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Music for the Fifth Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Kyrie della Madonna (Girolamo Frescobaldi, 1583-1643)
Missa de Beata Virgine (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Easter: Vocem jucunditatis
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Hymn at the Communion: Concordi laetitia (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Ricercare in VIII tono (Giovanni Gabrieli, c.1554-1612)

Music for the Sixth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Processional: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Spiritus Sanctus docebit (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Hail Thee, Festival Day (Salve festa dies) (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Communion: Spiritus Sanctus docebit (plainsong, mode i)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for First Holy Communions
Saturday, 8 May 2010
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 1:00 p.m.)
Prelude: Sheep May Safely Graze (from Cantata No. 208) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Processional Hymn: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Alleluia: Caro mea vere est cibus (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (BWV 147) (Bach)
Communion: Qui manducat carnem meam (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Verbum supernum: en taille à 4, Fugue, Récit en dialogue, Récit de Basse de Trompette (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)

Music for the Solemn Dedication and Consecration of the Church and Altar
Friday, 7 May 2010
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 7:00 p.m.)
Prelude: Apparition de l’Eglise éternelle (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Procession: Ecce sacerdos magnus (Tomas Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611) [Schola Cantorum] Introit: Terribilis est (plainsong, mode ii) [Schola Cantorum] Aspersion: Vidi aquam (plainsong, mode viii) [Tutti] Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII) (plainsong, mode v) [Tutti] Alleluia: Adorabo ad templum (plainsong, mode vii) [Tutti] Alleluia: Bene fundata est (plainsong, mode v) [Tutti] Credo III (plainsong, mode v) [Tutti] Litany of the Saints [Tutti] At the Depositing of the Relics: Sub altare Dei sedes (plainsong, mode vi) [Schola] Corpora Sanctorum (plainsong, mode i) [Schola] At the Anointing of the Altar and Walls: Introibo at altare Dei (plainsong, mode iv) [Schola Cantorum] Caelestis urbs Jersualem (plainsong, mode i) [Students’ Schola] At the incensation: Stetit Angelus (plainsong, mode viii) [Schola Cantorum] Angularis fundamentum (Regent Square) [Tutti] At the Lighting of Candles: Plateae tuae, Jerusalem (plainsong, mode i) [Schola Cantorum] Offertory: Domine Deus (plainsong, mode vi) [Schola Cantorum] Hymn at the Offertory: Señor, Tú Has Vencido a la Muerte (anonymous French, ca. XX C.) [Coro Hispano] Sanctus: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII) (plainsong, mode vi) [Tutti] Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII) (plainsong, mode vi) [Tutti] Communion: Domus mea (plainsong, mode v) [Tutti] Motet at the Communion: I Sat Down (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946) [Choir] Motet at the Communion: Vidit Jacob scalam (Thomas Crequillon, 1505-1557) [Schola Cantorum] Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Concerto del Sig.r Tomaso Albinoni appropriato all’Organo [in F major] (Johann Gottfried Walther, 1684-1748)

~ The St. Mary’s Choir ~
~ The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum ~
~ Coro Hispano de Santa Maria ~
~ The St. Mary’s Students’ Schola ~

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Versets on Pange lingua (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)
Missa Pange lingua (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after Easter: Cantate Domino
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima [Children’s Schola] Motet at the Offertory: Cantate Domino (Hans Leo Hassler, 1548-1612)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Verum Corpus (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Hymn at the Communion: Verbum supernum (plainsong, mode viii) [Children’s Schola] Marian antiphon: Regina cæli [Children’s Schola] Postlude: Verbum supernum: en taille à 4, Fugue, Récit en dialogue, Récit de Basse de Trompette (Grigny)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum is joined today by the St. Mary’s Children’s Schola
at the 9:30 Extraordinary Form Mass.
The music for today’s Mass is sponsored by Stuart & Jill Chessman.

