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Saturday, 16 November 2013, 11:00 a.m.
Church of Our Lady of Esperanza, New York, New York
Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady
Missale Romanum of 1962
Missa Sancta et Immaculata Virginitas (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady: Salve sancta Parens
Motet at the Offertory: Sancta et Immaculata Virginitas (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Communion: Salve Regina à 5 (1576) (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
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This Mass is sponsored by The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny.

Music for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
(Lections of the Fifth 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 Clemens et benigna (Firminus Caron, fl. 1460-1475)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Offertory: De profundis (plainsong, mode ii, with verses)
Motet at the Communion: De profundis (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, 1562-1621)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (St. Columba)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Qui posuit (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Gressus meos (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Jacques Arcadelt, c.1505-1568)
Communion: Dominus regit me (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: O God of Earth and Altar (King’s Lynn)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

Saturday, 9 November 2013, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Dedication of the Archbasilica of Our Saviour
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of the Dedication a Church: Terribilis est
Hymn at the Communion: Caelestis urbs Jerusalem (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.

Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
(Lections of the Fourth 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 Rex Genitor (Vatican Gradual, Mass VI)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: Domine exaudi orationem (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Et non intres in judicium (Domine exaudi, secunda pars) (Byrd)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Thirty-First Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Kingsfold)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: O quam bonus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Benedic anima mea Domino (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Offertory: Thou Knowest, Lord, The Secrets of Our Hearts (Henry Purcell, 1659-1695)
Communion: Notas mihi fecisti (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Communion: Richard de Castre’s Prayer to Jesus (R.R. Terry, 1865-1938)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

The 11:30 Mass is offered to the greater glory of God
and for the eternal repose of Vincent Alcaide, a longtime chorister.
Requiescat in pace.

Saturday, 2 November 2013, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro defunctis (Juan Vasquez, c.1500-c.1560)
Introit: Requiem aeternam (Vasquez)
Gradual: Requiem aeternam (Vasquez)
Tract: Absolve Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Sequence: Dies irae (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe (Vasquez)
Communion: Lux æterna (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Sicut cervus (Vasquez)
At the absolution: Libera me, Domine (plainsong, mode i)

Friday, 1 November 2013, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Feast of All Saints
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Introit: Gaudeamus (plainsong, mode i)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: For All the Saints (Sine nomine)
Communion: Beati mundo corde (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: For All the Saints (Sine nomine) (continued)

Friday, 1 November 2013, 5:30 p.m.
Music for the Feast of All Saints
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
At the procession: Vidi Dominum (Benedictine processional chant for All Saints’ Day)
Missa O quam gloriosum (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of All Saints: Gaudeamus
Motet at the Offertory: Angeli, archangeli (Andrea Gabrieli, 1532-1585)
Motet at the Communion: O quam gloriosum (Victoria)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Christe Redemptor omnium (Alonso Dalua, from a Spanish hymnary c.1500)

Music for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
At the procession: Christus vincit (plainsong)
Messe de Toulouse (anon., XIV C.)
Gregorian Mass of Christ the King: Dignus est Agnus
Motet at the Offertory: Dominator Domine (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Domini est terra (Philippe de Monte, 1521-1603)
Motet at Benediction: O Salutaris (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-1562)
Hymn at Benediction: Tantum ergo (plainsong, mode iv)
Antiphon at Benediction: Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the Thirtieth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Introit: Laetetur cor (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Lauda Jerusalem (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Domine, vivifica me (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Lauda anima)
Communion: Laetabimur (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Praise to the Holiest in the Height (Newman)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
At the procession: In hymnis et confessionibus (Benedictine processional chant for Sundays in October)
Missa Vecy la danse de Barbarie (Antoine Barbé, 1505-1564)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost: Si iniquitates
Motet at the Offertory: Recordare mei (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Inclina Domine aurem tuam (prima pars) (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Word of God, Come Down on Earth (Liebster Jesu)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Lauda anima mea (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Meditabor (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Communion: Domine Dominus noster (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Take Up Your Cross (Orlando Gibbons: Angel's Song)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

Saturday, 19 October 2013, 10:00 a.m.
The Shrine of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, New York, New York
Music for a Votive Mass of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Benedicamus Domino (Lorenzo Perosi, 1872-1956)
Gregorian Mass of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini: Tenuisti
Hymn at the Offertory: Beata caeli regia (Vespers hymn of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Jacquet de Mantua, 1483-1559)
Postlude: Improvisation

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
This Mass is sponsored by The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny.