Category Archives: Music

Music for the Vigil of St. Lawrence, 9 August 2017

Wednesday, 9 August 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Vigil of St. Lawrence
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Stelliferi Conditor orbis 
(Vatican Gradual, Mass XIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Vigil of St. Lawrence: Dispersit dedit pauperibus
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for Vespers of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, 6 August 2017

Sunday, 6 August 2017, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the Transfiguration of Our Lord
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Assumpsit Jesus & Psalm 109 (mode i)
Resplenduit facies ejus & Psalm 110 (mode viii)
Et ecce apparuerunt & Psalm 111 (mode iv)
Respondens autem Petrus & Psalm 112 (mode vi)
Adhuc eo loquente & Psalm 116 (mode iii)
Hymn: Quicumque Christum quaeritis (plainsong, mode iv)
Magnificat antiphon: Et audientes discipuli (mode viii)
O Salutaris Hostia (Werner)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the Transfiguration of Our Lord, 6 August 2017

Music for the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30)
Prelude: Joie et clarté des corps glorieux (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Hymn at the Procession: Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise (St. Denio)
Missa Il bianco e dolce cigno (Steffano Bernardi, c.1577-1637)
Gregorian Mass of the Transfiguration: Illuxerunt
Motet at the Offertory: Christus Jesus splendor Patris (Luca Marenzio, 1554-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Quicunque Christum quæritis (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Postlude: Transports de joie d’une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne (Messiaen)

Music for the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30)
Hymn at the Procession:‘Tis Good, Lord, To Be Here (Swabia)
Introit: Tibi dixit cor meum (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Candor est lucis (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Gloria et honore (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise (St. Denio)
Communion: Visionem (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: O Wondrous Type! O Vision Fair! (Deus tuorum militum)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of St. John Vianney, 4 August 2017

Friday, 4 August 2017, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. John Vianney
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation
Introit: Os justi (mode vi)
Kyrie: Mass XII
Alleluia: mode ii, with plainsong verse Beatus vir qui suffert
Offertory: Veritas mea (mode viii)
Sanctus: Mass XVI
Agnus Dei: Mass XVI
Communion: Beatus servus (mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: Anima Christi (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Fugue in D Major (BWV 532/2) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

The choir for today’s Mass is comprised of the participants in St. Mary’s Chant Camp 2017.

Music for Thursday of the Seventeenth Week of the Year, 3 August 2017

Thursday, 3 August 2017, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Thursday of the Seventeenth Week of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation
Introit: Deus in loco sancto suo (plainsong, mode v)
Kyrie: Mass XVI
Alleluia: mode ii, with plainsong verse Exsultate Deo
Offertory: Exaltabo te Domine (plainsong, mode ii)
Sanctus: Mass XVI
Agnus Dei: Mass XVI
Communion: Honora Dominum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Anima Christi (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Master Tallis’s Testament (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)

The choir for today’s Mass is comprised of the participants in St. Mary’s Chant Camp 2017.

Music for the Feast of St. Eusebius of Vercelli, 2 August 2017

Wednesday, 2 August 2017, 12:10 p.m.
Feast of St. Eusebius of Vercelli
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation
Introit: Sacerdotes Dei, benedicite (plainsong, mode vi)
Kyrie: Mass XI
Alleluia: mode ii, with plainsong verse Tu es sacerdos
Offertory: Inveni David servum meum (plainsong, mode viii)
Sanctus: Mass XVI
Agnus Dei: Mass XVI
Communion: Fidelis servus (plainsong, mode vii)
Postlude: Scherzo & Koraal from Suite Modale (Flor Peeters, 1903-1986)

The choir for today’s Mass is comprised of the participants in St. Mary’s Chant Camp 2017.

Music for the Feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori, 1 August 2017

Tuesday, 1 August 2017, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation
Introit: Lex Domini irreprehensibilis (plainsong, mode i)
Kyrie: Mass XI
Alleluia: mode ii, with plainsong verse Juravit Dominus
Offertory: Inveni David servum meum (plainsong, mode viii)
Sanctus: Mass XVIII
Agnus Dei: Mass XVIII
Communion: Justus Dominus (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Præludium in C Major (BuxWV 137) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

The choir for today’s Mass is comprised of the participants in St. Mary’s Chant Camp 2017.

Music for the Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, 31 July 2017

Monday, 31 July 2017, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Kyrie: Mass XI
Sanctus: Mass XVIII
Agnus Dei: Mass XVIII
Communion: Ignem veni mittere (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Litanies (Jehan Alain, 1911-1940)

The choir for today’s Mass is comprised of the participants in St. Mary’s Chant Camp 2017.

Music for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, 30 July 2017

Music for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Suite Modale (Op. 43): Scherzo & Adagio (Flor Peeters, 1903-1986)
Hymn at the Procession: Blessed Jesus, at Thy Word (Liebster Jesu)
Missa Ut re mi fa sol la (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost: Suscepimus Deus
Motet at the Offertory: Populum humilem (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Gustate et videte (Ludwig Senfl, 1486-1543)
Postlude: Suite Modale: Koraal & Toccata (Peeters)

Music for the Seventeenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Introit: Deus in loco sancto suo (plainsong, mode v)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Exsultate Deo (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Exaltabo te Domine (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Now Thank We All Our God (Nun danket)
Communion: Simile est regnum caelorum (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Be Thou My Vision (Slane)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above