Category Archives: Music

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 ~

Music for the Solemn Easter Vigil, 7 April 2012

Saturday, 7 April 2012, 8:00 p.m.
Music for the Great Paschal Vigil and First Mass of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
The Exsultet (plainsong)
Canticle: Cantemus Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Vinea facta est (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Attende caelum (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Sicut cervus (plainsong, mode viii)
At the aspersion: Asperges me (plainsong, mode vii)
During the Confirmations: Confirma hoc, with Psalm 67 (plainsong, mode viii)
Litany of the Saints (plainsong)
Kyrie: Mass for Five Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gloria: Mass for Five Voices (Byrd)
Alleluia: Confitemini Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Hæc dies (Ludovico da Viadana, 1564-1627)
Motet at the Offertory: Christus resurgens (Byrd)
Sanctus & Benedictus: Mass for Five Voices (Byrd)
Motet at the Communion: Regina cæli (Gregor Aichinger, c.1565-1628)
Motet at the Communion: Pascha jucundissimum (David J. Hughes, b.1980) [première] Antiphon of Lauds: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, with Psalm 150 (plainsong, mode vi)
Benedictus antiphon of Lauds: Et valde mane (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 1 (Op. 14) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

~ The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum ~
~ The St. Mary’s Choir ~

Music for Good Friday, 6 April 2012

Friday, 6 April 2012, 3:00 p.m.
Music for the Commemoration of the Passion & Death of the Lord
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Tract: Domine, audivi auditum (plainsong, mode ii)
Tract: Eripe me, Domine (plainsong, mode ii)
Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem (polyphonic turba settings by William Byrd, 1540-1623)
The Reproaches (plainsong)
Hagios o Theos / Sancte Deus (Greek: plainsong; Latin: Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Antiphon at the Adoration of the Cross: Crucem tuam (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Adoration of the Cross: Per tuam crucem (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Adoration of the Cross: Ecce lignum / Crux fidelis (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Hymn at the Adoration of the Cross: Crux fidelis (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Adoration of the Cross: Tenebræ factæ sunt (Tomas Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Hymn at the Translation of the Sacrament: Vexilla Regis ‘more hispano’ (Victoria)
Motet at the Communion: Adoramus te, Christe (Ascanio Trombetti, 1544-1590)
Motet at the Communion: Salvator mundi (Tallis)
Motet at the Communion: Vere languores (Victoria)

~ The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum ~

Music for Holy Thursday, 5 April 2012

Thursday, 5 April 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Music for the Mass of Maundy Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Introit: Nos autem (plainsong, mode iii)
Kyrie: Missa Pange lingua (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gloria: Missa Pange lingua (Josquin)
Gradual: Christus factus est (plainsong, mode v)
Antiphons at the Mandatum: Mandatum; Postquam surrexit Dominus; Domine, tu mihi lavas pedes?; Si ego Dominus; In hoc cognoscent; Maneant in vobis
Offertory: Dextera Domini (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ubi caritas (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Offertory: Ubi caritas (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)
Sanctus & Benedictus: Missa Pange lingua (Josquin)
Agnus Dei: Missa Pange lingua (Josquin)
Communion: Dominus Jesus (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Nos autem (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum Corpus (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
At the procession: Pange lingua gloriosi (plainsong, mode iii; polyphonic verses by William Byrd, 1540-1623)
At the stripping of the altars: Diviserunt sibi, with Psalm 21 (plainsong, mode viii)

~ The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum ~
~ The St. Mary’s Choir ~
~ Coro Hispano de Santa Maria ~

The Holy Thursday Mass will be followed by the traditional procession
to the seven churches of Norwalk.