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Music for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, 27 July 2008

Music for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on Kyrie Orbis Factor
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gregorian Mass of the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost: Deus in loco sancto suo
Motet at the Offertory: Beatus vir (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Hymn at the Communion: Christum Regem (plainsong, mode iv)
Postlude: Improvisation on the Communio Honora Dominum

Music for the Seventeenth Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on Down Ampney
Hymn at the Offertory: Lord of All Hopefulness (Slane)
Communion: Simile est regnum caelorum (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)
Postlude: Cathédrales (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Music for the Diocesan Mass on the 40th Anniversary of Humanae Vitae, Friday, 25 July 2008

Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart (Missale Romanum of 1962, 6:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh allzeit [What God wills is always best] (Max Reger, 1873-1916)
Missa Aspice Domine (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of the Sacred Heart: Cogitationes
Motet at the Offertory: Cor, arca legem continens (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: O bone et dulcis Domine Jesu (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Postlude: Canzona in D Minor (BuxWV 168) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

Music for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, 20 July 2008

Music for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on Kyrie Stelliferi Conditor orbis
Missa Stelliferi Conditor orbis (Vatican Gradual, Mass XIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost: Dum clamarem
Motet at the Offertory: Si iniquitates observaveris (Samuel Wesley, 1766-1837)
Sequence at the Communion: O panis dulcissime (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Es ist das Heil uns Kommen her (BWV 638) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Sixteenth Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Adoro te devote (from Twelve Gregorian Preludes) (Kevin Allen)
Hymn at the Offertory: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Lauda anima)
Communion: Acceptabis sacrificium (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Adoro te devote (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Per omnia saecula saeculorum (Allen)

Music for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, 13 July 2008

Music for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Ecce Deus adjuvat me
Missa Rex splendens (Vatican Gradual, Mass VII)
Gregorian Mass of the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost: Ecce Deus adjuvat me
Motet at the Offertory: Dixi confitebor (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Responsory at the Communion: In conspectu angelorum (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Improvisation on the Communion Qui manducat carnem meam

Music for the Fifteenth Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Messe pour les convents (François Couperin, 1668-1733)
Hymn at the Offertory: Come, Ye Thankful People, Come (St. George’s Windsor)
Communion: Passer invenit (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)
Postlude: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (BWV 731) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, 6 July 2008

Music for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost: Esto mihi
Hymn at the Offertory: Jesu dulcis memoria (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Anima Christi (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Feast of Ss. Peter & Paul, 29 June 2008

Music for the Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of Ss. Peter & Paul: Nunc scio vere
Hymn at the Offertory: O Roma felix (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Aurea luce et decore roseo (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, 22 June 2008

Music for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gregorian Mass of the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: Dominus fortitudo plebis
Hymn at the Offertory: Ad regias Agni dapes (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Adoro te devote (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, 15 June 2008

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Exaudi, Domine
Missa Fons bonitatis (Vatican Gradual, Mass II)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Exaudi, Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Exaudi, Domine, orationem meam (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Tu solus qui facis mirabilia (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Postlude: Glorificamus (John Redford, c.1485-1547)

Music for the Eleventh Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Le Dieu caché (from Livre du Saint Sacrement) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Communion: Unam petii (plainsong, mode vii)
At the Communion: Prière après la communion (from Livre du Saint Sacrement) (Messiaen)
Postlude: Fugue in D Major, BWV 532 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 8 June 2008

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Toccata avanti la Messa della Domenica (Girolamo Frescobaldi, 1583-1643)
Missa Orbis Factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Dominus illuminatio mea
Motet at the Offertory: Illumina oculos meos (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Eripe me (Lasso)
Postlude: Canzona post il Communio (Frescobaldi)

Music for the Tenth Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Toccata avanti la Messa della Domenica & Kyrie della Domenica (Frescobaldi)
Communion: Dominus firmamentum meum (plainsong, mode ii)
At the Communion: Toccata cromatica per l’Elevazione (Frescobaldi)
Postlude: Canzona post il Communio (Frescobaldi)

Music for 1 June 2008

Music for the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (external solemnity)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)

Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Cogitationes
Missa Cuncipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of the Sacred Heart: Cogitationes
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu dulcis memoria (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: O bone et dulcis Domine Jesu (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Postlude: Improvisation on the Pater noster and Ave Maria

Music for the Ninth Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Toccata in D Minor, BWV 565 (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Communion: Ego clamavi (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 (Bach)