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Tuesday, 27 May 2014, 8:00 a.m.
Villa Maria Gauadalupe, Stamford
Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes hymn)
Kyrie Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Offertory: Ave Maria (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Virgin Great and Glorious (Basque melody)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Mass XVIII
Communion: Beata viscera (plainsong, mode i)
At the Communion: Magnificat, tone 7.c2, with verses by Orlando di Lasso (c.1532-1594)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Versets on Ave maris stella (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)

Scholæ Ss. Benedicti & Scholasticae

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Cantilène (from Suite Brève) (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Missa super Credidi propter (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Easter: Vocem jucunditatis
Motet at the Offertory: Benedicite gentes (Lasso)
Motet at the Communion: Regina caeli (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Rhapsody No. 3 in C-sharp minor (Op. 17, No. 3) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)

Music for the Sixth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
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: Non vos relinquam (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Benedicite gentes (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son (from Judas Maccabeus) (George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759)
Communion: Non vos relinquam (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Communion: This Joyful Eastertide (Charles Wood, 1866-1926)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 24 May 2014, 12:00 noon
Music for Confirmations
His Excellency Frank J. Caggiano, celebrant
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, heiliger Geist (BWV 667) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest (Lambillotte)
Introit: Dum sanctificatus (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Confirmations: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Confirma hoc Deus (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: O For A Closer Walk With God (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Communion: Beati mundo corde (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Choral varié sur le thème du “Veni creator” (Op. 4) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)

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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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
(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
(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

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

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

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