Saturday, 11 April 2015, 9:00 a.m.
Music for Easter Saturday
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Gregorian Mass of Easter Saturday: Eduxit Dominus
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass 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.
Music for Easter Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 625) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Pascale (Pierre de la Rue, c.1452-1518)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Sunday: Resurrexi
Gradual: Haec dies (Léonin, fl. 1150)
Motet at the Offertory: Christus resurgens (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Congratulamini mihi omnes (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Postlude: Finale from Symphony No. 7 (Op. 42, No. 3) (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)
The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
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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: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Sequence: Victimæ Paschali laudes (plainchant, mode i)
Alleluia: Pascha nostrum (mode vii)
Offertory: Terra tremuit (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: I Know That My Redeemer Lives (Duke Street)
Communion: Pascha nostrum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: The Strife Is O’er (Victory)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above
The St. Mary’s Choir
Saturday, 4 April 2015, 8:00 p.m.
Music for the Great Paschal Vigil and First Mass of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
The Exsultet
Canticle: Cantemus Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Vinea facta est (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Attende caelum (plainsong, mode viii)
Litany of the Saints (plainsong)
Canticle: Sicut cervus (plainsong, mode viii)
At the aspersion: Asperges me (plainsong, mode vii)
Kyrie: Missa pro Victoria for double choir (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gloria: Missa pro Victoria (Victoria)
Alleluia: Confitemini Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Tract: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Surrexit a mortuis (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli for double choir (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Sanctus & Benedictus: Missa pro Victoria (Victoria)
Motet at the Communion: Dum transisset Sabbatum I (John Taverner, 1490-1545)
Motet at the Communion: Pascha jucundissimum (David J. Hughes, b.1980)
Antiphon of Lauds: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, with Psalm 150 (plainsong, mode vi)
Benedictus antiphon of Lauds: Et valde mane (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Finale from Symphony No. 7 (Op. 42, No. 3) (Widor)
The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir
Coro Hispano de Santa Maria
Friday, 3 April 2015, 3:00 p.m.
Music for the Commemoration of the Passion & Death of the Lord
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Tract: Domine, audivi auditum (plainsong, mode ii)
Tract: Eripe me, Domine (plainsong, mode ii)
Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem (polyphonic turba settings by William Byrd, c.1540-1623)
The Reproaches (plainsong)
Antiphon: Crucem tuam (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Adoration of the Cross: Crucifixus à 8 (Antonio Lotti, c.1667-1740)
Motet at the Adoration of the Cross: Ecce lignum / Crux fidelis (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Antiphons at the Translation of the Sacrament: Adoramus te, Christe; Per lignum servi; Salvator mundi
Motet at the Communion: Officium de Cruce (Loyset Compère, c.1445-1518)
Motet at the Communion: In manus tuas (John Taverner, 1490-1545)
Motet at the Communion: Salvator mundi I (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
Thursday, 2 April 2015, 7:00 p.m.
Music for the Mass of Maundy Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Miserere (Gregorio Allegri, 1582-1652)
Introit: Nos autem gloriari (plainsong, mode iii) [All Choirs]
Kyrie: Missa Pange lingua (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gloria: Missa Pange lingua (Josquin)
Gradual: Christus factus est (plainsong, mode v) [All Choirs]
Antiphons at the Mandatum: Mandatum; Postquam surrexit Dominus
Motet at the Mandatum: Domine, tu mihi lavas pedes? (Manuel Cardoso, 1566-1650) [St. Cecilia Student Schola]
Offertory: Dextera Domini (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ubi caritas (plainsong, mode vi) [All Choirs]
Motet at the Offertory: Ubi caritas (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)
Sanctus & Benedictus: Missa Pange lingua (Josquin)
Agnus Dei: Missa Pange lingua (Josquin)
Communion: Dominus Jesus (plainsong, mode ii) [Student Schola]
Motet at the Communion: Nos autem gloriari (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934) [All Choirs]
At the procession: Pange lingua gloriosi (plainsong, mode iii, with fauxbourdon verses)
At the stripping of the altars: Diviserunt sibi, with Psalm 21 (plainsong, mode viii)
The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir
Coro Hispano de Santa Maria
The St. Cecilia Student Schola
The Holy Thursday Mass will be followed by the traditional procession
to the seven churches of Norwalk.
