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Friday, 27 June 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Cor arca legem continens (David Adam Smith)
Messe de Tournai (anonymous, XIV C.)
Gregorian Mass of the Sacred Heart: Cogitationes
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu dulcis memoria (improvised organum)
Motet at the Communion: Cor arca legem continens (plainsong, mode iii)
Postlude: Fantasia & Fugue in A minor (BWV 561) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Feast of Corpus Christi (external solemnity)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Adoro Te (from Livre du Saint Sacrement) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
At the aspersion: Asperges me (plainsong, mode vii)
Introit: Cibavit eos (plainsong, mode ii) [Schola S. Cæciliæ & Choir] Kyrie: Missa Lauda Sion (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594) [Schola] Gloria: Missa Lauda Sion (Palestrina) [Schola] Gradual: Oculi omnium (plainsong, mode vii) [Schola S. Cæciliæ] Alleluia: Caro mea (plainsong, mode vii) [tutti] Sequence: Lauda Sion (plainsong, mode vii) [tutti, alternating bass & treble] Credo III [tutti] Offertory: Sacerdotes Domini (plainsong, mode iv) [all basses] Motet at the Offertory: Sicut cervus (Palestrina) [Schola & Choirs] Sanctus & Benedictus: Missa Lauda Sion (Palestrina) [Schola] Agnus Dei: Missa Lauda Sion (Palestrina) [Schola] Communion: Quotiescumque (plainsong, mode vii) [see sheet] [Schola Ss. Cæciliæ & Gregorii] Motet at the Communion: Panis angelicus (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921) [Schola & Choirs] Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (William Byrd, 1540-1623) [tutti] Hymn at the Procession: Pange lingua, with versets of Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703) [tutti] Hymns at the Procession:
1. Pange lingua gloriosi (plainsong, mode iii)
2. Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)
3. Godhead Here In Hiding (Adoro Te Devote)
4. Soul of My Saviour (Anima Christi)
5. O Jesus, We Adore Thee (Fulda melody)
6. Verbum supernum (plainsong, mode viii)
7. Cantemos al Amor (Ignacio Busca Sagastizábal)
8. Que la Lengua Humana Cante (Francisco Palazón)
Hymn at Benediction: O Salutaris (Hereford) [tutti] Hymn at Benediction: Tantum ergo (French melody) [tutti] Antiphon at Benediction: Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i) [tutti] Postlude: Improvisation on Lauda Sion

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
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The St. Mary’s Choir
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Coro Hispano de Santa María
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The St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Schola S. Caeciliae
Schola S. Gregorii
Schola S. Joannis Baptistae
Schola S. Benedicti

Music for Trinity Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott (BWV 680) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of Trinity Sunday: Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas
Motet at the Offertory: Duo seraphim clamabant (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Motet at the Communion: Honor, virtus, et potestas (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Fugue in E-flat Major (“St. Anne”) (BWV 552/2) (Bach)

Music for Trinity Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Processional Hymn: Holy, Holy, Holy (Nicaea)
Introit: Benedicta sit sancta Trinitas (plainsong, mode viii)
Alleluia: Benedictus es, Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Benedictus sit Deus (plainsong, mode iii)
Motet at the Offertory: Blessed art Thou, O Lord (for Trinity Sunday) (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Hymn at the Offertory: O God, Almighty Father (Gott Vater sei gepriesen)
Communion: Benedicimus (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Quicunque vult (The Athanasian Creed) (Tonus peregrinus)
Marian Antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 14 June 2014, 2:00 p.m.
Music for the Nuptial Mass of Norma Manríquez & José Ramírez
Mass of the Ember Saturday of Pentecost (abbreviated form)
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
At the Procession: Versets on Veni Creator Spiritus (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)
Introit: Caritas Dei diffusa est (plainsong, mode iii)
Kyrie: Mass for Five Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Alleluia: Spiritus est qui vivificavit (plainsong, mode viii)
Gloria: Mass for Five Voices (Byrd)
Alleluia: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode ii)
Sequence: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine, Deus salutis meæ (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Dum complerentur (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Mass for Five Voices (Byrd)
Communion: Spiritus ubi vult spirat (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (Robert Parsons, c.1530-1572)
Postlude: Toccata from Symphony No. 5 (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)

Saturday, 14 June 2014, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Ember Saturday of Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Introit: Caritas Dei diffusa est (plainsong, mode iii)
Kyrie: Missa Rex Genitor (Kevin Allen, b.1964)
Alleluia: Spiritus est qui vivificavit (plainsong, mode viii)
Alleluia: Spiritus ejus ornavit (plainsong, mode viii)
Alleluia: Dum complerentur (plainsong, mode i)
Alleluia: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode ii)
Alleluia: Benedictus es (plainsong, mode viii)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Tract: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode viii)
Sequence: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine, Deus salutis meæ (plainsong, mode viii)
Sanctus: Missa Rex Genitor (Allen)
Agnus Dei: Missa Rex Genitor (Allen)
Communion: Spiritus ubi vult spirat (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: O Creator Sancte Spiritus (David Adam Smith)
Postlude: Fugue sur le thème du Carillon des Heures de la Cathédrale de Soissons (Op. 12) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)

