Category Archives: Music

Wednesday, 27 December 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. John the Evangelist
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of St. John the Evangelist: In medio Ecclesiae
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (BuxWV 223) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. David Willcocks, 1919-2015)
Missa O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Day: Puer natus est
Motet at the Offertory: O magnum mysterium (Victoria)
Motet at the Communion: Christe Redemptor omnium (Victoria)
Postlude: Gelobet seist deu, Jesu Christ (BWV 722) / Gelobet seist deu, Jesu Christ (BWV 604) / Von Himmel kam der Engel Shaar (BWV 607) / In dulci jubilo (BWV 608) / In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum

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Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. Willcocks)
Introit: Puer natus est (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gradual: Viderunt omnes (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Tui sunt caeli (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Willcocks)
Communion: Viderunt omnes (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)
Organ music as above

The St. Mary’s Choir

The recitation of the Rosary begins at 11:00 p.m.

Carols begin at 11:30 p.m.
Carol: On Christmas Night (Sussex Carol)
Carol: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen)
Carol: Como estrella en claro cielo
Carol: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham)
Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem (Carl Rütti, b.1949)
Carol: Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
The Solemn Proclamation of Christmas
Hymn at the Procession: Adeste Fideles (John Francis Wade, arr. David Willcocks, 1919-2015)
Hymn at the Procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)

Music for the Midnight Mass of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 12:00 a.m.)
Mass in G (Franz Schubert, 1979-1828)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Midnight: Dominus dixit
Motet at the Offertory: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Hodie Christus natus est (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, 1562-1621)
Postlude: Gelobet seist deu, Jesu Christ (BWV 722) / Gelobet seist deu, Jesu Christ (BWV 604) / Von Himmel kam der Engel Shaar (BWV 607) / In dulci jubilo (BWV 608) / In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Vigil of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the procession: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni Emmanuel)
Missa Mi mi (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday of Advent: Rorate caeli
Motet at the Offertory: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Ockeghem)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel)
Introit: Rorate caeli (plainsong, mode i)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Gradual: Prope est Dominus (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Veni Domine (plainsong, mode iii)
Offertory: Ave Maria (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Hymn at the Offertory: Creator of the Stars of Night (Conditor alme siderum)
Communion: Ecce virgo concipiet (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Rorate caeli (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Ember Wednesday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Ember Wednesday of Advent: Rorate caeli
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady in Advent
Saturday, 16 December 2017, 6:30 a.m.
Missale Romanum of 1962
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady in Advent: Rorate caeli
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Rorate caeli (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Third Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (BWV 659) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Savior of the Nations, Come (Nun komm der Heiden Heiland)
Missa Amar donna (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday of Advent: Gaudete
Motet at the Offertory: Benedixisti (Lassus)
Motet at the Communion: Ecce Dominus veniet (Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621)
Postlude: Partita "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" (Op. 8, No. 1) (Hugo Distler, 1908-1942)

Music for the Third Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Savior of the Nations, Come (Nun komm der Heiden Heiland)
Introit: Gaudete (plainsong, mode i)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Gradual: Fuit homo (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Excita, Domine (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Benedixisti (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Comfort, Comfort, Ye My People (Geneva)
Communion: Dicite: Pusillanimes (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: Hark, A Herald Voice Is Sounding (Merton)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Wednesday, 13 December 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Lucy
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Messe basse (Gabriel Fauré, 1845-1924)
Gloria: Missa Pater cuncta (Mass XII)
Gregorian Mass of St. Lucy: Dilexisti justitiam
Hymn at the Offertory: Jesu corona Virginum (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: In tua patientia (Luca Marenzio, 1554-1599)

St. Cecilia Student Schola

Monday, 11 December 2017, 6:30 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Damasus I
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Gregorian Mass of a Sovereign Pontiff: Si diligis me