Music for the Fifth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Processional Hymn: All People That On Earth Do Dwell (Old Hundredth)
Alleluia: Christus resurgens (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima
Motet at the Offertory: Surrexit Christus hodie (Andreas Hammerschmidt, 1611-1675)
Motet at the Offertory: I Sat Down (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Communion: Ego sum vitis vera (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon at the Communion: Ave Verum Corpus (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Marian Antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for the Third Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' (BWV 676) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa O Rex gloriae (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday after Easter: Jubilate Deo
Motet at the Offertory: In illo tempore: ... modicum (prima pars) (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Improvisation at the Communion
Postlude: Fugue in G Major "Gigue" (BWV 577) (Bach)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Processional: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (St. Columba)
Alleluia: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (BWV 147) (Bach)
Communion: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for the Nuptial Mass of Sarah Goodman & Edward Scannell
Saturday, 24 April 2010
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 2:00 p.m.)
Prelude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 645) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Processional: Trumpet Tune in D (Jeremiah Clarke, c.1674-1707)
Mass for Four Voices (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Gregorian Nuptial Mass: Deus Israel conjungat vos
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria ... Regina caeli, dulcis et pia (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Surge, propera amica mea (Palestrina)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 1 (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Music for the Second Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Ballade en mode phrygien (Jehan Alain, 1911-1940)
Kyrie, Sanctus: Missa Prolationum (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Gloria, Agnus Dei: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after Easter: Misericordia Domini
Motet at the Offertory: Surrexit Pastor Bonus (Pietro Vinci, c.1525-1584)
Motet at the Communion: Regina caeli (Estêvão de Brito, 1570-1641)
Postlude: Præludium in E Major (BuxWV 141) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

Music for the Third Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Processional Hymn: That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright (Puer nobis)
Alleluia: Oportebat pati Christum (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: At The Lamb’s High Feast We Sing (Salzburg)
Communion: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Now the Green Blade Riseth (Noel Nouvelet)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for the Octave Day of Easter (Low Sunday)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Christ ist erstanden, BWV 627 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Mass for Four Voices (1641) (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Gregorian Mass for the Octave Day of Easter: Quasi modo
Motet at the Offertory: Congratulamini mihi omnes (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Motet at the Communion: Recedentibus discipulis (Congratulamini, secunda pars) (Willaert)
Postlude: Choral-Improvisation sur le Victimae Paschali (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)

Music for the Second Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Processional Hymn: Christ the Lord Is Ris’n Today (Llanfair)
Alleluia: Post dies octo (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ye Sons and Daughters (O filii et filiae, plainsong, mode ii)
Communion: Mitte manum tuam (plainsong, mode vi)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for Easter Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 625) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Regina cæli (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Sunday: Resurrexi
Motet at the Offertory: Terra tremuit (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Motet at the Offertory: Surrexit Pastor bonus (Pietro Vinci, c.1525-1584)
Motet at the Communion: Dum transisset Sabbatum (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Toccata from Symphony No. 5 (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)

~ The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum ~

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Music for Easter Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Introit: Resurrexi (plainsong, mode iv)
Sequence: Victimae Paschali Laudes (plainchant, mode i)
Alleluia: Pascha nostrum (mode vii)
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli (Gregor Aichinger, c.1565-1628)
Hymn at the Offertory: The Strife Is O'er (Victory)
Communion: Pascha nostrum (mode vi)
Organ music as above

~ The St. Mary’s Choir ~

Music for the Great Paschal Vigil and First Mass of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 8:00 p.m.)
First Canticle: Jubilate Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Second Canticle: Qui confidunt (plainsong, mode viii)
Third Canticle: Cantemus Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Fourth Canticle: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode viii)
Fifth Canticle: Vinea facta est (plainsong, mode viii)
Sixth Canticle: Attende caelum (plainsong, mode viii)
Seventh Canticle: Sicut cervus (plainsong, mode viii)
Gloria in excelsis Deo: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Confitemini Domino plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Baptisms: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle at the Procession: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon at the Aspersion: Vidi aquam (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon at the Confirmations: Confirma hoc Deus (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon at the Exchange of Matrimonial Vows: Deus Israel conjungat vos (plainsong, mode iii)
Offertory: Dextera Domini (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: ¡Dios reina! (anonymous French, ca. XX C.)
Sanctus & Benedictus: Missa de Angelis
Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis
Communion: Pascha nostrum (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Alleluia. Vespere autem Sabbathi (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Regina caeli (Gregor Aichinger (1564-1628)
Motet at the Communion: Surrexit Pastor bonus (Pietro Vinci, c.1525-1584)
Antiphon at the Benedictus: Et valde mane (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Toccata from Symphony No. 5 (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)

~ The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum ~
~ The St. Mary's Choir ~
~ Coro Hispano de Santa Maria ~