Category Archives: Music

Music for Trinity Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prelude in E-flat Major (BWV 552/1) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Processional Hymn: Holy, Holy, Holy (Nicaea)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gregorian Mass of Trinity Sunday: Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas
Motet at the Offertory: Benedictus sit (Guillaume Dufay, c.1397-1474)
Motet at the Communion: Benedicite Deum caeli (Dufay)
Postlude: Fugue in E-flat Major (“St. Anne”) (BWV 552/2) (Bach)

Music for Trinity Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Almighty Father (Gott Vater sei gepriesen)
Introit: Benedicta sit (plainsong, mode viii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Benedictus es (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Benedictus sit (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: I Bind Unto Myself Today (St. Patrick’s Breastplate)
Communion: Benedicimus Deum (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Quicunque vult (The Athanasian Creed) (Tonus peregrinus)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 10 June 2017, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Ember Saturday of Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Jesu Redemptor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XIV)
Gregorian Mass of the Ember Saturday of Pentecost: Caritas Dei diffusa est
Postlude: Choral varié sur le thème du “Veni creator” (Op. 4) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)

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

Sunday, 4 June 2017, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of Pentecost
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Dum complerentur & Psalm 109 (mode iii)
Spiritus Domini & Psalm 110 (mode viii)
Repleti sunt omnes & Psalm 111 (mode viii)
Fontes et omnia & Psalm 112 (mode i)
Loquebantur & Psalm 116 (mode vii)
Hymn: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Magnificat antiphon: Hodie competi sunt (mode i)
O Salutaris Hostia (Werner)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)

Music for Pentecost (Whitsunday)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Missa Repleatur os meum laude tua (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Pentecost: Spiritus Domini
Hymn at the Offertory: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Loquebantur variis linguis (Peter Philips, c.1560-1628)
Postlude: Choral varié sur le thème du “Veni creator” (Op. 4) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Cecilia Student Schola
The St. Gregory Student Schola
The St. John the Baptist Choristers

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Music for Pentecost (Whitsunday)
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Introit: Spiritus Domini (plainsong, mode viii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Sequence: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode i)
Alleluia: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Confirma hoc Deus (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Communion: Factus est repente (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Communion: O Lord, Give Thy Holy Spirit (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 3 June 2017, 9:00 a.m.
The Vigil of Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of the Vigil of Pentecost: Dum sanctificatus fuero
Postlude: Improvisation

Wednesday, 31 May 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Queenship of the BMV
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Holy Light on Earth's Horizon (Blaenwern)
Missa Puerorum (Josef Rheinberger, 1839-1901)
Gregorian Mass of the Queenship of the BMV: Gaudeamus
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Robert Parsons, c.1530-1572)
Motet at the Communion: Ave mundi gloria (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in G Major (BWV 541) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

The Choir of St. Paul's, Harvard Square
John Robinson, Director & Organist

The St. Mary's Student Schola
David Hughes, Director & Organist

Music for the Sunday in Ascensiontide
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel [Serene alleluias from a soul longing for heaven] (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Hymn at the Procession: Look, O Look, the Sight Is Glorious (Bryn Calfaria)
Missa Ascendens Christus (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday in Ascensiontide: Exaudi Domine…alleluia
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli (Gregor Aichinger, c.1565-1628)
Motet at the Communion: Ascendens Christus (Victoria)
Postlude: Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père [Majesty of Christ praying that His Father should glorify Him] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)

Music for the Seventh Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Introit: Exaudi Domine…alleluia (plainsong, mode i)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Exivi a Patre (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Rise, Heart, Thy Lord Is Risen (from Five Mystical Songs) (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Communion: Pater, cum essem (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 27 May 2017, 4:00 p.m.
Music for Confirmations
Rev. Richard G. Cipolla, celebrant
The Most Rev. Frank Caggiano, homilist
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, heiliger Geist (BWV 667) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Responsory at the Reception of the Bishop: Ecce sacerdos magnus (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Vesting of the Bishop: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon at confirmation: Confirma hoc, with Psalm 67 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antphon at confirmation: Ecce sic benedicetur (plainsong, mode vi)
Missa Octavi toni (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday in Ascensiontide: Exaudi, Domine... alleluia
Motet at the Offertory: Sicut cervus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Bone pastor (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Versets on Veni Creator Spiritus (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)

Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 12:10 p.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode i)
Communion: Data est mihi (plainsong, mode i)
Marian Antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)

Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Messe basse (Gabriel Fauré, 1845-1924)
Gregorian Mass of Ascension Day: Viri Galilaei
Gloria: Missa Lux et origo (Mass I)
Hymn at the Offertory: Salutis humanae Sator (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: Viri Galilaei (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Transports de joie d’une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne [Outbursts of joy from a soul before the Glory of Christ which is its own glory] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)

The St. Cecilia Student Schola
The St. Gregory Student Schola
The St. John the Baptist Choristers

Thursday, 25 May 2017, 4:45 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the Ascension
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Viri Galilaei & Psalm 109 (mode vii)
Cumque intuerentur & Psalm 110 (mode viii)
Elevatis manibus & Psalm 111 (mode iv)
Exaltate Regem regum & Psalm 112 (mode viii)
Videntibus illis & Psalm 116 (mode viii)
Hymn: Salutis humanae Sator (plainsong, mode iv)
Magnificat antiphon: O Rex gloriae (mode ii)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)

The St. Cecilia Student Schola
The St. Gregory Student Schola