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Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 7:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: Gaudeamus
Hymn at the Offertory: Tota pulchra es (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave Maria… virgo serena (plainsong, mode vi)

Music for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Magnae Deus potentiae (Vatican Gradual, Mass V)
Gregorian Mass of the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost: Suscepimus Deus
Motet at the Offertory: Sicut cervus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Gustate et videte (Giovanni Matteo Asola, 1532-1609)
Postlude: Improvisation

We welcome Charles Weaver as the guest organist & director for this Mass.

Music for the Fifteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: On This Day, the First of Days (Lübeck)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Te decet hymnus (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Ad te Domine (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (Coronation)
Communion: Passer invenit (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

We welcome William Riccio, Jr., as the guest organist & director for this Mass.

Music for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Rex splendens (Vatican Gradual, Mass VII)
Gregorian Mass of the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: Omnes gentes
Motet at the Offertory: Jubilate Deo (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Motet at the Communion: Laudate nomen (Jubilate Deo, secunda pars) (Josquin)
Postlude: Improvisation

We welcome Charles Weaver as the guest organist & director for this Mass.

Music for the Fourteenth 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)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Magnus Dominus (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Populum humilem (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: Christ Is the World’s Light (Christe sanctorum)
Communion: Gustate et videte (plainsong, mode iii)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

We welcome William Riccio, Jr., as the guest organist & director for this Mass.

Music for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Adoro Te (from Livre du Saint Sacrement) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Missa Spem in alium (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: Dominus fortitudo plebis
Motet at the Offertory: Magnus es tu Domine (prima pars) (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Motet at the Communion: Tu pauperum refugium (Magnus es tu, secunda pars) (Josquin)
Postlude: Cathédrales (from Pièces de fantaisie) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Music for the Thirteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise (St. Denio)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Omnes gentes (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Sicut in holocausto (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: The God of Abraham Praise (Leoni)
Communion: Inclina aurem tuam (plainsong, mode iv)
At the Communion: Prière après la communion (from Livre du Saint Sacrement) (Messiaen)
Organ music as above

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Fons bonitatis (Vatican Gradual, Mass II)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Exaudi Domine…adjutor
Motet at the Offertory: Exaudi Deus (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Voce mea (Giovanni Croce, 1557-1609)
Postlude: Improvisation

We welcome Richard Dobbins as guest director
and Michael La Barre as guest organist for this Mass.

Music for the Twelfth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Christ the Great Foundation (Aurelia)
Alleluia: In te Domine speravi (plainsong, mode iii)
Offertory: Render secure my footsteps (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (St. Columba)
Communion: Qui vult venire (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: Take Up Your Cross (O Jesu, mi dulcissime)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

We welcome Michael La Barre as guest organist for this Mass.

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Entrée (from Dix Pièces pour grand orgue) (Théodore Dubois, 1837-1924)
Missa Carminum (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Dominus illuminatio mea
Motet at the Offertory: Ave dulcissima Maria (Carlo Gesualdo, 1566-1613)
Motet at the Communion: O nata lux (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Toccata in G (Dubois)

Music for the Eleventh Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy (In Babilone)
Alleluia: Domine, in virtute (plainsong, mode vi)
Offertory: Benedicam Dominum (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Great God of Mercy (Herzliebster Jesu)
Communion: Unam petii (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: God of Mercy and Compassion (Au sang qu’un Dieu) (after Pergolesi)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 15 June 2013, 2:00 p.m.
Music for the Nuptial Mass of Alexandra Pelella & Mark Hieronymus
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Saraband (For the morning of Easter) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
At the Procession: Versets on Veni Creator (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)
At the Bridal Procession: Prelude in E-flat Major (BWV 552) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Gregorian Nuptial Mass: Deus Israel conjungat vos
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921)
Motet at the Communion: Ecce tu pulchra es (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Marian offering: Magnificat sexti toni (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Postlude: Fugue in D Major (BWV 532) (Bach)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
Julia Hieronymus, soloist
David J. Hughes, organist & choirmaster

Music for the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (external solemnity)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Allein Gott in der Höh sei ehr (BWV 675) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa O Rex gloriæ (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus: Cogitationes
Motet at the Offertory: O bone Jesu (Loyset Compère, c.1445-1518)
Motet at the Communion: Caro mea (Pierre de Manchicourt, c.1510-1564)
Postlude: Concerto del Sig.r Tomaso Albinoni appropriato all’Organo [in F major] (Johann Gottfried Walther, 1684-1748)

Music for the Tenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Our Help In Ages Past (St. Anne)
Alleluia: Deus, qui sedes (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Illumina oculos meos (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Praise to the Lord (Lauda anima)
Communion: Dominus firmamentum meum (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Soldiers, Who Are Christ’s Below (Orientis partibus)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 8 June 2013, 9:00 a.m.
Music for a Saturday of Our Lady after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Toccata avanti la Messa della Madonna (Girolamo Frescobaldi, 1583-1643)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Saturdays of Our Lady after Pentecost: Salve sancta parens
Improvisation at the Offertory
Hymn at the Communion: Ave maris stella (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Rosa mystica (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)

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

Friday, 7 June 2013, 11:30 a.m.
Carmelite Monastery, Brooklyn, New York
Music for the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Gregorian Mass of the Sacred Heart: Cogitationes
Kyrie Rector cosmi pie (plainsong, mode ii)
Gloria: Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Hymn at the Offertory: Jesu dulcis memoria (plainsong, mode i)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)

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