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St. Mary’s Student Schola – Boston concert, 22 May 2014

The St. Mary’s Student Schola
David J. Hughes, Director
Charles A. Weaver, Assistant Director

Concert & Compline

St. Cecilia’s Church, Boston
18 Belvidere Street | Boston, Massachusetts | stceciliaboston.org

Works to include Morales’ Missa de Beata Virgine à 4;
motets of Victoria, Cardoso, and Philips; and Gregorian chant.

Thursday, 22 May 2014, 7:00 P.M.

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Organ recital: Le Banquet Céleste: music of Olivier Messiaen for Easter & eternity, 18 May 2014

Le Banquet Céleste:
Music of Messiaen for Easter & eternity

David J. Hughes, organ

Le Banquet Céleste
Diptyque (essai sur la vie terrestre et l’éternité biehnheureuse)
L’Ascension
selections from Les Corps Glorieux and Livre du Saint-Sacrement

Sunday, 18 May 2014, 4:00 P.M.

General Admission: $15 / Students: $10

A festive reception will follow the recital.

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Music for the Fourth Sunday after Easter, 18 May 2014

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Erstanden ist der heil’ge Christ (BWV 628) Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Christus resurgens (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-1562)
Gregorian Mass of the Fouth Sunday after Easter: Cantate Domino
Motet at the Offertory: Jubilate Deo (Damiano Scarabelli, d.1598)
Motet at the Communion: Christus resurgens (Jean Richafort, c.1480-c.1547)
Postlude: Diptyque (essai sur la vie terrestre et l’éternité biehnheureuse) (Olivier Messian, 1908-1992)

Music for the Fifth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (Westminster Abbey)
Introit: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode vi)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Christus resurgens (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Jubilate Deo (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Jubilate Deo (William Boyce, 1711-1779)
Communion: Tanto tempore (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Hail Thee, Festival Day (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for the Third Sunday after Easter, 11 May 2014

Music for the Third Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Christ ist erstanden (BWV 627) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa de Beata Virgine à 4 (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553) [Schola S. Caeciliae] Introit: Jubilate Deo (plainsong, mode viii) [Schola S. Caeciliae] Alleluia: Redemptionem misit Dominus (plainsong, mode ii) [Scholae Ss. Caeciliae & Gregorii] Alleluia: Oportebat pati Christum (plainsong, mode iv) [Scholae Ss. Caeciliae & Gregorii] Offertory: Lauda anima mea (plainsong, mode iv) [Schola S. Caeciliae] Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Peter Philips, c.1560-1628) [Schola S. Caeciliae] Communion: Modicum (plainsong, mode viii) [Schola S. Gregorii] Hymn at the Communion: Regina caeli jubila (plainsong, mode v) [Schola S. Joannis Baptistae] Motet at the Communion: In illo tempore... modicum (prima pars) (Morales)
Antiphon at the Procession: Regina cæli (solemn tone)
Hymn at the Procession: O Sanctissima [tutti] Antiphon at the May Crowning: Regina cæli (simple tone)
Postlude: Toccata in F Major (BWV 540) (Bach)

Mass is followed by the May Crowning.

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
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Music for the Fourth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: I Know That My Redeemer Lives (Duke Street)
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 Pontifical Low Mass: The Feast of St. Antoninus, 10 May 2014

Saturday, 10 May 2014, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Antoninus
Pontifical Low Mass
celebrated by His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Saraband (For the morning of Easter) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Motet at the procession: Fidelis namque et prudens (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: Ecce sacerdos magnus (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Surrexit pastor bonus (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli à 8 (Victoria)
Postlude: Pièce d’Orgue (Fantasy in G Major) (BWV 572) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir

Music for Friday of the Third Week of Easter, 9 May 2014

Friday, 9 May 2014, 8:00 a.m.
Music for Friday of the Third Week of Easter
His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke, celebrant
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Versets on Ad coenam Agni providi (Jean Titelouze, c.1562-1633)
Hymn at the Procession: By All Your Saints Still Striving (St. Theodulph)
Kyrie Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Caro mea (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ye Sons and Daughters (O filii et filiae)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Mass XVIII
Communion: Qui manducat carnem meam (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Verily, Verily, I Say Unto You (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Hymne d’action de grâces “Te Deum” (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)

The St. Mary’s Student Schola: Scholæ Ss. Benedicti & Scholasticae

Music for None of the Feast of the Dedication of St. Mary Church, 7 May 2014

Wednesday, 7 May 2014, 2:30 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 St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Scholæ Ss. Benedicti & Scholasticæ

Music for the Second Sunday after Easter, 4 May 2014

Music for the Second Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Plein jeu (Prémier Livre d’Orgue) (Louis Marchand, 1669-1732)
Missa Pange lingua (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after Easter: Misericordia Domini
Motet at the Offertory: Deus, Deus meus (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Motet at the Communion: Surrexit Pastor bonus (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium à 6 (Victoria)
Postlude: Sortie (Guy Ropartz, 1864-1955)

Music for the Third Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
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)
Motet at the Offertory: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Communion: Surrexit Dominus (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Panis angelicus (César Franck, 1822-1890)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for First Holy Communions, 3 May 2014

Saturday, 4 May 2013, 1:00 p.m.
Music for First Holy Communions
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Sheep May Safely Graze (from Cantata No. 208) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
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: Caro mea vere est cibus (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (attrib. Victoria)
Motet at the Offertory: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Communion: Qui manducat carnem meam (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Panis angelicus (César Franck, 1822-1890)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Verbum supernum: en taille à 4, Fugue, Récit en dialogue, Récit de Basse de Trompette (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)

The St. Mary’s Choir
Coro Hispano de Santa María

Music for the Octave Day of Easter, 27 April 2014

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 Regina caeli (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass for the Octave Day of Easter: Quasi modo
At the Offertory: Offertorie (from Suite pour Quasimodo) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Motet at the Communion: Post dies octo (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Choral-Improvisation sur le Victimae Paschali (Tournemire)

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)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, 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)
Hymn at the Communion: Ad regias Agni dapes (plainsong, mode viii)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above