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Sunday, 15 May 2011, 5:00 p.m.
Church of Our Saviour, New York City
Music for a Mass of the Holy Spirit for Artists
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Pièce d'Orgue, BWV 572: Très Vitement; Gravement; Lentement (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa super Credidi propter (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Votive Mass of the Holy Ghost: Spiritus Domini
Motet at the Offertory: Tibi laus, tibi gloria (Peter Philips, 1561-1628)
Motet at the Communion: Veni Creator Spiritus (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Hymn at the retiring procession: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Postlude: Apparition de l'Église éternelle (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)

The Schola Cantorum of St. Mary Church, Norwalk, Connecticut
David J. Hughes, director

Hervé Duteil, guest organist

The music for this Mass is sponsored by The Catholic Artists Society.

Mass will be followed by a reception and lecture by Fr. Joseph Koterski, S.J. on "Ignatian Prayer and the Work of the Artist."

Music for the Third Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Salve Regina (Peeter Cornet, c.1570-1633)
Missa Laudate Dominum de caelis (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday after Easter: Jubilate Deo
Gloria: Ambrosian, XII C. (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola] Alleluia: Redemptionem misit Dominus (plainsong, mode ii) [Student Schola] Alleluia: Oportebat pati Christum (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola] Motet at the Offertory: In illo tempore: … modicum (prima pars) (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Communion: Dicebant ergo: Quid est hoc quod dixit nobis? (secunda pars) (Morales)
Antiphon at the Communion: Regina caeli (solemn tone) [Student Schola] Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611) [Student Schola] Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes hymn)
Antiphon at the Procession: Regina caeli (solemn tone) [Student Schola] Chant at the May Crowning: Ave Maria (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola] Hymn at the Procession: Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above (Salve Regina coelitum)
Postlude: Improvisation

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

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Salve Regina (Cornet)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Processional: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (St. Columba)
Alleluia: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Communion: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Christ the Lord is risen again (Orientis partibus)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Improvisation

Saturday, 14 May 2011, 9:00 a.m.
The Feast of St. Boniface of Tarsus
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of One Martyr in Paschal Time: Protexisti me
Hymn at the Communion: Deus tuorum militum (plainsong, mode iii)
Postlude: Improvisation

The second Saturday of every month is a Missa cantata celebrated
for the intentions of the Gospel of Life Society at St. Mary’s.

Friday, 13 May 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Music for Confirmations
(Missale Romanum of 1970)
Prelude: Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, heiliger Geist (BWV 631) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Hymn at the Procession: Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest (Lambillotte)
Alleluia: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Communion: Spiritus Sanctus docebit (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Litany to the Holy Spirit (Peter Hurford, b.1930)
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 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)
Missa ‘Alleluia’ (Jean Mouton)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after Easter: Misericordia Domini
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima (WoO 157, No. 4) (arr. Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827)
Motet at the Offertory: Surrexit Pastor Bonus (Pietro Vinci, c.1525-1584)
Motet at the Communion: O Sacrum Convivium (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
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 of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Processional Hymn: At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing (Salzburg)
Alleluia: Oportebat pati Christum (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima (arr. Beethoven)
Hymn at the Offertory: Godhead Here In Hiding (Adoro te devote) (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu, the very thought of Thee (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Communion: Surrexit Dominus (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave Verum Corpus (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 7 May 2011, 1:00 p.m.
Music for First Holy Communions
(Missale Romanum of 1970)
Prelude: Sheep May Safely Graze (from Cantata No. 208) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Processional Hymn: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Alleluia: Caro mea vere est cibus (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima (arr. Beethoven)
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: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli (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 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 Regina cæli (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass for the Octave Day of Easter: Quasi modo
Motet at the Offertory: Post dies octo (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Victimae Paschali (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Postlude: Choral-Improvisation sur le Victimae Paschali (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)

Music for the Second Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 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 Easter Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 625) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Mass for Four Voices (1641) (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Sunday: Resurrexi
Motet at the Offertory: Surrexit Christus (Giovanni Gabrieli, c.1554-1612) (arr. Hughes)
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 ~
Venetian music for choir, organ, and trombone
Terrence B. Fay, trombone
David J. Hughes, organ

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Music for Easter Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
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)
Organ music as above

~ The St. Mary’s Choir ~

Saturday, 23 April 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Music for the Great Paschal Vigil and First Mass of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
The Exsultet
Tract: Cantemus Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Tract: Vinea facta est (plainsong, mode viii)
Tract: Attende caelum (plainsong, mode viii)
Tract: Sicut cervus (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Baptisms: Veni Creator Spiritus (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
Kyrie: Missa Papae Marcelli (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gloria: Missa Papae Marcelli (Palestrina)
Alleluia: Confitemini Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Tract: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Christus resurgens (Peter Philips, c.1560-1628)
Motet at the Offertory: Haec dies (Ludovico da Viadana, 1564-1627)
Sanctus: Missa Papae Marcelli (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: Regina cæli (Gregor Aichinger, c.1565-1628)
Motet at the Communion: In resurrectione tua (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Office of Lauds:
Antiphon Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, with Psalm 150 (plainsong, mode vi)
Benedictus antiphon: 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 ~
~ Coro Hispano de Santa Maria ~

Friday, 22 April 2011, 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)
Antiphon: 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 Translation of the Sacrament: Vexilla Regis ‘more hispano’ (Tomas Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Motet at the Communion: In passione positus Jesus (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Tenebrae factae sunt (Victoria)
Motet at the Communion: Vere languores (Victoria)

~ The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum ~