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Sunday, 1 April 2012, 9:30 a.m.
Music for Palm Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Antiphons at the consecration of palms: Hosanna filio David; Pueri Hebraeorum portantes; Pueri Hebraeorum vestimenta [Student Schola] Antiphons at the procession: Cum audisset; Ante sex dies; Occurrent turbae; Cum angelis; Turba multa
Antiphons at the entrance into the church: Gloria laus et honor; Ingrediente [All Choirs] Gregorian Mass of Palm Sunday: Domine, ne longe facias
Introit: Domine, ne longe facias (plainsong, mode viii) [Student Schola] Kyrie: Missa O Rex gloriæ (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gradual: Tenuisti (plainsong, mode iv)
Tract: Deus, Deus meus (plainsong, mode ii) [St. Mary’s Choir] Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Matthæum (polyphonic turba settings by Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Offertory: Improperium (plainsong, mode viii, with verses)
Motet at the Offertory: O Jesu Christe (Jacquet de Berchem, c.1505-c.1580) [St. Mary’s Choir & Student Schola] Sanctus & Benedictus: Missa O Rex gloriæ (Palestrina)
Agnus Dei: Missa O Rex gloriæ (Palestrina)
Communion: Pater, si non potest (plainsong, mode viii) [Student Schola] Motet at the Communion: O Domine Jesu Christe (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Vexilla Regis [Roman tone] (Victoria) [Student Polyphonic Schola]

~ The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum ~
~ The St. Mary’s Choir ~
~ The St. Mary’s Student Schola ~

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

Music for Passion Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Plainsong Mass for a Mean (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Gregorian Mass of Passion Sunday: Judica me Deus
Motet at the Offertory: Signum crucis (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Communion: Salvator mundi (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)

Music for the Fifth Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Rockingham)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Offertory: I will praise you, O Lord (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ah, Holy Jesu, How Hast Thou Offended (Herzliebster Jesu) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Communion: Qui mihi ministrat (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Communion: O Jesu Christe (Jacquet van Berchem, c.1505-c.1580)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: An Wasserflüssen Babylon (BWV 653) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa L’homme armé sexti toni (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday of Lent: Laetare
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Regina cælorum (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Communion: Ad preces nostras (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Postlude: Concerto in A minor (BWV 593) (Vivaldi/Bach)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is the World’s Light (Christe sanctorum)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Offertory: Praise the Lord (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: God of Mercy and Compassion (Au sang qu’un Dieu) (after Pergolesi)
Communion: Jerusalem (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: God So Loved the World (John Stainer, 1840-1901)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for the Third Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Mass No. 1 (Terrence B. Fay, b.1977) [première] Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday of Lent: Oculi mei
Hymn at the Offertory: Parce Domine (plainsong) [Student Schola] Communion: Passer invenit (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola] Motet at the Communion: Ad te levavi / Miserere nostri (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)

The Schola Cantorum is joined today by the St. Mary’s Student Schola.

Music for the Third Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Kingsfold)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Offertory: The ordinances of the Lord (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: Thou knowest, Lord (Henry Purcell, 1659-1695)
Communion: Passer invenit (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Hear the Voice and Prayer (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)

Saturday, 10 March 2012, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Saturday of the Second Week of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Saturday after the Second Sunday of Lent: Lex Domini
Hymn at the Offertory: Parce Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Audi benigne Conditor (plainsong, mode ii)

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 Second Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Missa Media vita (Nicolas Gombert, c.1495-.c1560)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday of Lent: Reminiscere
Offertory: Meditabor (plainsong, mode ii, with verses)
Hymn at the Communion: Media vita (plainsong, attrib. Notker, c.840-912)

Music for the Second Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: The Glory of These Forty Days (Erhalt uns Herr)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Offertory: I shall meditate (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: ’Tis Good, Lord, To Be Here (Carlisle)
Communion: Visionem (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: O Thou Who Dost Accord Us (Innsbruck) (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)

Music for the First Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Missa Aspice Domine (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of the First Sunday of Lent: Invocabit me
Motet at the Offertory: Ne irascaris (prima pars) (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Civitas sancti (Ne irascaris, secunda pars) (Byrd)

Music for the First Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Forty Days and Forty Nights (Heinlein)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Offertory: The Lord will overshadow you (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days (St. Flavian)
Communion: Scapulis suis (plainsong, mode iii)
Motet at the Communion: Hide Not Thou Thy Face From Us (Richard Farrant, c.1530-1580)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)

On Saturday, 25 February 2012, David Hughes will offer a workshop at Fordham University intended primarily for Jesuit seminarians, though other interested parties are welcome with the permission of the instructor. The workshop will run from 10:00 to 5:00, with a concluding Mass at 3:45 p.m. in the Blue Chapel of Keating Hall. For more information, please e-mail music@stmarynorwalk.net.

Music for Ash Wednesday
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 12:10 p.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Forty Days and Forty Nights (Heinlein)
Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
At the imposition of ashes: Parce Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Again We Keep This Solemn Fast (Erhalt uns Herr)
Communion: Qui meditabitur (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Communion: O Sun of Justice (Jesu Dulcis Memoria)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Have Mercy, Lord, on Us (Southwell)

Music for Ash Wednesday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Missa Inter vestibulum (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Antiphon at the blessing of ashes: Exaudi nos, Domine (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon at the imposition of ashes: Immutemur (plainsong, mode i), etc.
Gregorian Mass of Ash Wednesday: Misereris omnium
Motet at the Offertory: Immutemur (prima pars) (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Communion: Juxta vestibulum (Immutemur, secunda pars) (Morales)