Category Archives: Music

Music for August 2021

All sung Masses at St. Mary's include the full Gregorian chant Propers, as well as the Ordinary of the Mass sung in Latin to plainchant or polyphony.

New Schedule in Effect as of August 1 (read more)

Sunday, August 1, 2021

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Amar donna (Orlande de Lassus)
Ad te Domine levavi (Alessandro Scarlatti)
Miserere mei, Deus (Lassus)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, August 8, 2021

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Sonno scendesti in terra (Narcissus Zängel)
Exaltabo te, Domine (Orlande de Lassus)
Ave Maria (Ferdinand de Lassus)
Agimus tibi gratias (Orlande de Lassus)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, August 15, 2021: Feast of the Assumption

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Nigra sum (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Nigra sum sed formosa (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Ave maris stella (Giammateo Asola)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

St. Mary's Chant Camp

August 16–20, 2021 (read more)
Children will sing for the 12:10 p.m. Mass Tuesday–Friday

Sunday, August 22, 2021

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Sancta et immaculata (Francisco Guerrero)
In te speravi, Domine (Orlande de Lassus)
Ave Maria (Josquin des Prez)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Sunday, August 29, 2021

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
10:00 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Frère Thibault (Orlande de Lassus)
O bone Jesu (Loyset Compère)
Magne pater Augustine (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
12:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with cantor

Livestream also available

Music for July 2021

All sung Masses at St. Mary's include the full Gregorian chant Propers, as well as the Ordinary of the Mass sung in Latin to plainchant or polyphony.
Sunday, July 4, 2021

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Messe dite du sixième ton de Henri Dumont (Alexandre Guilmant)
Ave Maria (Théodore Dubois)
Ave verum corpus (Franz Liszt)
11:15 a.m.  Missa cantata with cantor
1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Sunday, July 11, 2021

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Come la tourtourelle (Giorgio Flori)
Omnes gentes (prima pars) (Christopher Tye)
O pretiosum (Virgilio Mazzocchi)
11:15 a.m.  Missa cantata with cantor
1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Sunday, July 18, 2021

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa L'homme armé (Francisco Guerrero)
O bone Jesu (Claudio Monteverdi)
Gustate et videte (Giammateo Asola)
(no 11:15 a.m. Mass)
1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Sunday, July 25, 2021

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Adesto dolori meo (Jacobus Handl)
Benedicite omnia opera Domini (prima pars) (Orlande de Lassus)
Amen, amen dico vobis (Jean Guyot)
11:15 a.m.  Missa cantata with cantor
1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Livestream also available

Music for June 2021

All sung Masses at St. Mary's include the full Gregorian chant Propers, as well as the Ordinary of the Mass sung in Latin to plainchant or polyphony.
Sunday, June 6, 2021: Corpus Christi

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
External Solemnity of Corpus Christi on the Second Sunday after Pentecost
followed by Procession with the Blessed Sacrament and Refreshments
Missa Lauda Sion (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
O sacrum convivium (Stefano Felis)
Ave verum corpus (Josquin des Prez)
Pange lingua gloriosi (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
(no 11:15 a.m. Mass)
1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

The Second Collection on June 6 will benefit the St. Cecilia Society.

Sunday, June 13, 2021

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
External Solemnity of the Sacred Heart on the Third Sunday after Pentecost
Missa Mon coeur se recomande à vous (Johannes Eccard)
Improperium (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Unus militum (Terrence B. Fay)
Tollite jugum meum super vos (Jacob Regnart)
11:15 a.m.  Missa cantata with cantor
1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Sunday, June 20, 2021

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa "El ojo" (Francisco de Peñalosa)
Illumina oculos meos (Orlande de Lassus)
O bone Jesu (Ferdinand de Lassus)
11:15 a.m.  Missa cantata with cantor
1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Sunday, June 27, 2021

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Messa a cappella a 5 voci (Giovanni Rovetta)
Benedictus (Messa da cappella a 4 voci, Claudio Monteverdi)
Tu solus qui facit mirabilia (Josquin des Prez)
Ave Maria (Robert Parsons)
11:15 a.m.  Missa cantata with cantor
1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Livestream also available