Wednesday, 1 April 2015, 8:00 p.m.
Music for Tenebræ
(in the traditional Roman Rite)
Matins: First Nocturn
Antiphon Zelus domus tuae, with Psalm 68 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Avertantur retrorsum, with Psalm 69 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Deus meus, eripe me, with Psalm 70 (plainsong, mode viii)
A reading from the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah (I) (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Responsory: In monte Oliveti (plainsong, mode viii)
A reading from the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah (II) (Lasso)
Responsory: Tristis est anima mea (plainsong, mode viii)
A reading from the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah (III) (Lasso)
Responsory: Ecce vidimus eum (plainsong, mode v)
Matins: Second Nocturn
Antiphon Liberavit Dominus, with Psalm 71 (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon Cogitaverunt impii, with Psalm 72 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Exsurge, Domine, with Psalm 73 (plainsong, mode i)
Commentary of St. Augustine on the Psalms (I)
Responsory: Amicus meus (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Commentary of St. Augustine on the Psalms (II)
Responsory: Judas mercator pessimus (Victoria)
Commentary of St. Augustine on the Psalms (III)
Responsory: Unus ex discipulis meis (Victoria)
Matins: Third Nocturn
Antiphon Dixi iniquis, with Psalm 74 (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon Terra tremuit, with Psalm 75 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon In die tribulationis, with Psalm 76 (plainsong, mode vii)
Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians (I)
Responsory: Eram quasi agnus innocens (Victoria)
Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians (II)
Responsory: Una hora (Victoria)
Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians (III)
Responsory: Seniores populi (Victoria)
Lauds
Antiphon Justificeris, Domine, with Psalm 50 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Dominus tamquam ovis, with Psalm 89 (plainsong, mode ii)
Antiphon Contritum est cor meum, with Psalm 35 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Exhortatus es, with Exodus 15 (plainsong, mode iv)
Antiphon Oblatus est, with Psalm 146 (plainsong, mode ii)
Antiphon Traditor autem, with the Benedictus (plainsong, mode i)
Responsory Christus factus est (plainsong, mode v)
Motet: Miserere (Gregorio Allegri, 1582-1652)
The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Cecilia Student Schola
Music for Palm Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Antiphon at the consecration of palms: Hosanna filio David [All Choirs]
Antiphons at the procession: Pueri Hebraeorum portantes, Pueri Hebraeorum vestimenta [Student Scholas]
Antiphons at the entrance into the church: Gloria laus et honor; Ingrediente [All Choirs]
Introit: Domine, ne longe facias (plainsong, mode viii) [St. Cecilia Student Schola]
Kyrie Salve (plainsong, mode i) [All Choirs]
Gradual: Tenuisti (plainsong, mode iv)
Tract: Deus, Deus meus (plainsong, mode ii) [All Choirs; trebles & basses in alternatim]
Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Matthaeum (polyphonic turba settings by Richard Davy, c.1465-1507)
Credo I (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Improperium (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Improperium (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Sanctus & Benedictus: Missa Videte manus meas (Hugh Aston, c.1485-1558)
Agnus Dei: Missa Videte manus meas (Aston)
Communion: Pater, si non potest (plainsong, mode viii) [St. Gregory Student Schola]
Motet at the Communion: Miserere (George Malcolm, 1917-1997)
Motet at the Communion: O Jesu Christe (Jacquet de Berchem, c.1505-c.1580) [St. Mary’s Choir]
The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir
The St. Cecilia Student Schola
The St. Gregory Student Schola
The St. John the Baptist Choristers
April 1, 8:00 p.m.
TENEBRÆ
The complete plainsong office of Matins & Lauds for Holy Thursday
Lamentationes Jeremiæ (Lassus)
Tenebræ responsories (Victoria)
Miserere (Allegri)
April 2, 7:00 p.m.
MAUNDY THURSDAY
Missa Pange lingua (Josquin)
Domine, tu mihi lavas pedes? (Cardoso)
Ubi caritas (Duruflé)
Nos autem gloriari (Palestrina)
Ave verum corpus (Elgar)
Pange lingua (Byrd)
April 3, 3:00 p.m.
