Immediately following the Holy Hour for Divine Mercy Sunday this Sunday afternoon, 15 April, at 3:00 p.m., Organist & Choirmaster David J. Hughes will offer a short recital of works for Eastertide. The recital will begin at 4:00 and end at 4:30. The concert is free and open to the public, and all are warmly invited to attend.
Music for Quasimodo Sunday, 15 April 2007
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Quasi modo geniti infantes
Introit: Quasimodo (plainchant, mode vi)
Alleluia: Post dies octo (plainchant, mode vii)
Offertory: O filii et filiae (Jean Tisserand, O.F.M., d. 1494)
Communion: Mitte manum tuam (plainchant, mode vi) ["Put in thy finger and know the place of the nails, alleluia: and be not faithless, but believing, alleluia, alleluia."]
Postlude: Maestoso in C Sharp Minor (from the Messe Solennelle, Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Music for the Solemn Mass of Easter Day, 8 April 2007
Prelude: Christ ist erstanden (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Mass Ordinary: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, VIII)
Introit: Resurrexi (plainchant, mode i)
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 Solemn Easter Vigil, 7 April 2007
Mass Ordinary: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, VIII)
The Exsultet
Solemn Triple Paschal Alleluia (plainchant, mode viii)
Litaniae Sanctorum (plainchant)
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)
Hymn at the Communion: This Joyful Eastertide (arr. Charles Wood, 1866-1926)
Motet at the Communion: Haec Dies (Ludovico da Viadana, 1564-1627)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 1 (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Music for Good Friday, 6 April 2007
Gradual: Christus factus est (plainchant, mode v)
Adoration of the Cross: The Reproaches (plainchant)
Hymn at the Adoration of the Cross: Crux fidelis (plainchant, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: O Sacred Head Surrounded (Passion Chorale)
Motet at the Communion: Adoramus Te, Christe (G.P. da Palestrina, 1525-1594)
Music for Holy Thursday, 5 April 2007
Mass Ordinary: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, VIII)
At the Mandatum: Postquam surrexit Dominus a cena (plainchant, mode iv)
Hymn at the Mandatum: Donde hay caridad (Joaquín Madurga)
Offertory: Ubi caritas (plainchant, mode vi)
Communion: Hoc corpus (plainchant, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Quae la lengua humana cante (Francisco Palazón)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Verum Corpus (W.A. Mozart, 1756-1791)
Hymn at the Solemn Procession: Pange Lingua (plainchant, mode iii)
Music for Palm Sunday, 1 April 2007
Antiphon: Hosanna filio David (plainchant, mode vii)
Hymn at the Procession: All Glory, Laud, and Honour (St. Theodulph)
Offertory: Improperium exspectavit (plainchant, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: The Royal Banners Forward Go (Vexilla Regis)
Communion: Pater, si non potest (plainchant, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Ride on, Ride on in Majesty (The King's Majesty, Graham George, 1912-1993)
Music for Sunday, 25 March 2007
Offertory: Confitebor tibi (plainchant, mode i) ["I will praise Thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; deal bountifully with Thy servant, that I may live and observe Thy word; revive me according to Thy word, O Lord."]
Motet at the Offertory: Adoramus Te (Théodore Dubois, 1837-1924) ["We adore Thee, O Christ, and bless Thee: for by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world."]
Communion: Nemo te condemnavit (plainchant, mode viii) ["'Woman, hath no man condemned thee?' 'No man, Lord.' 'Neither will I condemn thee. Go, and now sin no more.'" (St. John 8:10-11)]
Hymn at the Communion: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Rockingham)
Music for the Dedication of the Chapel of St. Patrick, 24 March 2007
Prelude: When Great Saint Patrick Raised the Cross (Thomas C. Kelly)
Hymn at the Procession: Angularis Fundamentum (Regent Square)
Kyrie: Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII (for Ferias of Lent)
At the Blessing of the Chapel: Blessed City, Heavenly Salem (Sarum plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Qué Alegría Cuando Mi Dijeron (Ps. 122)
Hymn at the Offertory: Praise to the Holiest in the Height (Newman)
Sanctus: Mass XVIII
Agnus Dei: Mass XVIII
Communion: Domus mea (proper Communion for the Dedication of a Church, mode v)
Hymn at the Communion: Qué Amable Es Tu Morada (Ps. 84)
Hymn at the Communion: Panis Angelicus (Louis Lambilotte)
At the Veneration of the First Class Relic of St. Patrick: I Bind Unto Myself Today (St. Patrick's Breastplate)
Organ Recital on Laetare Sunday, 18 March 2007
A poster for the 6:00 p.m. recital by David J. Hughes, Organist & Choirmaster of St. Mary's, is available here. The program includes works for Lent by Buxtehude, Bach, Tournemire, and Messiaen.
The program will be followed at 7:00 p.m. by the beginning of Fr. Paul Check's Lenten Mission at St. Mary's. The schedule of talks for that week is available here in PDF format. Each evening will include a 30-minute spiritual conference on Our Lord's parables, Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, and time for private prayer. Both the recital and the evenings of recollection are without charge; everyone is most welcome!
For further information about the new St. Mary's Recital Series, please see here.