Music for September 2023
| All sung Masses at St. Mary's include the full Gregorian chant Propers, as well as the Ordinary of the Mass sung in Latin to plainchant or polyphony. |
Sunday, September 3, 2023
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Iste sanctus (Francisco Guerrero)
Augustine pater optime (Jean Maillard)
Magne pater Augustine (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
O doctor optime (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, September 10, 2023
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Messa a cappella a cinque voci (Giovanni Rovetta)
Expectans expectavi (Orlande de Lassus)
Ego sum panis vivus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, September 17, 2023
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Ecce quam bonum (Hans Leo Hassler)
Domine in auxilium (Orlande de Lassus)
O pretiosum (Virgilio Mazzocchi)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, September 24, 2023
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Quem dicunt homines (Cristóbal de Morales)
Exaudi Domine (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Diliges proximum tuum (Orlande de Lassus)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
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