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 Pentecost (Whitsunday)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend (BWV 632) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Prelude: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii) [Schola S. Gregorii & Joannis Baptistæ] Mass for Four Voices (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585) [Schola S. Cæciliæ] Gregorian Mass of Pentecost: Spiritus Domini
Introit: Spiritus Domini (plainsong, mode viii) [Schola S. Cæciliæ] Kyrie Firmator sancte (ad libitum VIII; plainsong, mode vi) [Schola S. Cæciliæ] Alleluia: Emitte Spiritum tuum (plainsong, mode iv) [Scholæ Ss. Cæciliæ & Gregorii] Alleluia: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode ii) [Scholæ Ss. Cæciliæ & Gregorii] Sequence: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode i) [Scholæ Ss. Cæciliæ & Gregorii] Offertory: Confirma hoc Deus (plainsong, mode iv) [Schola S. Cæciliæ] Motet at the Offertory: Dum complerentur (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Communion: Factus est repente (plainsong, mode vii) [Schola S. Gregorii] Motet at the Communion: Veni Sancte Spiritus (John Dunstable, c.1390-1453)
Motet at the Communion: Loquebantur variis linguis (Tallis) [Schola S. Cæciliæ] Postlude: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor (BWV 542) (Bach)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
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The St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Schola S. Caeciliae
Schola S. Gregorii
Schola S. Joannis Baptistae

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Music for Pentecost (Whitsunday)
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Processional Hymn: Come, Holy Ghost (Lambillotte)
Introit: Spiritus Domini (plainsong, mode viii)
Sequence: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode i)
Alleluia: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Confirma hoc Deus (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Communion: Factus est repente (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Communion: When Mary Through the Garden Went (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Hymn at the Communion: Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 7 June 2014, 11:00 a.m.
Music for the Nuptial Mass of Angelica Gorey & Mark Nolan
Mass of the Vigil of Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Vigil of Pentecost: Dum sanctificatus fuero
Motet at the Offertory: Ego flos campi (Jacobus Clemens non Papa, c.1510-1556)
Motet at the Communion: Regina caeli (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-1562)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 1 (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Music for the Sunday in Ascensiontide
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa O Rex gloriæ (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday in Ascensiontide: Exaudi Domine…alleluia
Motet at the Offertory: Hosanna filio David (Gibbons)
Motet at the Communion: Jesu nostra redemptio (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: “Big” Praeludium in E minor (BWV 847) (Nicolaus Bruhns, 1665-1697)

Music for the Seventh Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Introit: Exaudi Domine...alleluia (plainsong, mode i)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Exivi a Patre (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Thou Art Gone Up on High (from Messiah) (George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759)
Communion: Pater, cum essem (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: The Head That Once Was Crowned With Thorns (St. Magnus)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Friday, 30 May 2014, 8:00 a.m.
Music for Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Hymn at the Procession: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Kyrie Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Hymn at the Offertory: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Mass XVIII
Communion: Non vos relinquam (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Communion: Verily, Verily, I Say Unto You (Tallis)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Fugue in D Major (BWV 532) (Bach)

Scholæ Ss. Benedicti & Scholasticae

Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père [Majesty of Christ praying that His Father should glorify Him] (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Hymn at the Procession: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Introit: Viri Galilaei (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Communion: Psallite Domino (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Look, O Look, the Sight is Glorious (Bryn Calfaria)
Marian Antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel [Serene alleluias from a soul longing for heaven] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)

Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)
Plainsong Mass for a Mean (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558) [Scholæ Ss. Cæciliæ & Gregorii] Gregorian Mass of Ascension Day: Viri Galilaei
Introit: Viri Galilaei (plainsong, mode vii) [Schola S. Cæciliæ] Alleluia: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode iv) [Scholæ Ss. Cæciliæ & Gregorii] Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii) [Scholæ Ss. Cæciliæ & Gregorii] Offertory: Ascendit Deus [Schola S. Cæciliæ] Motet at the Offertory: Ascendit Deus (Peter Philips, c.1560-1628)
Communion: Psallite Domino (plainsong, mode i) [Schola S. Gregorii] Motet at the Communion: Ascendens Christus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594) [Schola S. Cæciliæ] Motet at the Communion: O Rex gloriæ (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Transports de joie d’une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne [Outbursts of joy from a soul before the Glory of Christ which is its own glory] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
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The St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Schola S. Cæciliæ
Schola S. Gregorii