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Sunday, 10 May 2015, 11:30 a.m.
Music for the Installation of Fr. Richard Cipolla as Pastor of St. Mary Church
and Mass of the Sixth Sunday of Easter
His Excellency Frank J. Caggiano, celebrant
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Toccata & Fugue in D minor (Dorian) (BWV 538) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Prelude: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (Westminster Abbey)
Introit: Vocem jucunditatis (plainsong, mode iii)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Ego vos elegi (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Benedicite gentes (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Confitebor tibi (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Communion: Ego vos elegi (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: ¡Dios reina! (anonymous French)
Motet at the Communion: Regina caeli (Gregor Aichinger, 1565-1628)
Motet at the Communion: Greater Love Hath No Man (John Ireland, 1879-1962)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 1 (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir
Coro Hispano de Santa Maria

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude pour le cinquième dimanche après Pâques (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Easter: Vocem jucunditatis
Motet at the Offertory: Benedicite gentes (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Regina caeli (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Hymn at the Procession: O Sanctissima
Antiphon at the May Crowning: Regina cæli (simple tone)
Postlude: Improvisation

Saturday, 9 May 2015, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Gregory Nazianzen
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of a Doctor: In medio Ecclesiae
Hymn at the Offertory: Iste Confessor (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Anima Christi (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)

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

Thursday, 7 May 2015, 3:00 p.m.
Music for None of the Feast of Dedication of St. Mary Church
Hymn: Rerum, Deus, tenax vigor (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon: Lapides pretiosi, with Psalm 118 (plainsong, mode i)
Responsorium brevium: Haec est domus Domini (plainsong)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)

The office of None is sung by the students of Regina Pacis Academy.

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (BuxWV 198) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima
Missa Congratulamini mihi (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of the Fouth Sunday after Easter: Cantate Domino
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli (K. 108) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Motet at the Communion: Quia quem meruisti (Regina caeli, K. 108, cont’d) (Mozart)
Postlude: Toccata in F Major (BuxWV 156) (Buxtehude)

Music for the Fifth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Processional Hymn: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Christus resurgens (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima
Offertory: Jubilate Deo (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Communion: Ego sum vitis vera (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Jesu, the very thought of Thee (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Motet at the Communion: I Sat Down (Bairstow)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli
Organ music as above

Saturday, 2 May 2015, 4:00 p.m.
Music for First Holy Communions
and Anticipatory Mass of the Fifth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (BuxWV 198) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Processional Hymn: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Christus resurgens (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima
Offertory: Jubilate Deo (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Communion: Ego sum vitis vera (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Jesu, the very thought of Thee (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Motet at the Communion: I Sat Down (Bairstow)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli
Postlude: Toccata in F Major (BuxWV 156) (Buxtehude)

Thursday, 30 April 2015, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Pius V
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Dominator Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass XV)
Alleluia: Hic est sacerdos (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Communion: Fidelis servus et prudens (plainsong, mode vii, with verses)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Mass is sung approximately once per month by the students of Regina Pacis Academy.

Music for the Third Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Berceuse (from Pièces en style libre; Op. 31, No. 19) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Missa Caça (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday after Easter: Jubilate Deo
Motet at the Offertory: Amen, amen dico vobis (prima pars) (Giaches de Wert, 1535-1596)
Motet at the Communion: Mulier cum parit (Amen, amen; secunda pars) (de Wert)
Postlude: Carillon (from Pièces en style libre; Op. 31, No. 21) (Vierne)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (Gaudeamus pariter)
Introit: Misericordia Domini (plainsong, mode iv)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Deus, Deus meus (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: This Joyful Eastertide (Charles Wood, 1866-1926)
Communion: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli
Organ music as above

Music for the Second Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag (BWV 629) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Blaenwern)
Mass for Five Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after Easter: Misericordia Domini
Motet at the Offertory: Christus resurgens (Peter Philips, c.1560-1628)
Motet at the Communion: Regina caeli (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, 1562-1621)
Postlude: Pièce d’Orgue (Fantasy in G Major) (BWV 572) (Bach)

Music for the Third Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: That Easter Day With Joy Was Bright (Puer nobis)
Introit: Jubilate Deo (plainsong, mode viii)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Oportebat pati Christum (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Lauda anima mea (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing (Salzburg)
Communion: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Most Glorious Lord of Life (William H. Harris, 1883-1973)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for the Octave Day of Easter (Low Sunday)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (BWV 626) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa O quam gloriosum (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass for the Octave Day of Easter: Quasi modo
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli à 5 (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Non nobis Domine (traditional)
Motet at the Communion: Post dies octo (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Organ Concerto in C Major, first movement (BWV 594) (Vivaldi/Bach)

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: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Post dies octo (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Angelus Domini (plainsong, mode viii)
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: Non nobis Domine (traditional)
Hymn at the Communion: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii, with organum)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above