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Music for May 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, May 7, 2023
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Il bianco e dolce cigno (Steffano Bernardi)
Regina caeli (Francisco Guerrero)
Christus resurgens (William Byrd)
Ad cenam Agni providi (Johann Stadlmayr)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, May 14, 2023
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Octavi toni (Vincenzo Ruffo)
Benedicite gentes (Orlande de Lassus)
Cantate Domino (Orazio Vecchi)
Regina caeli (Diego Ortiz)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Thursday, May 18, 2023: Feast of the Ascension
Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum and St. Mary's Youth Schola
Missa O rex gloriae (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Ascendit Deus (Ferdinand Schaller)
Regina caeli (Antonio Lotti)
Sunday, May 21, 2023
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa O rex gloriae (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
O rex gloriae (Palestrina)
Jesu nostra redemptio (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor
Sunday, May 28, 2023: Pentecost Sunday
8:00 a.m. Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m. Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Messe de Ste. Hildegarde (Hildegard von Bingen)
Spiritus Sanctus vivificans vita (Hildegard)
O ignee Spiritus (Hildegard)
12:00 p.m. Mass in Spanish with cantor