Category Archives: Music

Requiem Mass for the Rev. Kevin P. Fitzpatrick
on the second anniversary of his death
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 6:30 p.m.)
Missa pro defunctis (plainsong)
Motet at the Offertory: Sicut cervus (from the Requiem) (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Motet at the Communion: Pie Jesu (from the Requiem) (Gabriel Fauré, 1845-1924)
At the absolution: Libera me, Domine (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
(with commemoration of St. James the Greater)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Behold, O God our defender (John Blow, 1648-1708)
Missa Iste sanctus (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost: Ecce Deus adjuvat me
Motet at the Offertory: Justitiae Domini (propter Dominica nona post Pentecosten) (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: Apostole Christi Jacobe (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in C Major (BWV 531) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Seventeenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Holy, Holy, Holy (Nicaea)
Mass Ordinary: Missa de Angelis (VIII)
Alleluia: Exsultate Deo (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (St. Columba)
Communion: Petite et accipietis (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Lord, teach us how to pray aright (St. Hugh)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Intonazione del VII tono (Andrea Gabrieli, c.1532-1585)
Missa Spem in alium (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost: Suscepimus Deus
Motet at the Offertory: In te Domine speravi (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Motet at the Communion: Gustate et videte (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Postlude: Toccata del VIII tono (Giovanni Maria Trabaci, c.1575-1647)

Music for the Sixteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy (In Babilone)
Mass Ordinary: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Eripe me (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Lord of All Hopefulness (Slane)
Communion: Optimam partem (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Friday, 16 July 2010
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 7:00 p.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: Gaudeamus
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave Maris stella (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave Maria... virgo serena (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Improvisation

We welcome Mr. Richard Dobbins as the guest conductor
and Mr. William Riccio as the guest organist for this Mass.

Music for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Fons bonitatis (Vatican Gradual, Mass II)
Gregorian Mass of the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: Omnes gentes
Hymn at the Offertory: Inviolata (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Panis Angelicus (plainsong, mode iv)
Postlude: Improvisation

We welcome Mr. Richard Dobbins as the guest conductor
and Mr. William Riccio as the guest organist for this Mass.

Music for the Fifteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Lasst uns Erfreuen)
Mass Ordinary: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: Jesus Shall Reign (Duke Street)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

We welcome Mr. William Riccio as the guest organist for this Mass.

Music for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: Dominus fortitudo plebis
Hymn at the Offertory: Ad regias Agni dapes (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Christum Regem (plainsong, mode iv)
Postlude: Improvisation

We welcome Mr. Richard Dobbins as the guest conductor
and Mr. William Riccio as the guest organist for this Mass.

Music for the Fourteenth 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, wir sind hier)
Mass Ordinary: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: Christ Is the World’s Light (Christe Sanctorum)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesus, Lover of My Soul (Aberystwyth)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

We welcome Mr. William Riccio as the guest organist for this Mass.

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Exaudi Domine...adjutor
Hymn at the Offertory: Salve, latus Salvatoris (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Adoro te devote (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Improvisation

We welcome Mr. Richard Dobbins as the guest conductor
and Mr. William Riccio as the guest organist for this Mass.

Music for the Thirteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: All People That On Earth Do Dwell (Old Hundredth)
Mass Ordinary: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise (St. Denio)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesus, where’er Thy people meet (St. Sepulchre)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

We welcome Mr. William Riccio as the guest organist for this Mass.

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: We nur den lieben gott lässt waltern (BWV 647) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Dominus illuminatio mea
Hymn at the Offertory: Quicumque certum quaeritis (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Anima Christi (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Fantasia & Fugue in A minor (Bach)

Music for the Twelfth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Praise to the Lord (Lobe den Herren)
Mass Ordinary: Missa de Angelis (VIII)
Alleluia: In te Domine speravi (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Take Up Your Cross (O Jesu, mi dulcissime)
Communion: Qui vult venire (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Thou art the Christ, O Lord (Croft’s 136th)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus [external solemnity] (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897)
Missa Vulnerasti cor meum (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of the Sacred Heart: Cogitationes
Hymn at the Offertory: En ut superba criminum (plainsong, mode iii)
Improvisation at the Communion
Postlude: Ricercare III (Girolamo Cavazzoni, c.1525-c.1577)

Music for the Eleventh Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy (In Babilone)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Domine, in virtute tua (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Offertory: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (St. Anne)
Communion: Unam petii (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: O for a Closer Walk with God (Caithness)
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: Méditation [Ubi Caritas, Jesu Dulcis Memoria] (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
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 de Angelis [tutti] 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: Sacerdotes Domini (William Byrd, 1540-1623) [Schola] 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: Ave Verum Corpus (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791) [Schola & Choir] Motet at the Communion: Panis Angelicus (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921) [Schola & Choir] At the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: O Salutaris (Hereford) [Schola & Choir] 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) [Students’ Schola] Antiphon at Benediction: Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i) [Schola men] Postlude: Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux (Troisième Livre) (Louis Marchand, 1669-1732)

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