Category Archives: Music

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Advent (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Missa Octavi Toni (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday of Advent: Rorate caeli desuper
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria...Regina caeli, dulcis et pia (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Ecce Virgo concipiet (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Advent (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Kyrie: Missa pro Dominicis Adventis & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Veni, Domine (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Rorate caeli desuper (plainsong, mode i)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Ecce virgo concipiet (plainsong, mode i)
Chant at the Communion: Magnificat primi toni (plainsong)

Music for the Third Sunday of Advent (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter (BWV 650) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday of Advent: Gaudete in Domino
Motet at the Offertory: Veni Domine et noli tardare (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Hymn at the Communion: Vox clara ecce intonat (plainsong, mode iii)
Postlude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (BWV 661) (Bach)

Music for the Third Sunday of Advent (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter (BWV 650) (Bach)
Kyrie: Missa pro Dominicis Adventis & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Excita, Domine (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending (Helmsley)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Dicite: Pusillanimes (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: Hark, A Herald Voice is Sounding (Merton)
Postlude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (BWV 661) (Bach)

Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Missale Romanum of 1970, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn (BWV 648) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Alleluia: Tota pulchra es (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly (Pleading Saviour)
Communion: Gloriosa dicta (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Fantaisie-Improvisation sur l’Ave maris stella (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)

Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn (BWV 648) (Bach)
Missa de Beata Virgine (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of the Immaculate Conception: Gaudens gaudebo
Motet at the Offertory: Tota pulchra es (David J. Hughes, b. 1980)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave maris stella (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Postlude: Fantaisie-Improvisation sur l’Ave maris stella (Tournemire)

Music for the Second Sunday of Advent (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Gregorian Mass for Sundays of Advent & Lent (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday of Advent: Populus Sion
Motet at the Offertory: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Hymn at the Communion: Conditor alme siderum (Guillaume Dufay, c.1397-1474)

Music for the Second Sunday of Advent (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Gregorian Mass for Sundays of Advent & Lent (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Laetatus sum (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Comfort, Comfort, O My People (Geneva)
Communion: Jerusalem surge (plainsong, mode ii)

Music for the Second Sunday of Advent and Festival of Our Lady of Guadalupe
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 1:15 p.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Hymns at the Offertory: Mañanitas a la Virgen de Guadalupe; Immaculate Mary (Lourdes)
Communion: Jerusalem surge (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: O Sanctissima

Music for the First Sunday of Advent (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Missa Spem in alium (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the First Sunday of Advent: Ad te levavi
Motet at the Offertory: Ecce Dominus veniet (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Hymn at the Communion: Rorate caeli desuper (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the First Sunday of Advent (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Kyrie: Missa Orbis Factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Ostende nobis (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Wake, Awake, For Night Is Flying (Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Dominus dabit benignitatem (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Sicut cervus (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Hymn at the Communion: Creator alme siderum (plainsong, mode iv)

The St. Mary’s Children’s Schola and the Anchor Academy Schola Cantorum combine to make their respective debuts this Sunday by singing for the 11:30 Ordinary Form Mass. These young choristers have been rehearsing for several months, learning the basics of singing and reading Gregorian chant, the foundation of all sacred music. Henceforth they will sing approximately once a month, joining the professional Schola Cantorum at the 9:30 Extraordinary Form Mass. The scholae will sing for Advent Lessons & Carols on December 12th, and next sing for Mass on January 11th, the Feast of the Holy Family. For more information about the program of children’s musical formation at St. Mary’s, please contact David Hughes.

Music for Thanksgiving Day (Missale Romanum of 1970, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Nun danket alle Gott (BWV 657) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: We Gather Together (Kremser)
Communion: Benedicimus Deum caeli (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: Quiero estar, Senor, en tu presencia (Carmelo Erdozain)
Postlude: Te Deum in A minor (Op. 59, No. 12) (Max Reger, 1873-1916)

Music for the Twenty-Eighth & Last Sunday after Pentecost (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: De profundis (from Neuf Pièces) (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Missa Da pacem (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sunday after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Antiphon at the Offertory: Da pacem Domine (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Verum Corpus (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 3 in F# minor (Op. 28) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Music for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Agincourt Hymn (John Dunstable, c.1390-1453)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Potestas eius (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Christus vincit (plainsong)
Communion: Amen dico vobis: quod uni (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: Vexilla Regis (Anton Bruckner, 1824-1896)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 3 in F# minor (Op. 28) (Vierne)

Please plan to join us on Friday, 21 November at 7:00 p.m. for a solemn Vespers to mark the vigil of the feast of St. Cecilia, the patroness of music and musicians. The professional St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum (9:30 Sunday Extraordinary Form) will join with the volunteer St. Mary’s Choir (11:30 Sunday Ordinary Form) to sing First Vespers of St. Cecilia’s Day, including the Magnificat Secundi Toni of Tomás Luis de Victoria. Immediately following, the Schola Cantorum will sing a short concert of works by Josquin, Hassler, Crecquillon, and Byrd. A reception will follow. Please plan to join us for this festive occasion as we officially inaugurate the St. Cecilia Society, dedicated to the promotion of sacred music here at St. Mary’s for the greater glory of God and the aedification of the faithful.

Music for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (BWV 687) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: Domine exaudi orationem (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Absterge Domine (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in C minor (BWV 546) (Bach)

Music for the Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (BWV 687) (Bach)
Alleluia: De profundis (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Offertory: A New Commandment (Tallis)
Communion: Domine, quinque talenta (plainsong, mode vii)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in C minor (BWV 546) (Bach)