Category Archives: Music

Sunday, 29 May 2016
10:30 a.m.
Music for the Feast of Corpus Christi (external solemnity)
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Le banquet céleste (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Hymn at the Procession: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)
Gregorian Mass of Corpus Christi: Cibavit eos
Missa brevis in D Major (K. 194) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Motet at the Offertory: Panis angelicus (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921)
Motet at the Communion: Caro mea vere est cibus (Philippe de Monte, 1521-1603)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Colin Mawby, b.1936)
Hymn at the Procession: Pange lingua, with versets of Jean Titelouze (c.1562-1633)
Hymns at the Procession:
1. Pange lingua gloriosi (plainsong, mode iii)
2. Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)
3. Godhead Here In Hiding (Adoro Te Devote)
4. Soul of My Saviour (Anima Christi)
5. O Jesus, We Adore Thee (Fulda melody)
6. Verbum supernum (plainsong, mode viii)
7. Cantemos al Amor (Ignacio Busca Sagastizábal)
8. Que la Lengua Humana Cante (Francisco Palazón)
Hymn at Benediction: O Salutaris (Hereford)
Hymn at Benediction: Tantum ergo (French melody)
Antiphon at Benediction: Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)

The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary's Choir
Coro Hispano de Santa María
The St. Cecilia Student Schola
The St. Gregory Student Schola
The St. John the Baptist Choristers

Music for Trinity Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude:  Allein Gott in der Höh sei her (Max Reger, 1873-1916)
Processional Hymn: Holy, Holy, Holy (Nicaea)
Missa Amor ecco colei (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Trinity Sunday: Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas
Motet at the Offertory: O altitudo divitiarum (Giaches de Wert, 1535-1596)
Motet at the Communion: Angeli archangeli (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Postlude: Fugue in E-flat Major (“St. Anne”) (BWV 552/2) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

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: Caritas Dei (plainsong, mode iii)
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

Music for Pentecost (Whitsunday)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend (BWV 632) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Missa Jam Christus astra ascenderat (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Pentecost: Spiritus Domini
Motet at the Offertory: Veni Sancte Spiritus (John Dunstable, c.1390-1453)
Motet at the Communion: Factus est repente / Confirma hoc Deus (Gregor Aichinger, c.1565-1628)
Postlude: Versets on Veni Creator Spiritus (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)

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: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
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, 14 May 2016, 9:00 a.m.
The Vigil of Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Vigil of Pentecost: Dum sanctificatus fuero
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.

Thursday, 12 May 2016, 6:00 p.m.
Music for Confirmations
Rev. Richard G. Cipolla, celebrant
Rev. Msgr. Thomas W. Powers, homilist
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, heiliger Geist (BWV 667) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: 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 Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit: Spiritus Domini
Motet at the Offertory: Veni Sancte Spiritus (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Motet at the Communion: Factus est repente / Confirma hoc Deus (Gregor Aichinger, c.1565-1628)
Postlude: Choral varié sur le thème du “Veni creator” (Op. 4) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)

Music for the Sunday in Ascensiontide
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Fugue in E-flat Major (K. 153) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Hymn at the Procession: Look, O Look, the Sight Is Glorious (Bryn Calfaria)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday in Ascensiontide: Exaudi Domine…alleluia
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu nostra redemptio (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Motet at the Communion: Regina caeli à 4 (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Antiphon at the May Crowning: Sub tuum praesidium (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Marian Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes Hymn)
Postlude: Præludium in G Major (Nicolaus Bruhns, 1665-1697)

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: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Non vos relinquam (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Surrexit Christus hodie (Andreas Hammerschmidt, 1611-1675)
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

Friday, 6 May 2016, 6:30 p.m.
Music for a Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Prélude (from 24 Pièces de fantaisie, Op. 51, No. 1) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Hymn at the Procession: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Introit: Cogitationes (plainsong, mode v)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Tollite jugum meum (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Father, We Thank Thee, Who Hast Planted (Rendez à Dieu)
Communion: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode ii)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (from 24 Pièces de fantaisie, Op. 54, No. 6) (Louis Vierne)