Category Archives: Music

Saturday, 11 March 2017, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Ember Saturday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Ember Saturday of Lent: Intret oratio mea
Hymn at the Offertory: Parce Domine (plainsong, mode i)

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

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Saturday, 11 March 2017, 11:30 a.m.
The Convent of St. Birgitta, Darien, Connecticut
Music for the Ember Saturday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Ember Saturday of Lent: Intret oratio mea
Hymn at the Offertory: Parce Domine (plainsong, mode i)

This Mass is part of the retreat for students of the parish
who are to receive the sacrament of Confirmation later this year.

Thursday, 9 March 2017, 5:15 p.m.
Music for Vespers of Thursday of the First Week of Lent
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Ecce quam bonum & Psalm 132 (mode i)
Confitemini Domino quoniam & Psalm 135.I (mode iii)
Confitemini Domino quia & Psalm 135.II (mode iii)
Adhaereat lingua mea & Psalm 136 (mode iii)
Confitebor nomini tuo & Psalm 137 (mode v)
Hymn: Audi benigne Conditor (plainsong, mode ii)
Magnificat antiphon: O mulier, magna est fides tua (mode iv)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)

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

Sunday, 5 March 2017, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the First Sunday of Lent
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)
Deus autem noster & Psalm 113 (mode i)
Audi benigne Conditor (plainsong, mode ii)
Magnificat antiphon: Ecce nunc tempus (mode viii)
O Salutaris Hostia (Hereford)
Tantum ergo (Werner)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)

The sermon will be preached by Fr. Samuel Kachuba.

Wednesday, 8 March 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Ember Wednesday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Ember Wednesday of Lent: Reminiscere
Hymn at the Offertory: Attende Domine (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the First Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: The Glory of These Forty Days (Erhalt uns Herr)
Gregorian Mass of the First Sunday of Lent: Invocabit me
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Hymn at the Offertory: Audi benigne Conditor (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Ne irascaris (prima pars) (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Ductus est Jesus à 5 (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)

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 the First Sunday of Lent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: The Glory of These Forty Days (Erhalt uns Herr)
Introit: Invocabit me (plainsong, mode viii)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Tract: Qui habitat (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Scapulis suis (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Forty Days and Forty Nights (Heinlein)
Motet at the Offertory: Hide Not Thou Thy Face From Us (Richard Farrant, c.1530-1580)
Communion: Scapulis suis (plainsong, mode iii)
Motet at the Communion: Thou Knowest, Lord, The Secrets of Our Hearts (Henry Purcell, 1659-1695)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)

Saturday, 4 March 2017, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Saturday after Ash Wednesday
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Saturday after Ash Wednesday: Audivit Dominus
Hymn at the Offertory: Parce Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Nunc tempus acceptabile (plainsong, mode i)

Mass will be preceded by the First Grade of the Catechumenate,
for those to be baptized at the Easter Vigil.

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Saturday, 4 March 2017, 11:30 a.m.
The Convent of St. Birgitta, Darien, Connecticut
Music for the Saturday after Ash Wednesday
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Saturday after Ash Wednesday: Audivit Dominus
Hymn at the Offertory: Parce Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesu, quadragenariae (plainsong, mode iv)

This Mass is part of the retreat for students of the parish
who are to receive the sacrament of Confirmation later this year.

Music for Ash Wednesday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 12:10 p.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Forty Days and Forty Nights (Heinlein)
Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Antiphon at the imposition of ashes: Immutemur (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the imposition of ashes & Offertory: Attende Domine (plainsong, mode v)
Communion: Qui meditabitur (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Have Mercy, Lord, on Us (Southwell)

Music for Ash Wednesday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Antiphon at the blessing of ashes: Exaudi nos, Domine (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon at the imposition of ashes: Immutemur (plainsong, mode i)
Antiphon at the imposition of ashes: Juxta vestibulum (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the imposition of ashes: Emendemus in melius (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of Ash Wednesday: Misereris omnium
Motet at the Offertory: Ecce nunc tempus (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Miserere mei, Deus (Byrd)

Music for Quinquagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Jesus, Lover of My Soul (Aberystwyth)
Missa Salvum me fac (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Quinquagesima: Esto mihi
Motet at the Offertory: In illo tempore, assumpsit Jesus (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Regina caelorum (Peter Philips, c.1560-1628)
Postlude: Prélude (from Suite pour orgue, Op. 5) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)

Music for the Eighth 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: Factus est Dominus (plainsong, mode i)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Gloria: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Domine Deus meus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine convertere (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Offertory: Psalm 23 (from Requiem) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Communion: Primum quaerite (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Love bade me welcome (from Five Mystical Songs) (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of the Chair of St. Peter: Statuit ei
Hymn at the Offertory: Quodcumque in orbe (plainsong, mode iv)
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for Sexagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Kommt her zu mir, spricht Gottes Sohn (BuxWV 201) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Hymn at the Procession: Father, We Thank Thee, Who Hast Planted (Rendez à Dieu)
Missa Simile est regnum (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of Sexagesima: Exsurge
Motet at the Offertory: In illo tempore, cum turba plurima (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Communion: Exsurge Domine (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Præludium in A Major (BuxWV 151) (Buxtehude)

Music for the Seventh Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Crown Him With Many Crowns (Diademata)
Introit: Domine, in tua misericordia (plainsong, mode v)
Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Gloria: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Verba mea (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Intende voci (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Offertory: Sicut cervus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Communion: Narrabo (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: A New Commandment (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above