Music for May 2021

All sung Masses at St. Mary's include the full Gregorian chant Propers, as well as the Ordinary of the Mass sung in Latin to plainchant or polyphony.
Sunday, May 2, 2021

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Im Maien (Jacob Handl)
Regina coeli (José de Torres y Martinez Bravo)
11:15 a.m.  Missa cantata with cantor

1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Sunday, May 9, 2021

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Congratulamini mihi (Francisco Guerrero)
Benedicite gentes Dominum (Orlande de Lassus)
Regina coeli (Lassus)
11:15 a.m.  Missa cantata with cantor

1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Thursday, May 13, 2021: Feast of the Ascension

Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Ascendens Christus (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Ascendit Deus (William Byrd)
Ascendens Christus (Victoria)

Sunday, May 16, 2021: Sunday after the Ascension/7th Sunday of Easter

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Ascendens Christus (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Agnus Dei (Missa Si bona suscepimus, Cristóbal de Morales)
O rex gloriae (William Byrd)
Omnes gentes plaudite manibus (Christopher Tye)
11:15 a.m.  Missa cantata with cantor
1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Sunday, May 23, 2021: Pentecost

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum and St. Mary's Children's Schola
Chant Mass I, Lux et origo
Gloria from Missa Simile est regnum (Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes (prima pars) (Victoria)
Veni Sancte Spiritus (John Dunstaple)
11:15 a.m.  Missa cantata with cantor
1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Sunday, May 30, 2021: Trinity Sunday

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Dittes maitresse (Orlande de Lassus)
O beata et benedicta et gloriosa Trinitas (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Duo seraphim (Caterina Assandra)
11:15 a.m.  Missa cantata with cantor
1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Livestream also available

Music for April 2021

All sung Masses at St. Mary's include the full Gregorian chant Propers, as well as the Ordinary of the Mass sung in Latin to plainchant or polyphony.

View the Full Music Schedule for Holy Week and Easter (March 28 –April 4, 2021)

Sunday, April 11, 2021: Low Sunday/Divine Mercy Sunday

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa breve a 5 (Johann Stadlmayr)
Quia vidisti me, Thoma (Jacob Handl)
Christus resurgens (Orlande de Lassus)
11:15 a.m.  Missa cantata with cantor

1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Sunday, April 18, 2021

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Surrexit pastor bonus (Orlande de Lassus)
Agnus Dei (Thomas Morley)
Surrexit pastor bonus (Lassus)
Ego sum panis vivus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
11:15 a.m.  Missa cantata with cantor

1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Sunday, April 25, 2021

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Quem dicunt homines (Cristóbal de Morales)
Lauda anima mea (Orlande de Lassus)
In illo tempore...Modicum (Morales)
11:15 a.m.  Missa cantata with cantor
1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Livestream also available

Music for Holy Week 2021

SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 2021: PALM SUNDAY

8:00 a.m.  Sung Mass in English
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with Blessing and Procession
Asperges me (Oreste Ravanello)
Pueri hebraeorum (Charles Weaver, after Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Messa a tre voci
(Antonio Lotti)
Improperium expectavit (Ravanello)
Vexilla Regis (Victoria, arr.)
O Domine Jesu Christe I & II (Claudio Monteverdi)
(no 11:15 a.m. Missa cantata)
1:00 p.m.  Sung Mass in Spanish

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2021: SPY WEDNESDAY

7:00 P.M. Tenebrae: Matins & Lauds of Maundy Thursday
Responsories (Michael Haydn)
Miserere mei, Deus (Charles Gounod)

THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2021: MAUNDY THURSDAY

7:00 P.M. Solemn Mass in Cena Domini
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, op. 122 no. 5 (Johannes Brahms)
Missa Pange lingua (Josquin des Prez)
Dextera Domini (Orlande de Lassus)
In me transierunt (Orlande de Lassus)
Coenantibus illis (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Pange lingua (Ludwig Senfl)
9:00 P.M. Vespers & Stripping of the Altars

FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2021: GOOD FRIDAY

3:00 P.M. Mass of the Presanctified
St. John Passion (William Byrd)
Improperia (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
Crux fidelis (att. King John IV of Portugal)
Vexilla Regis (Michael Praetorius)
7:00 Tenebrae: Matins & Lauds of Holy Saturday
With the Burial of the Body of Christ
Miserere mei, Deus (Antonio Lotti)

SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2021: HOLY SATURDAY

7:00 P.M. The Great Vigil of Easter
Messa da cappella (Giovanni Rovetta)
Jesu salvator saeculi (Thomas Tallis)
Dum transisset Sabbatum (John Taverner)
Laudate Dominum (Claudio Monteverdi)
Sortie in F (César Franck)

SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2021: EASTER SUNDAY

8:00 A.M. Sung Mass in English
9:30 A.M. Solemn Mass
Messa da cappella (Giovanni Rovetta)
Alleluia: Pascha nostrum (Pérotin)
Regina caeli (Henricus Isaac)
Pascha nostrum (William Byrd)
Laudate Dominum (Claudio Monteverdi)
Sortie in F (César Franck)
11:15 A.M. Missa cantata
Regina caeli (Francesca Caccini)
Laudate Dominum (Claudio Monteverdi)
1:00 P.M. Sung Mass in Spanish

Music for March 2021

All sung Masses at St. Mary's include the full Gregorian chant Propers, as well as the Ordinary of the Mass sung in Latin to plainchant or polyphony.

Reservations required—Livestream also available

Sunday, March 7, 2021: Third Sunday of Lent

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae (Josquin dez Prez)
Justitiae Domini (Alessandro Scarlatti)
Passer invenit (Matthieu Le Maistre)
11:15 a.m.  Missa cantata with women's chant schola
Audi benigne conditor (Guillaume Dufay)
1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Sunday, March 14, 2021: Laetare Sunday (Fourth Sunday of Lent)

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Missa arpeggione (Terrence B. Fay)
Laudate Dominum (William Croft)
Accepit Jesus panes (Francisco Guerrero)
11:15 a.m.  Missa cantata with cantor
1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Friday, March 19, 2021: Feast of St. Joseph

Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m.  Solemn Mass with cantors
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd)
Te Joseph celebrent (Richard Dobbins)
Ave verum corpus (Josquin des Prez)

Sunday, March 21, 2021: Passion Sunday (Fifth Sunday of Lent)

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Asperges me (Charles Weaver)
Missa sine nomine (Ludovico da Viadana)
Gustate et videte (Giammateo Asola)
Vexilla regis (Guillaume Dufay)
11:15 a.m.  Missa cantata with women's chant schola
Sanctus and Agnus Dei (Anonymous, 14th c.)
1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

Thursday, March 25, 2021: Feast of the Annunciation

Daily Masses at 8:00 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.
7:00 p.m.  Solemn Mass with women's chant schola
Angelus ad virginem (Anonymous, 14th century England)
Ave Maria, o auctrix vitae (St. Hildegard of Bingen)

Sunday, March 28, 2021: Palm Sunday

8:00 a.m.  Mass in English with cantor
9:30 a.m.  Solemn Mass with Blessing and Procession
St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Asperges me (Oreste Ravanello)
Pueri hebraeorum (Charles Weaver, after Tomás Luís de Victoria)
Messa a tre voci
 (Antonio Lotti)
Improperium expectavit (Ravanello)
Vexilla Regis (Victoria, arr.)
O Domine Jesu Christe I & II (Claudio Monteverdi)
(no 11:15 a.m. Missa cantata)
1:00 p.m.  Mass in Spanish with the Coro Hispano de Santa María

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2021: SPY WEDNESDAY

7:00 P.M. Tenebrae: Matins & Lauds of Maundy Thursday
St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
Men's chant schola

Responsories (Michael Haydn)
Miserere mei, Deus (Charles Gounod)

View the Full Music Schedule for Holy Week and Easter (March 28 –April 4, 2021)

Cantate hymnum ad Virginem contra plagam!Stella caeli—A prayer to the Virgin in the time of contagion