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Music for the Second Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Versets on Pange lingua: Fugue, Récit du Chant de l'Hymne précédent (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)
Hymn at the Procession: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (St. Columba)
Missa Pange lingua (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after Easter: Misericordia Domini
Motet at the Offertory: Regina cæli (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Communion: Ego sum pastor bonus (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium à 6 (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima
Postlude: Fugue in D Major (BWV 532/2) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Third Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright (Puer nobis)
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: Oportebat pati Christum (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Lauda anima mea (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: Most Glorious Lord of Life (William H. Harris, 1883-1973)
Communion: Surrexit Dominus (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Jesu, Rex admirabilis (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Fugue in D Major (BWV 532/2) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Wednesday, 26 April 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of Ss. Cletus and Marcellinus
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of Sovereign Pontiffs: Si diligis me
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the Octave Day of Easter (Low Sunday)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: O filii et filiæ (Jean François Dandrieu, c.1682-1738)
Hymn at the Procession: Ye Sons and Daughters (O filii et filiæ)
Missa Regina cæli (Jacobus de Kerle, c.1532-1591)
Gregorian Mass for the Octave Day of Easter: Quasi modo
Motet at the Offertory: Quia vidisti me, Thoma (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Motet at the Communion: Pascha nostrum (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Salve festa dies / In die resurrectionis (Apel Codex, c.1500)

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

Saturday, 22 April 2017, 9:00 a.m.
Music for Easter Saturday
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Gregorian Mass of Easter Saturday: Eduxit Dominus
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Postlude: Improvisation

Wednesday, 19 April 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Music for Easter Wednesday
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Wednesday: Venite benedicti
Postlude: Improvisation

April 9 | PALM SUNDAY
9:30 a.m. Solemn Mass with Blessing & Procession
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Mass XVII)
Pueri Hebræorum (Victoria)
Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Matthæum (Victoria)
Vexilla Regis prodeunt (more Romano) (Victoria)
O Domine Jesu Christe, adoro te in cruce (Victoria)

April 12 | TENEBRÆ
7:00 p.m. Matins & Lauds of Holy Thursday
Lamentatio Jeremiæ (Victoria)
Tenebræ responsories (Victoria)
Miserere mei (Byrd)

April 13 | MAUNDY THURSDAY
7:00 p.m. Solemn Mass in Cœna Domini
Missa Mon cœur se recommande à vous (Eccard)
O bone Jesu (Compère)
O Domine Jesu Christe, adoro te in cruce (Victoria)
Ave verum corpus (Byrd)
Tantum ergo (Victoria)
8:30 p.m. Vespers & Stripping of the Altars

April 14 | GOOD FRIDAY
8:00 a.m. Matins & Lauds of Good Friday
3:00 p.m. Liturgy of Good Friday in Parasceve
Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem (Victoria)
The Reproaches (plainsong)
Ecce lignum / Crux fidelis (Willaert)
Vere languores (Victoria)
Vexilla Regis prodeunt (more Hispano) (Victoria)
Miserere (Martini)
7:00 p.m. Procession of the Cristo Muerto & Burial with Compline
Miserere (Dentice)
Letanía de la Pasión: Iesu dulcissime (anonymous, from the missions of Bolivia)
Cantada al Santísimo y de Pasión (Durón)

April 15 | HOLY SATURDAY
8:00 a.m. Matins & Lauds of Holy Saturday
7:00 p.m. The Great Paschal Vigil
Coronation Mass (Mozart)
Surrexit Pastor bonus (Victoria)
Regina cæli à 4 (Lassus)
Dum transisset Sabbatum (Taverner)
Prelude & Fugue in C Major (BWV 545) (Bach)

April 16 | EASTER SUNDAY
9:30 a.m. Solemn Mass of Easter Sunday
Coronation Mass (Mozart)
Surrexit Pastor bonus (Victoria)
Congratulamini mihi omnes (Willaert)
Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 625) Bach)
Prelude & Fugue in C Major (BWV 545) Bach)

The music at these Masses & services is sponsored by the St. Cecilia Society of St. Mary’s Church.

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)
Coronation Mass (K. 317) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Sunday: Resurrexi
Motet at the Offertory: Surrexit pastor bonus (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Motet at the Communion: Congratulamini mihi omnes (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in C Major (BWV 545) (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: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
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: At the Lamb's High Feast (Salzburg)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

The St. Mary’s Choir

Saturday, 15 April 2017, 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: Coronation Mass (K. 317) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
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: Regina caeli à 4 (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Sanctus & Benedictus: Coronation Mass (Mozart)
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)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in C Major (BWV 545) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir
Coro Hispano de Santa María

Saturday, 15 April 2017, 8:00 a.m.
Music for Matins & Lauds of Holy Saturday

Matins: First Nocturn
Antiphon In pace in idipsum, with Psalm 4 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Habitabit in tabernaculo, with Psalm 14 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Caro mea requiescet, with Psalm 15 (plainsong, mode vii)
A reading from the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah (I) (plainsong)
Responsory: Sicut ovis ad occisionem (plainsong, mode iv)
A reading from the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah (II) (plainsong)
Responsory: Jerusalem, surge (plainsong, mode v)
A reading from the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah (III) (plainsong)
Responsory: Plange quasi virgo (plainsong, mode v)

Matins: Second Nocturn
Antiphon Elevamini, portæ æternales, with Psalm 23 (plainsong, mode v)
Antiphon Credo videre bona, with Psalm 26 (plainsong, mode iv)
Antiphon Domine, abstraxisti, with Psalm 29 (plainsong, mode viii)
Commentary of St. Augustine on the Psalms (I)
Responsory: Recessit pastor noster (plainsong, mode vii)
Commentary of St. Augustine on the Psalms (II)
Responsory: O vos omnes (plainsong, mode viii)
Commentary of St. Augustine on the Psalms (III)
Responsory: Ecce quomodo moritur (plainsong, mode iv)

Matins: Third Nocturn
Antiphon Deus adjuvat me, with Psalm 53 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon In pace factus est, with Psalm 75 (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon Factus sum sicut homo, with Psalm 87 (plainsong, mode iv)
Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews (I)
Responsory: Astiterunt reges terræ (plainsong, mode viii)
Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews (II)
Responsory: Æestimatus sum (plainsong, mode iv)
Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews (III)
Responsory: Sepulto Domino (plainsong, mode ii)

Lauds
Antiphon O mors, ero mors tua, with Psalm 50 (plainsong)
Antiphon Plangent eum quasi unigenitum, with Psalm 91 (plainsong)
Antiphon Attendite universi populi, with Psalm 63 (plainsong)
Antiphon A porta inferi, with the Canticle of Hezekiah (plainsong)
Antiphon O vos omnes, with Psalm 150 (plainsong)
Antiphon Mulieres sedentes, with the Benedictus (plainsong, mode i)
Responsory Christus factus est (plainsong, mode v)
Miserere mei (plainsong)

Viri Galilæi