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Music for Quinquagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897)
Missa Octavi toni (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594) [Polyphonic Students’ Schola] Gregorian Mass of Quinquagesima: Esto mihi
Motet at the Offertory: Ecce Ascendimus Jerosolymam (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Communion: Manducaverunt (plainsong, mode i) [Students’ Schola] Motet at the Communion: Quid vis ut faciam (Manuel Cardoso, 1566-1650)
Postlude: Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain (Op. 7) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)

The Schola Cantorum is joined today by the St. Mary’s Students’ Scholas
and the Anchor Academy Schola Cantorum.

Music for the Ninth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 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: Deus judex justus (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Praise to the Holiest in the Height (Newman)
Communion: Ego clamavi (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Jesu, the very thought of Thee (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for Sexagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Canzona (Girolamo Frescobaldi, 1583-1643)
Missa Ancor che col partire (Jacquet de Mantua, 1483-1559)
Gregorian Mass of Sexagesima: Exsurge
Motet at the Offertory: Perfice gressus meos (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: In illo tempore, cum turba plurima (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Postlude: Passacaglia (George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759)

Music for the Eighth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (Westminster Abbey)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Domine Deus meus (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Communion: Primum quaerite (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave Verum Corpus (plainsong, mode vi)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for Septuagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Trio et Récit (Quatrième Livre) (Louis Marchand, 1669-1732)
Missa super Quand’io penso al martire (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Septuagesima: Circumdederunt me
Motet at the Offertory: Simile est regnum caelorum (Fransisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Circumdederunt me (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Récit, Fugue, et Basse de Trompette (Quatrième Livre) (Marchand)

Music for the Seventh Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: I Know That My Redeemer Lives (Duke Street)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Verba mea (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: God So Loved the World (John Stainer, 1840-1901)
Communion: Narrabo (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for the Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Mass for Five Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany: Adorate Deum
Motet at the Offertory: Gaude gloriosa (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Partitas on O Gott, du frommer Gott [O God, Thou faithful God] (BWV 767) (Bach)

Music for the Sixth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Our Help In Ages Past (St. Anne)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: My Eyes For Beauty Pine (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Communion: Manducaverunt (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Richard de Castre’s Prayer to Jesus (R.R. Terry, 1865-1938)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 12 February 2011, 9:00 a.m.
The Feast of the Seven Holy Founders of the Order of Servites
Prelude: Cantabile (Benedetto Marcello, 1686-1739)
Kyrie: Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Vactian Gradual, Mass VIII)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Seven Holy Servite Founders: Justi decantaverunt
Improvisation at the Offertory
Hymn at the Communion: Matris sub almae numine (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Fuga (Marcello)

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 Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Cantilena (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV) [Students’ Scholas] Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany: Adorate Deum
Gloria: Ambrosian, XII C. (plainsong, mode iv) [Students’ Scholas] Motet at the Offertory: Ave Regina caelorum (Nicolas Gombert, c.1495-c.1560)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Verum Corpus (Byrd) [Students’ Polyphonic Schola] Postlude: Fugue (Joaquin Martinez Oxinagas, 1719-1789)

The Schola Cantorum is joined today by the St. Mary’s Students’ Scholas
and the Anchor Academy Schola Cantorum.

Music for the Fifth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is the World's Light (Christe sanctorum)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Blessed City, Heavn’ly Salem (Sarum plainsong, mode ii)
Communion: Introibo (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Wednesday, 2 February 2011, 6:00 p.m.
The Feast of the Purification of the BVM (Candlemas)
Blessing of Candles, Procession, & Mass
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf (BWV 617) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
At the blessing of candles: Lumen ad revelationem gentium (plainsong, mode viii)
At the procession: Adorna thalamum (plainsong, mode vi), etc.
Missa de Beata Maria (David J. Hughes, b. 1980) [première] Gregorian Mass of Candlemas: Suscepimus, Deus
Motet at the Offertory: Senex puerum portabat (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Nunc dimittis (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Postlude: Toccata in F Major (BWV 540) (Bach)

The Ordinary for this Mass will be the première of David Hughes' Missa de Beata Maria.

The music for this Mass is sponsored by the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny.

Following Mass, at 8:00 p.m. in the parish hall, Martin Mosebach will present from Chapter 4 of The Heresy of Formlessness: "Tear the Images out of their Hearts."

Further information is available here.

Sunday, 30 January 2011, 5:00 p.m.
Church of Our Saviour, New York City
Music for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Prélude pour le troisième Dimanche après l’Epiphanie (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Missa Ave Maris Stella (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany: Adorate Deum
Motet at the Offertory: Dextera Domini (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Dominus regnavit (attrib. Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Postlude: Postlude et fugue modale libre (Tournemire)

The music for this Mass is sponsored by The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny.

Following Mass, at 7:00 p.m. in the undercroft of the church, Martin Mosebach will deliver a talk entitled "The Old Roman Missal: Loss and Rediscovery."

Further information is available here.

Music for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude pour le troisième Dimanche après l’Epiphanie (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Missa Ave Maris Stella (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany: Adorate Deum
Motet at the Offertory: Dextera Domini (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Dominus regnavit (attrib. Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Postlude: Postlude et fugue modale libre (Tournemire)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Adorabo ad templum (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Offertory: Cantate Domino (Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, 1657-1743)
Communion: Beati mundo corde (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday after the Epiphany: Adorate Deum
Motet at the Offertory: Domine, non sum dignus (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Motet at the Communion: Christe, qui lux es et dies (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in A minor (BWV 543) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is the World’s Light (Christe sanctorum)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Dominus regnavit (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: O For A Closer Walk With God (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Communion: Venite post me (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Father of Heaven, Whose Love Profound (Orlando Gibbons, 1583-1625)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)