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Requiem Mass for Lawrence K. Iannacone
Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 9:30 a.m.
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro defunctis à 5 (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
At the procession into the church: Subvenite (plainsong, mode iv) [tutti] Introit: Requiem æternam (Morales)
Gradual: Requiem æternam (plainsong, mode ii)
Tract: Absolve Domine (plainsong, mode viii) [tutti] Sequence: Dies irae (plainsong, mode i; Pie Jesu Domine from Morales) [tutti] Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe (plainsong, mode ii)
Communion: Lux æterna (Morales)
Motet at the Communion: Credo quod Redemptor (Alonso Lobo, 1555-1617)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
At the absolution: Libera me, Domine (plainsong, mode i) [tutti] At the procession to the cemetery: In paradisum (plainsong, mode vii) [trebles] At the procession to the cemetery: Credo quod Redemptor (plainsong, mode viii) [basses]

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

Music for Palm Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Antiphon at the consecration of palms: Hosanna filio David
Antiphons at the procession: Pueri Hebraeorum portantes, Pueri Hebraeorum vestimenta [Student Schola] Antiphons at the entrance into the church: Gloria laus et honor; Ingrediente [All Choirs] Kyrie: Missa Aspice Domine (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Introit: Domine, ne longe facias (plainsong, mode viii) [Schola S. Caeciliae] Gradual: Tenuisti (plainsong, mode iv)
Tract: Deus, Deus meus (plainsong, mode ii) [All Choirs] Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Matthaeum (polyphonic turba settings by Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Credo I (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Improperium (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: O Domine Jesu Christe, adoro te in Cruce (Nicolas Gombert, c.1495-c.1560)
Sanctus & Benedictus: Missa Aspice Domine (Palestrina)
Agnus Dei: Missa Aspice Domine (Palestrina)
Communion: Pater, si non potest (plainsong, mode viii) [Schola S. Gregorii] Motet at the Communion: O Jesu Christe (Jacquet de Berchem, c.1505-c.1580) [St. Mary’s Choir] Motet at the Communion: Vexilla Regis (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola]

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

The 11:30 Ordinary Form Mass today will be celebrated in the lower chapel, without music.

Saturday, 12 April 2014, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Saturday of Passion Week
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Saturday of Passion Week: Miserere mihi Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Vae nobis (Jacob Handl, 1550-1591)
Hymn at the Communion: Vexilla Regis (plainsong, mode i)

The second Saturday of every month is a Missa cantata celebrated
for the intentions of the Gospel of Life Society at St. Mary’s.

Requiem Mass for Kathryn M. Luff
Thursday, 10 April 2014, 10:00 a.m.
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Officium Defunctorum à 6 (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
At the procession into the church: Subvenite (plainsong, mode iv)
Introit: Requiem æternam (Victoria)
Gradual: Requiem æternam (Victoria)
Tract: Absolve Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Sequence: Dies irae (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe (Victoria)
Communion: Lux æterna (Victoria)
Motet at the Communion: Versa est in luctum (Alonso Lobo, 1555-1617)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (Robert Parsons, c.1530-1572)
At the absolution: Libera me, Domine (Victoria)
At the procession to the cemetery: In paradisum (plainsong, mode vii)
At the procession to the cemetery: Credo quod Redemptor (plainsong, mode viii)
At the cemetery: Ego sum resurrectio (plainsong, mode ii, with Benedictus)

Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 2:30 p.m.
Music for None of the Wednesday of Passion Week
Hymn: Rerum, Deus, tenax vigor (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon: Numquid redditur pro bono, with Psalms 58 and 59 (plainsong, mode iv)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)

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

Music for Passion Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Missa Corona Spinea (John Taverner, c.1490-1545)
Gregorian Mass of Passion Sunday: Judica me Deus
Kyrie Salve (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Ad Dominum cum tribularer (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Motet at the Communion: Officium de Cruce (In nomine Jesu) (Loyset Compère, c.1445-1518)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)

Music for the Fifth Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Rockingham)
Introit: Judica me Deus (plainsong, mode iv)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Offertory: Confitebor tibi (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: O esca viatorum (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Communion: Videns Dominus (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Litany of the Passion (Holy Jesu, By Thy Passion) (from The Crucifixion) (John Stainer, 1840-1901)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)

Friday, 4 April 2014, 11:00 a.m.
Music for the Nuptial Mass of Emily Sprance & Alexander Hutter
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
At the Bridal Procession: Canon in D Major (Johann Pachelbel, 1653-1706)
Gregorian Nuptial Mass: Deus Israel conjungat vos
Piccolomini Mass (Missa Brevis No. 7 in C Major, K. 258) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Motet at the Offertory: Vox dilecti mei (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Benedictus: Orgelmesse (Missa Brevis No. 8 in C Major, K. 259) (Mozart)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Mozart)
Marian offering: Ave Maria (Franz Schubert, 1797-1828)
Postlude: Fugue in D Major (BWV 532/2) (Bach)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude pour Laetare (from L’Orgue mystique) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Missa Cantate (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday of Lent: Laetare
Kyrie Salve (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: O bone Jesu (Robert Parsons, c.1530-1572)
Motet at the Communion: Audi benigne Conditor (Guillaume Dufay, c.1400-1474)
Postlude: Postlude-Fantaisie pour Laetare (Tournemire)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Word of God, Come Down On Earth (Liebster Jesu)
Introit: Laetare (plainsong, mode v)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Offertory: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Sicut cervus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Communion: Lutum fecit (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: God So Loved the World (from The Crucifixion) (John Stainer, 1840-1901)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Wednesday, 26 March 2014, 8:00 a.m.
Music for Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent
His Excellency Frank J. Caggiano, celebrant
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Hymn at the Procession: Forty Days and Forty Nights (Heinlein)
Kyrie Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Hymn at the Offertory: Parce Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Mass XVIII
Communion: Notas mihi fectisti (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Communion: Litany to the Holy Spirit (Peter Hurford, b. 1930)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the retiring procession: Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days (St. Flavian)

The St. Mary’s Student Schola: Schola S. Benedicti