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Music for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Nimm von uns, Herr, de treuer Gott (BuxWV 207) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Missa Stelliferi Conditor orbis (Vatican Gradual, Mass XIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost: Suscepimus Deus
Motet at the Offertory: In Te Domine Speravi (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Motet at the Communion: Gustate et videte (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Postlude: Præludium in A minor (BuxWV 153) (Buxtehude)

Music for the Seventeenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Exsultate Deo (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Father, We Thank Thee, Who Hast Planted (Rendez à Dieu)
Communion: Petite, et accipietis (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: I Sing the Mighty Power of God (Mozart)
Organ music as above

Music for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Toccata & Kyrie (Messa della Domenica) (Girolamo Frescobaldi, 1583-1643)
Missa sine nomine (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: Omnes gentes plaudite manibus
Hymn at the Offertory: Jubilate Deo omnis terra [prima pars] (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Motet at the Communion: Laudate nomen ejus [secunda pars] (Josquin)
Postlude: Canzona post il Communio (Messa della Domenica) (Frescobaldi)

Music for the Sixteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Eripe me (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (St. Columba)
Communion: Acceptabis (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Lord of All Hopefulness (Slane)
Organ music as above

Music for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Agnus Dei: Missa O quam gloriosum (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: Dominus fortitudo plebis suae
Motet at the Offertory: In te Domine speravi (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Hymn at the Communion: Salve dies, dierum gloria (plainsong, mode vii)
Postlude: Improvisation

We welcome Mr. Richard Dobbins as the guest conductor
and Mr. Michael La Barre as the guest organist for this Mass.

Music for the Fifteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Te decet hymnus (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Go Make of All Disciples (Ellacombe)
Communion: Passer invenit (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)

We welcome Mr. William Riccio as the guest organist for this Mass.

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
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 Mr. Richard Dobbins as the guest conductor
and Mr. Michael La Barre as the guest organist for this Mass.

Music for the Fourteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Magnus Dominus (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Kingsfold)
Communion: Gustate et videte (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Communion: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)

We welcome Mr. William Riccio as the guest organist for this Mass.

Music for the Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul
Monday, 29 June 2009, 7:30 p.m.
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Tu es Petrus (Jeanne Demessieux, 1921-1968)
Missa super Quand'io penso al martire (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Feast of Ss. Peter & Paul: Nunc scio vere
Motet at the Offertory: Tu es Petrus (Jacobus Clemens non Papa, c.1510-1556)
Motet at the Communion: Sancte Paule Apostole (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Postlude: Maestoso in C-sharp minor (Op. 16, No. 1) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Dominus illuminatio mea
Hymn at the Offertory: Jesu dulcis memoria (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Hymn at the Communion: Anima Christi (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Jubilate Deo (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Postlude: Improvisation

We welcome Mr. Richard Dobbins as the guest conductor
and Mr. Michael La Barre as the guest organist for this Mass.

Music for the Thirteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Omnes gentes plaudite manibus (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise (St. Denio)
Communion: Inclina aurem tuam (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)

We welcome Mr. William Riccio as the guest organist for this Mass.

Mass of St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, Priest
Mass of a Confessor Not a Bishop
Friday, 26 June 2009, 7:00 p.m.
(Missale Romanum of 1970)

Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gradual: Os justi (plainsong, mode i)
Alleluia: Beatus vir qui timet Dominum (plainsong, mode v)
Offertory: In virtute tua, Domine (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Offertory: Jubilate Deo (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Communion: Beati mundo corde (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Exultate justi (Ludovica da Viadana, 1564-1627)

We welcome Mr. Richard Dobbins as the guest conductor
and Mr. Michael La Barre as the guest organist for this Mass.

Music for Solemn Pontifical Vespers & Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Vespers of the Third Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, 21 June 2009, 5:00 p.m.
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Bishop Fernando Arêas Rifan, celebrant
Prelude: Variations sur Lucis Creator (Jehan Alain, 1911-1940)
Lucis Creator optime (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Magnificat sexti toni (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Salve Regina (Martin de Rivaflecha, 1470-1528)
O Salutaris Hostia (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Tantum ergo (plainsong, mode iii)
Postlude: Prière d’action de grâces (Gaston Litaize, 1909-1991)

Bishop Rifan is the Apostolic Administrator
of the Personal Apostolic Administration of St. John Mary Vianney
in Campos, Brazil.

This Vespers mark the conclusion of a novena of Masses in New York City
sponsored by the Confraternity of the Sacred Heart.

Music for the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus [external solemnity] (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel [Serene alleluias from a soul longing for heaven] (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Missa Æterna Christi munera (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Sacred Heart: Cogitationes
Motet at the Offertory: Improperium (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Verum Corpus (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Postlude: Transports de joie d’une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne [Outbursts of joy from a soul before the Glory of Christ which is its own glory] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)

Music for the Twelfth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis
Alleluia: In te Domine speravi (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (St. Anne)
Communion: Circuibo (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Friday, 19 June 2009, 7:30 p.m.
(Solemn High Mass, Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Præludium in C Major (BuxWV 137) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Missa Secunda (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Gregorian Mass of the Sacred Heart: Cogitationes
Hymn at the Offertory: Cor arca legem continens (plainsong, mode iii)
Motet at the Communion: Tu solus qui facis mirabilia (Josquin)
Postlude: Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux (Troisième Livre) (Louis Marchand, 1669-1732)