Category Archives: Music

Monday, 25 July 2011, 7:00 p.m.
The Cathedral Basilica of St. James, Brooklyn
Music for the Feast of St. James the Apostle
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Exsultet caelum (Jean Titelouze, c.1562-1633)
Missa Iste sanctus (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of St. James: Mihi autem
Hymn at the Offertory: Exsultet caelum (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Motet at the Communion: Apostole Christi Jacobe (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Communion: O lux et decus Hispaniae (Victoria)
Postlude: Praeludium in D minor (BuxWV 140) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
David J. Hughes, Organist & Choirmaster

The music for this Mass is sponsored by The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny.

Music for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude pour le sixième dimanche après la Pentecôte (from L’Orgue mystique) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Gregorian Mass of the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: Dominus fortitudo plebis
Kyrie Summe Deus: Vatican Gradual, ad libitum II
Gloria: Vatican Gradual, ad libitum I
Improvisation at the Offertory
Sanctus: Vatican Gradual, Mass II
Agnus Dei: Vatican Gradual, ad libitum I
Motet at the Communion: O Jesu, nomen dulce (Heinrich Schutz, 1585-1672)
Postlude: Apparition de l’Église éternelle (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)

Music for the Seventeenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Exsultate Deo (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: O God, Our Help In Ages Past (St. Anne)
Communion: Simile est regnum caelorum (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: O Jesu, King most wonderful (King’s Norton)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Thursday, 21 July 2011, 6:00 p.m.
Requiem Mass for the Rev. Kevin P. Fitzpatrick
on the third anniversary of his death
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro defunctis (plainsong)
Motet at the Communion: Sicut cervus (from the Requiem) (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
At the absolution: Libera me, Domine (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Partitas sopra "Jesu, meine Freude" (Johann Gottfried Walther, 1684-1748)
Missa Laudate Deum (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Exaudi Domine...adjutor
Motet at the Offertory: Exaudi Deus (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Unam petii (Giovanni Francesco Anerio, c.1567-1630)
Postlude: Partitas sopra "Jesu, meine Freude" (Walther)

Music for the Sixteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Holy, Holy, Holy (Nicaea)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Eripe me (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Lauda anima)
Communion: Optimam partem (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Adoro Te Devote
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Saturday, 16 July 2011, 9:00 a.m.
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: Gaudeamus
Hymn at the Offertory: Tota pulchra es (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave Maria… virgo serena (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Rosa Mystica (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (BWV 647) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Dominus illuminatio mea
Motet at the Offertory: Illumina oculos meos à 5 (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Illumina faciem tuam (Carlo Gesualdo, 1566-1613)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in C Major (BWV 531) (Bach)

Music for the Fifteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Word of God, Come Down on Earth (Liebster Jesu)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Te decet hymnus (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Father, We Thank Thee Who Hast Planted (Rendez à Dieu)
Communion: Passer invenit (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: If Thou But Trust In God to Guide Thee (Wen nur den lieben Gott)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for a Saturday of Our Lady
Saturday, 9 July 2011, 9:00 a.m.
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Toccata avanti la Messa della Madonna (Girolamo Frescobaldi, 1583-1643)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Saturdays of Our Lady after Pentecost: Salve sancta parens
Improvisation at the Offertory
Hymn at the Communion: Ave maris stella (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Ave maris stella (Jean Titelouze, c.1562-1633)

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 the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (external solemnity)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Toccata di durezze e ligature (Girolamo Frescobaldi, 1583-1643)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday after Pentecost: Respice in me
Kyrie: Francesco Landini (c.1325-1397)
Gloria: Gherardello da Firenze (c. 1320-c.1362)
Motet at the Offertory: Improperium (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Sanctus: Lorenzo da Firenze (d. c.1372)
Agnus Dei: Gherardello
Hymn at the Communion: En ut superba criminum (plainsong, mode iii)
Postlude: Exsultet caelum (Jean Titelouze, c.1562-1633)

Music for the Fourteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (Lobe den Herren)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Venite ad me (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Rejoice, the Lord Is King (Darwall's 148th)
Communion: Gustate et videte (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesus, Lover of My Soul (Aberystwyth)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of Corpus Christi (external solemnity)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Adoro Te (from Livre du Saint Sacrement) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
At the aspersion: Asperges me (plainsong, mode vii) [tutti] Introit: Cibavit eos (plainsong, mode ii) [Schola men] Kyrie: Missa Lauda Sion (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594) [Schola] Gloria: Missa Lauda Sion (Palestrina) [Schola] Gradual: Oculi omnium (plainsong, mode vii) [Schola men] Alleluia: Caro mea (plainsong, mode vii) [Schola & Choir] Sequence: Lauda Sion (plainsong, mode vii) [tutti, alternating bass & treble] Credo III [tutti] Offertory: Sacerdotes Domini (plainsong, mode iv) [Schola men] Motet at the Offertory: Panis Angelicus (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921) [Schola & Choir] Sanctus: Missa Lauda Sion (Palestrina) [Schola] Agnus Dei: Missa Lauda Sion (Palestrina) [Schola] Communion: Quotiescumque (plainsong, mode vii) [see sheet] [Schola & Choir] Motet at the Communion: O quam suavis est (William Byrd, 1540-1623) [Schola] Motet at the Communion: Ave Verum Corpus (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791) [tutti] At the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: O Salutaris (Hereford) [tutti] Hymn at the Procession: Pange lingua, with versets of Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703) [tutti] Hymns at the Procession:
1. Pange lingua gloriosi (plainsong, mode iii)
2. Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)
3. Godhead Here In Hiding (Adoro Te Devote)
4. Soul of My Saviour (Anima Christi)
5. O Jesus, We Adore Thee (Fulda melody)
6. Verbum supernum (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at Final Benediction: Tantum ergo (French melody) [tutti] Antiphon at Benediction: Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i) [tutti] Postlude: Rhapsodie Grégorienne [Lauda Sion, Sacris solemniis, Verbum supernum] (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)

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

The 11:30 Ordinary Form Mass today will be celebrated in the lower chapel, without music.