Category Archives: Music

Music for the Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension, 4 May 2008

Music for the Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Canzona in C Major, BuxWV 166 (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Missa Regina caeli (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday in Ascensiontide: Exaudi, Domine
Hymn at the Offertory: Salutis humanae Sator (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Postlude: Fugue in C Major (‘Jig’ Fugue), BuxWV 174 (Buxtehude)

Music for the Seventh Sunday of Easter (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel [Serene alleluias from a soul longing for heaven] (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Exivi a Patre (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli (Gregor Aichinger, 1564-1628)
Communion: Pater, cum essem (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)
Postlude: Transports de joie d’une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne [Outbursts of joy from a soul before the Glory of Christ which is its own glory] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)

Music for Ascension Thursday, 1 May 2008

Music for Ascension Thursday (Missale Romanum of 1970, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Ascension (from Le Miroir de Jésus: Mystères du Rosaire) (André Caplet, 1878-1925)
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Look, Ye Saints, the Sight Is Glorious (Coronae) (W.H. Monk, 1823-1889)
Communion: Data est mihi (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Our Lord Is Risen from the Dead (Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag)
Postlude: Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père [Majesty of Christ praying that His Father should glorify Him] (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)

Music for Ascension Thursday (Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Chorale on Viri Galilaei (David J. Hughes, b.1980)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of Ascension Day: Viri Galilaei
Hymn at the Offertory: Salutis humanae Sator (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Regina caeli, jubila (Katholischer Geistlicher Kirchengesang, 1599)
Postlude: Fugue on Ascendit Deus (Hughes)

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Easter, 27 April 2008

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Easter (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Easter: Vocem jucunditatis
Hymn at the Offertory: Exsultemus et laetemur (plainsong, mode iii)
Motet at the Communion: Haec dies (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
We welcome Mr. Sebastián Zubieta as guest conductor for this Mass.

Music for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Hymn at the Offertory: Hail Thee, Festival Day (Salve festa dies) (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Hymn at the Communion: He Is Risen, He Is Risen! (Neander) (Joachim Neander, 1650-1680)
We welcome Mr. William Riccio as guest conductor for this Mass.

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Easter, 20 April 2008

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Easter (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Heut’ triumphieret Gottes Sohn, BWV 630 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa ‘Alleluia’ (Jean Mouton, c.1459-1522)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after Easter: Cantate Domino
Motet at the Offertory: Cantate Domino (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Postlude: Toccata in A Minor (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, 1562-1621)

Music for the Fifth Sunday of Easter (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Cantate Domino
Alleluia: Christus resurgens (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Cantate Domino (Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, 1657-1743)
Communion: Tanto tempore (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: O For a Closer Walk With God (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Postlude: Improvisation on Duke Street

Music for the Third Sunday after Easter, 13 April 2008

Music for the Third Sunday after Easter (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Glorificamus (John Redford, c.1485-1547)
Mass for Four Voices (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday after Easter: Jubilate Deo
Hymn at the Offertory: Ad regias Agni dapes (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Tallis)
Postlude: Verses on the Te Deum (anonymous French, 16th century)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Easter (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Sheep May Safely Graze (from Cantata No. 208) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Alleluia: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode i)
Communion: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode ii)
Postlude: Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542 (Bach)

Music for the Second Sunday after Easter, 6 April 2008

Music for the Second Sunday after Easter (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Misericordia Domini
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after Easter: Misericordia Domini
Motet at the Communion: Regina caeli (Robert White, c.1538-1574)
Postlude: Partita on Christ lag in Todesbanden (Georg Böhm, 1661-1733)

Music for the Third Sunday of Easter (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Jubilate Deo
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Oportebat pati Christum (plainsong, mode iv)
Antiphon at the Offertory: Regina caeli (plainchant, mode vi)
Hymn at the Offertory: Now the Green Blade Riseth (Noel Nouvelet)
Communion: Surrexit Dominus (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Hallelujah! He Is Risen (Hallelujah! Gott zu loben)
Postlude: Partita on Christ lag in Todesbanden (Georg Böhm, 1661-1733)

Music for the Octave Day of Easter, 30 March 2008

Music for the Octave Day of Easter (Low Sunday) (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Alleluia In die resurrectionis meae
Missa Octavi Toni (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass for the Octave Day of Easter: Quasi modo
Motet at the Offertory: Angelus Domini (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Post dies octo (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Postlude: Improvisation on Surrexit Christus hodie

Music for the Second Sunday of Easter (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Erschienen Ist der Herrliche Tag, BWV 629 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
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)
Motet at the Communion: Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (Gaudeamus pariter)
Postlude: Choral-Improvisation sur le Victimae Paschali (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)

Music for Easter Sunday, 23 March 2008

Music for Easter Sunday (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Christ ist erstanden (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Regina caeli (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Sunday: Resurrexi
Motet at the Offertory: Terra tremuit (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Postlude: Improvisation on the Alleluia Pascha nostrum

Music for Easter Sunday (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Christ ist erstanden (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Sequence: Victimae Paschali laudes (plainchant, mode i)
Alleluia: Pascha nostrum (plainchant, mode vii)
At the Aspersion: Vidi aquam (plainchant, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: At The Lamb’s High Feast We Sing (Salzburg)
Communion: Pascha nostrum (plainchant, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Haec dies (Ludovico da Viadana, 1564-1627)
Hymn at the Communion: This Joyful Eastertide (arr. Charles Wood, 1866-1926)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 1 (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Music for the Easter Vigil, 22 March 2008

Music for the Easter Vigil (Missale Romanum of 1970, 8:00 p.m.)
The Exsultet (plainsong)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Confitemini Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Litany of the Saints (plainsong)
At the Aspersion: Vidi aquam (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: ¡Aleluya! ¡Cristo Jesús resucitó! (O filii et filiae)
Hymn at the Offertory: At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing (Salzburg)
Communion: Pascha nostrum (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Panis angelicus (César Franck, 1822-1890)
Motet at the Communion: Haec dies (Ludovico da Viadana, 1564-1627)
Hymn at the Communion: This Joyful Eastertide (arr. Charles Wood, 1866-1926)
Postlude: Allegro maestoso from Sonata No. 4 (Op. 65) (Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847)

Music for Good Friday, 21 March 2008

Music for the Celebration of the Lord's Passion (Missale Romanum of 1970, 3:00 p.m.)
Gradual: Christus factus est (plainsong, mode v)
Antiphon: Crucem tuam (plainsong, mode iv)
The Reproaches (plainsong)
Hymn at the Procession: Crux fidelis (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Adoramus Te, Christe (Theodore Dubois, 1837-1924)
Hymn at the Communion: O Sacred Head Surrounded (Passion Chorale)