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Rosary Concerts at St. Mary’s

The Glorious Mysteries Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. Baroque violinist Leah Gale Nelson is featured in this concert-meditation of five virtuosic Mystery Sonatas by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber. FREE ADMISSION Followed by a light reception and Solemn Vespers & Benediction at 5:00 p.m. Donations will be gratefully accepted, with proceeds benefiting the sacred music…
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Music for the Third Sunday after Easter, 22 April 2018

Music for the Third Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Saraband (For the morning of Easter) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Hymn at the Procession: This Joyful Eastertide (Vruechten)
Missa Surrexit Pastor bonus (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday after Easter: Jubilate Deo
Motet at the Offertory: Surrexit Pastor bonus (Lassus)
Motet at the Communion: Surgens Jesus (Lassus)
Postlude: Rapsodie Sacrée (from L'Orgue mystique) (Op. 56, No. 19) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: This Joyful Eastertide (Vruechten)
Introit: Misericordia Domini (plainsong, mode iv)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Redemptionem misit Dominus (plainsong, mode ii)
Alleluia: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Deus, Deus meus (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Communion: Ego sum pastor bonus (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for a Feria of Paschaltide, 18 April 2018

Wednesday, 18 April 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for a Feria of Paschaltide
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Stelliferi Conditor orbis 
(Vatican Gradual, Mass XIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after Easter: Misericordia Domini
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the Second Sunday after Easter, 15 April 2018

Music for the Second Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Schafe können sicher weiden (from BWV 208) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: The Strife Is O'er (Victory)
issa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after Easter: Misericordia Domini
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli (prima pars) (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Regina caeli (secunda pars) (Byrd)
Postlude: Concerto in G Major (BWV 592) (Bach)

Music for the Third Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: The Strife Is O'er (Victory)
Introit: Jubilate Deo (plainsong, mode viii)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Cognoverunt discipuli (plainsong, mode iii)
Alleluia: Oportebat pati Christum (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Lauda anima mea (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: O For a Closer Walk With God (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Communion: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Most Glorious Lord of Life (William H. Harris, 1883-1973)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of the Annunciation, 9 April 2018

Monday, 9 April 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Annunciation
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Ave Maris Stella (Jean Titelouze, c.1562-1633)
Mass in B-flat (Santiago Billoni, c.1700-c.1763)
Gregorian Mass of the Annunciation: Vultum tuum
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli (José de Torres y Martínez Bravo, c.1670-1738)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave maris stella (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Postlude: Benedicta es Regina caelorum (Antonio de Cabezón, 1510-1566)

This Mass, sponsored by the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny,
will be followed by a lecture by Roberto de Mattei in the parish hall at 7:30 p.m.

Music for the Octave Day of Easter, 8 April 2018

Music for the Octave Day of Easter (Low Sunday)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Erstanden ist der heil’ge Christ (BWV 628) Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Ye Sons and Daughters (O filii et filiæ)
Mass for Four Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass for the Octave Day of Easter: Quasi modo
Motet at the Offertory: Stetit Jesus (Jacob Regnart, c.1540-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Conturbati (Stetit Jesus, secunda pars) (Regnart)
Postlude: Choral-Improvisation sur le Victimae Paschali (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1937)

Music for the Second Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Processional Hymn: Christ the Lord Is Ris’n Today (Llanfair)
Introit: Quasi modo (plainsong, mode vi)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: In die resurrectionis (plainsong, mode vii)
Alleluia: Post dies octo (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Angelus Domini (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ye Sons and Daughters (O filii et filiæ, plainsong, mode ii)
Communion: Mitte manum tuam (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (Gaudeamus pariter)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for Easter Sunday, 1 April 2018

Music for Easter Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 625) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Jesus Christ Is Ris’n Today (Easter Hymn)
Nicolaimesse (Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Sunday: Resurrexi
Motet at the Offertory: Christus resurgens (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Congratulamini mihi omnes (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Postlude: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major (BWV 564) (Bach)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir

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Music for Easter Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Jesus Christ Is Ris’n Today (Easter Hymn)
Introit: Resurrexi (plainsong, mode iv)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Gradual: Haec dies (plainsong, mode ii)
Sequence: Victimæ Paschali laudes (plainchant, mode i)
Alleluia: Pascha nostrum (mode vii)
Offertory: Terra tremuit (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: The Strife Is O’er (Victory)
Communion: Pascha nostrum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: This Joyful Eastertide (Vruechten)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

The St. Mary’s Choir

Music for the Solemn Easter Vigil, 31 March 2018

Saturday, 31 March 2018, 7:00 p.m.
Music for the Great Paschal Vigil and First Mass of Easter
The Exsultet
Canticle: Cantemus Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Vinea facta est (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Attende caelum (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Sicut cervus (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the aspersion: Rex sanctorum angelorum (Sarum plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon at confirmation: Confirma hoc, with Psalm 67 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antphon at confirmation: Ecce sic benedicetur (plainsong, mode vi)
The Litany of the Saints

At Mass
Kyrie Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria: Nicolaimesse (Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809)
Alleluia: Confitemini Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Tract: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Surrexit pastor bonus (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Motet at the Offertory: Christus resurgens (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Sanctus & Benedictus: Nicolaimesse (Haydn)
Motet at the Communion: Dum transisset Sabbatum I (John Taverner, 1490-1545)
Antiphon of Vespers: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, with Psalm 116 (plainsong, mode vi)
Magnificat antiphon of Vespers: Vespere autem sabbati (plainsong, mode viii)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major (BWV 564) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir