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Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady in Advent, 14 December 2013

Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady in Advent
Saturday, 14 December 2013, 9:00 a.m.
Missale Romanum of 1962
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady in Advent: Rorate caeli
Hymn at the Communion: Creator alme siderum (plainsong, mode iv)

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

Advent Lessons & Carols, 13 December 2013, 7:00 p.m.

St. Mary's warmly invites you & your family
to its annual service of
Advent Lessons & Carols
Friday, 13 December 2013, 7:00 p.m.

The St. Mary's Choir
El Coro Hispano de Santa María
The St. Mary's Student Schola

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David J. Hughes, Organist & Choirmaster
Welder Gomez, Spanish Choir Director
William V. Riccio, Jr., Assistant Organist
Robert Rudesill, Assistant Organist
Charles A. Weaver, Student Schola Assistant Director

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Traditional carols from England, Spain & Germany;
organ music of Buxtehude & Bach;
& Gregorian chants of Advent.

Seven readings from Sacred Scripture & the writings of the saints
on the Advent of Our Lord will be interspersed with
carols, chants, hymns & organ music of the season,
concluding with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
A festive reception will follow.

For further information:
203-866-5546 x115
music@stmarynorwalk.net

A PDF flier is available here.

Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 11 December 2013

Wednesday, 11 December 2013, 7:00 p.m.
Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady of Gaudalupe
Missale Romanum of 1962
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady of Gaudalupe: Salve sancta Parens
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave maris stella (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (attributed to Victoria)
Hymn at Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: O salutaris hostia (Werner)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Mass will be followed by all-night Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament,
concluding with the 8:00 a.m. Mass on Wednesday, 12 December.

Music for None of Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Wednesday, 11 December 2013, 2:30 p.m.
Music for None of Wednesday
Hymn: Rerum, Deux, tenax vigor (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon: Deus meus, misericordia tua praeveniet me, with Psalms 58 and 59 (plainsong, mode iii)
Commemoration of St. Damasus I
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

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

Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, 8 December 2013

Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
At the procession: Signum magnum (Benedictine processional chant for the Immaculate Conception)
Missa Ave Sanctissima Maria (Pierre de La Rue, c.1452-1518)
Gregorian Mass of the Immaculate Conception: Gaudens gaudebo
Motet at the Offertory: Ave cujus conceptio (Nicholas Ludford, 1485-1557)
Motet at the Communion: Ave vera virginitas (Ave cujus conceptio, secunda pars) (Ludford)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v, solemn)

Music for the Second Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: On Jordan’s Bank (Winchester New)
Introit: Populus Sion (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Laetatus sum (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Deus tu convertens (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Comfort, Comfort, O My People (Geneva)
Communion: Jerusalem surge (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Hark, A Herald Voice is Sounding (Merton)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v, simple)

Music for the First Sunday of Advent, 1 December 2013

Music for the First Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the procession: Veni, veni Emmanuel (plainsong, mode i)
Missa Repleatur os meum laude tua (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the First Sunday of Advent: Ad te levavi
Motet at the Offertory: Ad te Domine levavi (Johann Joseph Fux, 1660-1741)
Motet at the Communion: Ne timeas Maria (Tomàs Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the First Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni Emmanuel)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Ostende nobis Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Ad te Domine levavi (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending (Helmsley)
Communion: Dominus dabit benignitatem (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Music for a Votive Mass of the Most Holy Trinity (Thanksgiving Day), 28 November 2013

Thursday, 28 November 2013, 9:00 a.m.
Music for a Votive Mass of the Most Holy Trinity
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gregorian Mass of the Most Holy Trinity: Benedicta sit
Improvisation at the Offertory
Hymn at the Communion: Jam sol recedit (plainsong, mode viii)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Improvisation on the Te Deum

Music for the Last Sunday after Pentecost, 24 November 2013

Music for the Last Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa sine nomine à 6 (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: Vincenti dabo edere (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Domine ne in furore tua (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Crown Him with Many Crowns (Diademata)
Introit: Dignus est Agnus (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Potestas ejus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Postula a me (plainsong, mode iv)
Acclamation at the Offertory: Christus vincit (plainsong, with organum)
Communion: Sedebit Dominus Rex (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: The Royal Banners Forward Go (Agincourt Hymn)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Acclamations Carolingiennes [Christus vincit] (from Suite médiévale) (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)

Music for None of Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 2:30 p.m.
Music for None of Wednesday
Hymn: O God, creation’s secret force (Rerum, Deus, tenax vigor) (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon: My God, His mercy shall prevent me (Deus meus, misericordia tua praeveniet me), with Psalms 58 and 59 (plainsong, mode iii)
Commemoration of St. Felix of Valois
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

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

The students of the Scholæ Ss. Benedicti & Scholasticæ sing the office of None on one Wendesday afternoon per month. This first month, the entire service will be in English. Over the course of the year, we will gradually introduce more Latin. By the spring, the students will, Deo volente, be singing the office entirely in Latin.

Music for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, 17 November 2013

Music for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
(Lections of the Sixth Resumed Sunday after Epiphany)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
At the procession: Super muros tuos (Benedictine processional chant for Sundays in November)
Missa Tertia (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Introit: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517, from Choralis Constantinus)
Gradual: Liberasti nos (plainsong, mode vii)
Alleluia: De profundis (Isaac, contrafacted)
Offertory: De profundis (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Exaudi Deus (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Communion: Amen dico vobis: quidquid orantes (Isaac)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)
Introit: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito (plainsong, mode vi)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: De profundis (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: De profundis (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Out of the Depths, to You, O Lord, We Cry (Alberta)
Communion: Amen dico vobis: quidquid (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Verily, Verily, I Say Unto You (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)