Saturday, 5 May 2012, 1:00 p.m.
Music for First Holy Communions
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Sheep May Safely Graze (from Cantata No. 208) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Caro mea vere est cibus (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu, the very thought of Thee (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Communion: Qui manducat carnem meam (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Panis angelicus (César Franck, 1822-1890)
Marian Antiphon: Regina cæli (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 Third Sunday after Easter, 29 April 2012
Music for the Third Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Saraband (For the morning of Easter) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Missa super Credidi propter (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday after Easter: Jubilate Deo
Motet at the Offertory: Lauda anima mea (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: In illo tempore: … modicum (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Postlude: Psalm-Prelude on Ps. 34:6 (Op. 32, No. 1) (Howells)
Music for the Fourth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (St. Columba)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: O God, my God (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: This Joyful Eastertide (arr. Charles Wood, 1866-1926)
Communion: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Alleluia! Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven (Lux eoi) (Arthur Sullivan, 1842-1900)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above
Music for the Second Sunday after Easter, 22 April 2012
Music for the Second Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Sheep May Safely Graze (from Cantata No. 208) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Messa a 4 voci da Cappella (1641) (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after Easter: Misericordia Domini
Hymn at the Offertory: Salve festa dies (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola]
Motet at the Communion: Exsultate justi (Ludovico da Viadana, 1564-1627)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi) [Student Schola]
Postlude: Fugue in G Major "Gigue" (BWV 577) (Bach)
The Schola Cantorum is joined today by the St. Mary’s Student Schola.
Music for the Third Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing (Salzburg)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Oportebat pati Christum (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Praise the Lord, o my soul (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Communion: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Cantate Domino (Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, 1657-1743)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above
Recital by Terrence B. Fay, 20 April 2012
St. Mary's is pleased to present a recital by Terrence B. Fay, trombone and tenor,
on Friday, 20 April 2012, at 7:30 p.m.
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Songs and Romances of Western Europe
Carl Nielsen: Romance
Henri Duparc: Three Songs
- Le Manoir de Rosemonde
- Sérénade florentine
- La vie antérieure
Robert Schumann: Three Romances
Johannes Brahms: Fünf Lieder (Op. 49)
- Am Sonntag Morgen
- An ein Veilchen
- Sehnsucht
- Wiegenlied
- Abenddämmerung
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong
Giacomo Puccini: Two arias from Tosca
- Recondita armonia
- E lucevan le stelle
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with Alexis Zingale, piano
Suggested donation is $15.
For further information, please e-mail music@stmarynorwalk.net.
Terrence B. Fay has been singing professionally throughout Connecticut and New York for over a decade. He has been a soloist most recently with the choirs of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Stamford, Trinity Episcopal Church, Torrington, and the Marquand Chapel Choir at the Yale Divinity School. He has been a member of the choir of Christ Church, New Haven, the Basilica of St. John the Evangelist, Stamford, and of the Grammy-award winning choir, Gaudeamus, while also performing frequently with MidAmerica Productions in New York City under the direction of John Rutter, among others. He is currently a member of the Schola Cantorum of St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk.
Terrence also makes much of his living as a trombonist. He is currently the assistant principal trombonist of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and principal trombonist of the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with the Rhode Island Philharmonic, Wallingford and Waterbury Symphonies, Orchestra New England, and the Wisconsin and Moscow State Chamber Orchestras, among others. Terrence is currently on the faculty of the Educational Center for the Arts, the Neighborhood Music School, Choate Rosemary Hall, and the Universities of Bridgeport and New Haven.
Music for the Octave Day of Easter, 15 April 2012
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)
Missa ‘Be Not Afraid’ (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Gregorian Mass for the Octave Day of Easter: Quasi modo
Kyrie Rector cosmi pie (ad libitum III)
Motet at the Offertory: Post dies octo (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Quia vidisti me, Thoma (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Postlude: Choral-Improvisation sur le Victimae Paschali (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Music for the Second Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 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)
Hymn at the Communion: Christ the Lord Is Ris’n Today (Surgit in haec dies)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above
Music for the Nuptial Mass of Deborah Brent & William Giblin, 14 April 2012
Saturday, 14 April 2012, 11:00 a.m.
Music for the Nuptial Mass of Deborah Brent & William Giblin
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Saturday: Eduxit Dominus
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Franz Schubert, 1797-1828)
Motet at the Communion: Panis angelicus (César Franck, 1822-1890)
Postlude: Toccata from Symphony No. 5 (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)
Music for Easter Saturday, 14 April 2012
Saturday, 14 April 2012, 9:00 a.m.
Music for Easter Saturday
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Erstanden ist der heil'ge Christ (BWV 628) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Saturday: Eduxit Dominus
Postlude: Erschienen Ist der Herrliche Tag (BWV 629) (Bach)
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 Easter Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Wednesday, 11 April 2012, 10:00 a.m.
Music for Easter Wednesday
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Wednesday: Venite benedicti
Postlude: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (BWV 647) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
The 10:00 a.m. Missa cantata is offered for the greater glory of God
and the repose of the soul of Alexander Ardrey.
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Wednesday, 11 April 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Music for Easter Wednesday
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 625) (Bach)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Wednesday: Venite benedicti
Postlude: Fugue in E-flat Major (St. Anne) (BWV 552/2) (Bach)
The 7:00 p.m. Missa cantata is offered for the greater glory of God
and the repose of the soul of Robert Monahan on the first anniversary of his burial.
Music for Easter Sunday, 8 April 2012
Sunday, 8 April 2012
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
Gradual: Hæc dies (Perotin, fl. 1200)
Motet at the Offertory: Terra tremuit (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Offertory: Regina cæli (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: Congratulamini mihi (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 6 (Op. 42, No. 2) (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)
~ The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum ~
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Music for Easter Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Jesus Christ Is Ris’n Today (Easter Hymn)
Introit: Resurrexi (plainsong, mode iv)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Sequence: Victimae paschali laudes (plainchant, mode i)
Alleluia: Pascha nostrum (mode vii)
Motet at the Offertory: Haec dies (Ludovico da Viadana, 1564-1627)
Hymn at the Offertory: The Strife Is O’er (Victory)
Communion: Pascha nostrum (mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Regina cæli (Gregor Aichinger, c.1565-1628)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above
~ The St. Mary’s Choir ~