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Saturday, 29 September 2012, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Dedication of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Deus sempiterne (Vatican Gradual, Mass III)
Gregorian Mass of Michaelmas: Benedicite Dominum
Offertory: Stetit Angelus (plainsong, mode i, with verses)
Hymn at the Communion: Te splendor et virtus Patris (plainsong, mode ii)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude pour le dix-septième dimanche après la Pentecôte (from L’Orgue mystique) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1937)
Missa Philippina (Manuel Cardoso, 1566-1650)
Gregorian Mass of the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost: Justus es Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Domine exaudi orationem (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Communion: Vovete et reddite (plainsong, mode ii) with organ improvisations
Postlude: Choral Alleluiatique No. 2 (pour le dix-septième dimanche après la Pentecôte) (Tournemire)

Music for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Lauda anima)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Confitemini Domino (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Communion: Tu mandasti (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave verum Corpus (plainsong, mode vi)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Sunday, 16 September 2012, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Vespers of the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Prelude: Vidit Jacob scalam (Thomas Crecquillon, 1505-1557)
Lucis Creator (plainsong, mode viii)
Magnificat septimi toni (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Salve Regina à 4 (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Postlude: Versets on Ave Maris Stella (Jean Titelouze, c.1562-1633)

Vespers will be followed by a presentation by Leonard Porter on the new altarpiece for St. Mary's.

Music for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Introduction-Choral (from Suite Gothique) (Léon Boëllmann, 1862-1897)
Missa Dum esset Summus Pontifex (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Miserere mihi Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Domine in auxilium (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: Cantate Domino (Giovanni Francesco Anerio, c.1567-1630)
Postlude: Toccata (from Suite Gothique) (Boëllmann)

Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Faith of Our Fathers (St. Catherine)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Timebunt gentes (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu, Rex Admirabilis (Palestrina)
Communion: Qui vult venire (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: All My Hope On God Is Founded (Michael) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Magnificat septimi toni (Jean Titelouze, c.1562-1633)
Missa Vecy la danse de Barbarie (Antoine Barbé, 1505-1564)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Inclina Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Exspectans exspecatvi (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Inclina Domine... quoniam (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Postlude: Versets on Urbs Jerusalem (Titelouze)

Music for the Twenty-Third 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)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Domine, exaudi orationem (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Lord of All Hopefulness (Slane)
Communion: Vovete et reddite (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Anima Christi (plainsong, mode viii, in organum)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 8 September 2012, 12:00 noon
Music for the Mass in Honor of Our Lady of Vailankanni
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Versets on Ave Maris Stella (Jean Titelouze, c.1562-1633)
Hymn at the Procession: Aaviyilum enrum unmailyilum
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: Prabhu Yesu
Communion: Beata viscera (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Dhanya hai meri aatma
Hymn at the Communion: Oliyaam iraiye vaaraai
Hymns at Benediction: O Salutaris (Werner); Tantum ergo (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Procession: Ave Maria
Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes hymn)

Saturday, 8 September 2012, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of the Nativity of Our Lady: Salve sancta parens
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Improvisation

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 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Récit et Trio (Deuxième Livre) (Louis Marchand, 1669-1732)
Mass for Four Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Protector noster
Offertory: Deus meus es tu (Leo non Papa, fl. XVI s.)
Communion: Salve Regina à 4 (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Postlude: Apparition de l’Église éternelle (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)

Music for the Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Come, Thou Almighty King (Italian Hymn)
Alleluia: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Rockingham)
Communion: Domine, memorabor (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Take Up Thy Cross (Breslau)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude from Suite médiévale (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Gregorian Mass of the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Respice Domine
Kyrie: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI) [Students] Gloria: Plainsong Mass for a Mean (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Offertory: In te speravi (plainsong, mode ii) [Students] Motet at the Offertory: Illumina faciem tuam (Carlo Gesualdo, 1566-1613)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa Orbis factor [Students] Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Postlude: Acclamations Carolingiennes [Christus vincit] (from Suite médiévale) (Langlais)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum is joined today by the students
who participated in this past week’s Chant Camp.
For more information about the program of musical instruction at St. Mary’s,
please contact David Hughes.

Music for the Twenty-First Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Hyfrydol)
Alleluia: Spiritus est qui vivificat (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above (Mit Freuden zart)
Communion: De fructu operum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life (The Call)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Friday, 24 August 2012, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Bartholomew
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Toccata avanti la Messa della Domenica (Girolamo Frescobaldi, 1583-1643)
Introit: Mihi autem (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Offertory: Mihi autem (plainsong, mode iii)
Communion: Vos qui secuti estis me (plainsong, mode ii, with verses)
Postlude: Fantasy in G Major (BWV 572) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

The choir for today’s Mass is comprised of the participants in St. Mary’s Chant Camp 2012. The students who sang for this Mass will also sing for the 9:30 Extraordinary Form Solemn Mass this Sunday, August 26th, for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost.