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Music for None of Thursday, 25 September 2014

Thursday, 25 September 2014, 2:45 p.m.
Music for None of Wednesday
Hymn: Rerum, Deus, tenax vigor (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon: Invocabimus nomen tuum, with Psalms 74 and 75 (plainsong, mode vi)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

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

Music for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 21 September 2014

Music for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Kyrie eleison (from Cathedral Windows) [Op. 106, No. 1] (Sigfrid Karg-Elert, 1877-1933)
Missa Tristezas me matan (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Inclina Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Salve Regina (prima pars) (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Motet at the Communion: Eia ergo / Et Jesum (Salve Regina, secunda & tertia partes) (Josquin)
Postlude: Carillon (William Mathias, 1934-1992)

Music for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Lauda anima)
Introit: Salus populi (plainsong, mode iv)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Confitemini Domino (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Si ambulavero (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Communion: Tu mandasti (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Communion: O Jesu Christe (Jachet de Berchem, c.1505-1567)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of St. Robert Bellarmine, 17 September 2014

Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Robert Bellarmine
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Præludium in C Major [BuxWV 137] (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Hymn at the Procession: Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: This Is The Feast Day of the Lord’s True Witness (Iste confessor)
Communion: Qui mediabitur (plainsong, mode iii)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Fugue in C Major (‘Jig Fugue’) [BuxWV 174] (Buxtehude)

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

Music for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 14 September 2014

Music for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig [BWV 1095] (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Nos autem gloriari (Pierre de la Rue, c.1452-1518)
Gregorian Mass of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross: Nos autem gloriari
Hymn at the Offertory: Vexilla Regis (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Salvator mundi I (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Fugue in C minor [BWV 582/2] (Bach)

Music for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Rockingham)
Introit: Nos autem gloriari (plainsong, mode iv)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Dulce lignum (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Protege Domine (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Vexilla Regis / The Royal Banners Forward Go (plainsong, mode i)
Communion: Per signum Crucis (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Cross of Jesus (from The Crucifixion) John Stainer, 1840-1901)
Motet at the Communion: God So Loved the World (from The Crucifixion) (Stainer)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Mass in Honor of Our Lady of Good Health, 13 September 2014

Saturday, 13 September 2014, 12:00 noon
Music for the Mass in Honor of Our Lady of Vailankanni
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Hymn at the Procession: Nanmaikal ceyta iraivanukku
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: Prabhu Yesu
Communion: Beata viscera (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Valvai alikkum
Hymn at the Communion: Pranon se pyaare Yesu mere
Hymns at Benediction: O Salutaris (Werner); Tantum ergo (plainsong, mode iii)
Antiphon at the Procession: Ave Maria
Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes hymn)

Music for a Saturday of Our Lady, 13 September 2014

Saturday, 13 September 2014, 9:00 a.m.
Music for a Saturday of Our Lady after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Saturdays of Our Lady after Pentecost: Salve sancta parens
Motet at the Communion: Beata progenies (Lionel Power, d.1445)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)
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 the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady, 8 September 2014

Monday, 8 September 2014, 8:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: O gloriosa virginum [Op. 77, No. 3] (Flor Peeters, 1903-1986)
Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes Hymn)
Mass Ordinary: Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Alleluia: Solemnitas gloriosae (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: O Sanctissima
Communion: Beatam me dicent (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (Franz Schubert, 1797-1828)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Improvisation

This Mass marks the traditional opening of the school year
for Regina Pacis and Cardinal Newman Academies.

Music for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 7 September 2014

Music for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Nun danket Alle Gott [BWV 657] (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
The Mean Mass (John Taverner, 1490-1545)
Gregorian Mass of the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Respice Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Domine exaudi orationem (prima pars) (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Et non intres (Domine exaudi, secunda pars) (Byrd)
Postlude: Passacaglia in C minor [BWV 582/1] (Bach)

Music for the Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (St. Anne)
Introit: Justus es Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Domine, exaudi orationem meam (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Oravi Deum meum (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Communion: Vovete et reddite (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: How Shall I Sing That Majesty (Coe fen) (Kenneth Naylor, 1931-1991)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the External Solemnity of St. Augustine, 31 August 2014

Music for the External Solemnity of St. Augustine,
patron of the Diocese of Bridgeport
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Introduction-Choral (from Suite Gothique) (Léon Boëllmann, 1862-1897)
Missa Papae Marcelli (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of a Doctor: In medio Ecclesiae
Motet at the Offertory: O Doctor optime (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Iste confessor Domini sacratus (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Hymn at the Procession of St. Augustine’s Relics: De profundis tenebrarum (Evangelists, after Bach)
Hymn at the Procession of St. Augustine’s Relics: Magne Pater Augustine (plainsong, mode v)
Antiphon at the Veneration of St. Augustine’s Relics: O Doctor optime (plainsong, mode ii)

Music for the Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Menuet Gothique (from Suite Gothique) (Boëllmann)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Beyond All Praising (Thaxted)
Introit: Miserere mihi Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine, in auxilium meum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Offertory: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Rockingham)
Communion: Qui vult venire (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Take Up Your Cross (O Jesu, mi dulcissime)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Toccata (from Suite Gothique) (Boëllmann)

Music for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, 24 August 2014

Music for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prelude “The New Commonwealth” (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Missa Carminum (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Gregorian Mass of the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost: Deus in loco sancto suo
Motet at the Offertory: Manus tuae fecerunt me (prima pars) (Robert White, 1538-1574)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Jacques Arcadelt, c.1505-1568)
Postlude: Imperial March (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)

Music for the Twenty-First Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (Coronation)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Offertory: Exspectans exspectavi (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: O Christ the Great Foundation (Aurelia)
Communion: De fructu operum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life (The Call, Vaughan Williams)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above