola
The St. Gregory Student Schola
The St. John the Baptist Choristers

Sunday, 4 December 2016, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the Second Sunday of Advent
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Ecce in nubibus & Psalm 109 (mode i)
Urbs fortitudinis & Psalm 110 (mode vii)
Ecce apparebit Dominus & Psalm 111 (mode vii)
Montes et colles & Psalm 112 (mode i)
Ecce Dominus noster & Psalm 113 (mode iii)
Hymn: Creator alme siderum (plainsong, mode iv)
Magnificat antiphon: Tu es qui venturus es (mode viii)
O Salutaris Hostia (Hereford)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode v)

The sermon will be preached by Fr. Juan Acosta.

Music for the Second Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: On Jordan’s Bank (Winchester New)
Missa Ecce ego Joannes (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday of Advent: Populus Sion
Motet at the Offertory: Vide Domine afflictionem (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Sed veni Domine (Vide Domine, secunda pars) (Byrd)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the Second Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: On Jordan’s Bank (Winchester New)
Introit: Populus Sion (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Laetatus sum (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Deus tu convertens (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Hark, A Herald Voice is Sounding (Merton)
Communion: Jerusalem surge (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus (Henry G. Ley)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Saturday, 30 November 2016, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Andrew
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of St. Andrew: Mihi autem
Hymn at the Offertory: Exsultet orbis gaudiis (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the First Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending (Helmsley)
Mass for Five Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the First Sunday of Advent: Ad te levavi
Motet at the Offertory: Veni Domine et noli tardare (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Laetentur caeli (Byrd)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the First Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni Emmanuel)
Introit: Ad te levavi (plainsong, mode viii)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Ostende nobis Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Ad te Domine levavi (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending (Helmsley)
Communion: Dominus dabit benignitatem (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Matin Responsory for Advent (after Palestrina)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (continued)

Music for the Last Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (Op. 135a, No. 4) (Max Reger, 1873-1916)
Hymn at the Procession: Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken (Austria)
Messe basse (Gabriel Fauré, 1845-1924)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Gloria: Missa Alme Pater (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: De profundis [Ps. 129, prima pars] (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: A custodia matutina [Ps. 129, secunda pars] (Lassus)
Postlude: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor (BWV 542) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Cecilia Student Schola
The St. Gregory Student Schola
The St. John the Baptist Choristers

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Music for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Crown Him with Many Crowns (Diademata)
Introit: Dignus est Agnus (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Potestas ejus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Postula a me (plainsong, mode iv)
Acclamation at the Offertory: Christus vincit (plainsong, with organum)
Communion: Sedebit Dominus Rex (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: The Royal Banners Forward Go (Agincourt Hymn)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
(Lections of the Sixth Resumed Sunday after Epiphany)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit (BWV 669) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ, Enthroned in Highest Heaven (Lewes)
Missa Fons bonitatis (Vatican Gradual, Mass II)
Introit: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517, from Choralis Constantinus)
Gradual: Liberasti nos (plainsong, mode vii)
Alleluia: De profundis (Isaac, contrafacted)
Offertory: De profundis (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Exaudi Domine vocem meam (prima pars) (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Communion: Amen dico vobis: quidquid orantes (Isaac)
Motet at the Communion: Ne avertas faciem tuam (Exaudi Domine, secunda pars) (Lassus)
Postlude: Christe, aller Welt Trost (BWV 670); Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist (BWV 671) (Bach)

Music for the Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)
Introit: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito (plainsong, mode vi)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: De profundis (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: De profundis (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Blessed City, Heavenly Salem (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Communion: Amen dico vobis: quidquid (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 12 November 2016, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Martin I
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of a Sovereign Pontiff: Si diligis me
Hymn at the Communion: Iste confessor (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Improvisation

The second Saturday of every month is a Missa cantata celebrated
for the intentions of the Gospel of Life Society at St. Mary’s.