Category Archives: Music

Monday, 18 September 2016, 9:00 a.m.
Music for a Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Master Tallis’s Testament (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Hymn at the Procession: Come, Holy Ghost (Lambillotte)
Kyrie Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Emitte Spiritum tuum (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Spiritus qui a Patre procedit (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling (Howells)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Rhapsody in C-sharp minor (Op. 17, No. 3) (Howells)

This Mass marks the opening of the school year
for Regina Pacis Academy.

Music for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude et Fugue (Jehan Alain, 1911-1940)
Hymn at the Procession: Angel Voices
Messe de Sainte Hildegarde (St. Hildegard von Bingen, 1098-1179)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Inclina Domine
Motet at the Offertory: O virtus Sapientiae (Hildegard)
Motet at the Communion: O orzchis Ecclesia (Hildegard)
Postlude: Intermezzo (Alain)

Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy (In Babilone)
Introit: Da pacem Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gradual: Laetatus sum (plainsong, mode vii)
Alleluia: Timebunt gentes (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Sanctificavit Moyses (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Offertory: Love Bade Me Welcome (from Five Mystical Songs) Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Communion: Tollite hostias (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Gabriel Fauré, 1845-1924)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Wednesday, 13 September 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Music for a Votive Mass of St. Joseph
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Gregorian Votive Mass of St. Joseph: Adjutor et protector
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Cantilène and Intermezzo from Symphony No. 3 (Op. 28) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Hymn at the Procession: Lord of the Worlds Above (Darwall’s 148th)
Kyrie (John Dunstaple, c.1390-1453)
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Protector noster
Motet at the Offertory: Quam pulchra es (Dunstable)
Motet at the Communion: Quem terra, pontus, æthera (Byrd)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 3 (Vierne)

Music for the Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (St. Anne)
Introit: Justus es Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gradual: Beata gens (plainsong, mode i)
Alleluia: Domine, exaudi orationem meam (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Oravi Deum meum (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Communion: Vovete et reddite (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: How Shall I Sing That Majesty (Coe fen) (Kenneth Naylor, 1931-1991)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 9 September 2017, 11:45 a.m.
Music for the Mass in Honor of Our Lady of Vailankanni
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Hymn at the Procession: Iṇaintiṭuvōm iṟaimakkaḷē
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: Roti aur dakhras
Communion: Beata viscera (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Tu mera paramatma
Hymn at the Communion: Entaṉ sonthamē iyēcuvē
Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes hymn)

Saturday, 9 September 2017, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Peter Claver
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Gregorian Mass of St. Peter Claver: Satiavit Dominus
Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Postlude: Improvisation

The second Saturday of every month is a Missa cantata celebrated
for the intentions of the Gospel of Life Society at St. Mary’s.

Friday, 8 September 2017, 2:00 p.m.
Music for the Funeral of Mary Grace Hutter
Mass of the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Ave Maria (Franz Schubert, 1797-1828)
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Nativity of Our Lady: Salve sancta Parens
Motet at the Offertory: Stabat Mater (Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, 1710-1736)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Antiphon at the Commendation: Hic accipiet, with Psalm 23 (mode vi)
Postlude: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Wednesday, 6 September 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week after the Octave of Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Vatican Gradual, Mass XVI
Gregorian Mass of the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Respice Domine
Postlude: Improvisation

Sunday, 3 September 2017, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Dixit Dominus & Psalm 109 (mode vii)
Magna opera Domini & Psalm 110 (mode iii)
Qui timet Dominum & Psalm 111 (mode iv)
Sit nomen Domini & Psalm 112 (mode vii)
Deum autem noster & Psalm 113 (mode i)
Hymn: Lucis Creator optime (plainsong, mode viii)
Magnificat antiphon: Unus autem ex illis (mode i)
Commemoration of St. Pius X: Dum esset Summus Pontifex (mode i)
O Salutaris Hostia (Werner)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30)
Prelude: Sonata No. 3 in A Major: Andante tranquillo (Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847)
Hymn at the Procession: The God of Abraham Praise (Leoni)
Missa Doulce memoire (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Respice Domine
Motet at the Offertory: In te speravi (Lassus)
Motet at the Communion: Ego sum panis vivus (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Sonata No. 3 in A Major: Con moto maestoso (Mendelssohn)

Music for the Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Beyond All Praising (Thaxted)
Introit: Miserere mihi Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine, in auxilium meum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Offertory: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Rockingham)
Communion: Qui vult venire (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds (St. Peter)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above