Category Archives: Music

Saturday, 26 May 2012, 11:00 a.m.
Music for the Nuptial Mass of Rachele Kuzma & Andrew Jones
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Master Tallis’ Testament (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
At the Procession: Crown Imperial March (William Walton, 1902-1983)
Marian hymn: O sanctissima
Missa Æterna Christi munera (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Vigil of Pentecost: Dum sanctificatus fuero
Motet at the Offertory: Veni Creator Spiritus (Juan García de Salazar, 1639-1710)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria…Regina cæli, dulcis et pia (Palestrina)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 1 (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum

We welcome Mr. Charles Weaver as the guest conductor
and Mr. James Wetzel as the guest organist for this Mass.

Wednesday, 23 May 2012, 8:00 a.m.
Music for the Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Repleatur os meum laude tua
Hymn at the Procession: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Kyrie: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Alleluia: Non vos relinquam orphanos (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa Deus Genitor alme (Mass XVIII)
Communion: Pater, cum essem (plainsong, mode iv)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli (simple tone, mode vi)
Postlude: Petite Pièce (Jehan Alain, 1911-1940)

Music for the Sunday in Ascensiontide
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prière du Christ montant vers son Père [Prayer of Christ ascending to His Father] (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Missa O Rex gloriae (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday in Ascensiontide: Exaudi Domine…alleluia
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu nostra redemptio (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Ascendens Christus (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Postlude: Allegro from Symphony No. 6 (Op. 42, No. 2) (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)

Music for the Seventh Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Non vos relinquam (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: God has gone up (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Communion: Pater, cum essem (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: When Mary Through the Garden Went (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Marian Antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Friday, 18 May 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Music for Confirmations
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, heiliger Geist (BWV 631) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest (Lambillotte)
Introit: Caritas Dei diffusa est (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Confirm, O God (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Communion: Non vos relinquam orphanos (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Communion: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Hymn at the Communion: Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Choral varié sur le thème du "Veni creator" (Op. 4) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)

Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père [Majesty of Christ praying that His Father should glorify Him] (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Hymn at the Procession: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Communion: Signa eos (plainsong, mode vii)
Marian Antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Prière du Christ montant vers son Père [Prayer of Christ ascending to His Father] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)

Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père [Majesty of Christ praying that His Father should glorify Him] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)
Missa Octavi toni (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594) [Student Schola] Gregorian Mass of Ascension Day: Viri Galilaei
Alleluia: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola] Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii) [Student Schola] Motet at the Offertory: Ascendens Christus (Jacob Handl, 1550-1591)
Motet at the Communion: Regina cæli (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611) [Student Schola] 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)

The Schola Cantorum is joined today by the St. Mary’s Student Schola.

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Dialogue sur la Trompette et le Chromhorne (from Messe pour les paroisses) (François Couperin, 1668-1733)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I) [Student Schola] Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Easter: Vocem jucunditatis
Gloria: Missa Christus resurgens (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-1562)
Motet at the Offertory: Regina cæli (Tomas Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611) [Student Schola] Motet at the Communion: Surgens Jesus (Peter Philips, 1561-1628)
Motet at the Communion: Christo resurgenti (Couperin)
Antiphon at the Benediction: Sub tuum præsidium (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon at the Procession: Regina cæli (solemn tone) [Student Schola] Hymn at the Procession: O Sanctissima
Chants at the May Crowning: Ave Maria; Regina cæli (simple tone) [Student Schola] Postlude: Toccata in F Major (BuxWV 156) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

The Schola Cantorum is joined today by the St. Mary’s Student Schola.
Mass is followed by the May Crowning.

Music for the Sixth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (Gaudeamus pariter)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Ego vos elegi (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: O nations, bless the Lord our God (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Surrexit Christus hodie (Andreas Hammerschmidt, 1611-1675)
Communion: Ego vos elegi (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Marian Antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Fugue sur le thème du Carillon des Heures de la Cathédrale de Soissons (Op. 12) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)
Missa Christus resurgens (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-1562)
Gregorian Mass of the Fouth Sunday after Easter: Cantate Domino
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Motet at the Offertory: Christus resurgens (Jean Richafort, c.1480-c.1547)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Jacquet de Mantua, 1483-1559)
Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Music for the Fifth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (Westminster Abbey)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Christus resurgens (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima
Offertory: Shout joyfully to God, all the earth (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu, the very thought of Thee (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Communion: Ego sum vitis vera (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Panis angelicus (César Franck, 1822-1890)
Motet at the Communion: I sat down (Bairstow)
Marian Antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

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
(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
(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