GOOD FRIDAY
Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem (Byrd)
Crucifixus à 8 (Lotti)
Ecce lignum / Crux fidelis (Willaert)
Officium de Cruce (Compère)
Salvator mundi (Blow)
April 4, 8:00 p.m.
THE SOLEMN EASTER VIGIL
Missa pro Victoria for double choir (Victoria)
Surrexit a mortuis (Widor)
Regina cæli for double choir (Guerrero)
Dum transisset Sabbatum (Taverner)
Pascha jucundissimum (Hughes)
organ music of Widor
April 5, 9:30 a.m.
EASTER SUNDAY
Missa Pascale (La Rue)
Hæc dies (Léonin)
Christus resurgens (Byrd)
Congratulamini mihi omnes (Willaert)
organ music of Bach and Widor
14 March 2015
Thursday, March 19th, is St. Joseph’s Day. This feast of the patron of the universal Church is a busy one at St. Mary’s. At 12:10 p.m., the students of Regina Pacis Academy will sing Mass, including English propers and the complete Latin Missa Dominator Deus (Mass XV). At 5:30 p.m., the students of the St. Cecilia and St. Gregory Scholas will once again join forces to sing Vespers for the feast. Then, at 7:00 p.m., the St. Cecilia Student Schola joins the St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum (the professional ensemble) to sing Solemn Mass. The ordinary is Padilla’s charming Missa Ego flos campi for double choir (the professionals sing choir 1, and the students choir 2), coupled with Palestrina’s motet Veritas mea and the plainsong hymn Te Joseph celebrent.
On Passion Sunday, March 22nd, the St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum sings Cristóbal de Morales’ dark and plangent Missa Aspice Domine (based on the motet “Regard, O Lord, how desolate lies the city”). On this first day of Passiontide, we will also sing Byrd’s mysterious and heartfelt piece Infelix ego, which sets the text that begins the Meditation on the Miserere which Girolamo Savonarola (!) wrote shortly before his death.
To celebrate Annunciation Day, Solemn Mass will be offered at 7:00 p.m. A number of volunteer men from the parish, and several seminarians from St. John Fisher in Stamford, will join the Schola Cantorum to sing the Missa Salve Regina by the twentieth-century French composer Jean Langlais. The St. Cecilia Student Schola will sing the propers, as well as Peter Philips’ Ave Maria and Victoria’s Ave Regina caelorum for double choir. This Mass should be especially beautiful, and, we hope, a worthy celebration in this parish church dedicated to Our Lady.
The students of Regina Pacis Academy sing the office of None approximately once a month. They will continue do so on the Thursday of Passion Week, March 26th, at 3:00 p.m.
On the 9:30 Solemn Mass on Palm Sunday, March 29th, many of the choirs of the parish (St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum, the St. Mary’s Choir, the Coro Hispano, the St. Cecilia Student Schola, the St. Gregory Student Schola, and the St. John the Baptist Choristers) join to sing Hosanna filio David! at Our Lord’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem. The combined choirs will sing motets of Palestrina, Jachet de Berchem, and the plainsong propers. The Schola Cantorum will render the rarely-performed Missa Videte manus meas of Hugh Aston (an English composer of the early to mid-sixteenth century), polyphonic turba responses from the Eton Choirbook, and (continuing the English theme) the Miserere of George Malcolm (master of music at Westminster Cathedral in the 1950s).
Stay tuned for an update on the services of Holy Week!
March 12, 5:30 p.m.: St. Gregory Day Vespers (Student Schola)
March 15, 9:30 a.m.: Laetare Sunday Solemn Mass (St. Mary's Schola Cantorum)
March 15, 4:00 p.m.: Sharon, Gerry, David concert
March 19: St. Joseph Day
12:10p Mass (Regina Pacis Academy)
5:30p Vespers (Student Schola)
7:00p Mass (St. Mary's Schola Cantorum & Student Schola)
March 22, 9:30 a.m.: Passion Sunday Solemn Mass (Schola Cantorum)
March 25, 7:00 p.m.: Annunciation Day Solemn Mass (Schola Cantorum & Student Schola)
March 26, 3:00 p.m.: Sung None (Regina Pacis Academy)
March 29, 9:30 a.m.: Palm Sunday Solemn Mass (combined choirs)
