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Sunday, 8 November 2015, 9:30 a.m.
The Cathedral Parish, St. Augustine’s, Bridgeport
Music for the Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Andante Maestoso (Op. 101, No. 5) (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Hymn at the Procession:  Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Introit: Intret oratio mea (plainsong, mode iii)
Kyrie: Missa Caça (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gloria: English Missal Mass (plainsong, mode iv)
Alleluia: Qui posuit (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Gressus meos (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Laudem dicite Deo (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Sanctus: English Missal Mass (plainsong)
Agnus Dei: Missa Caça (Morales)
Communion: Dominus regit me (plainsong, mode ii)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Sortie (Guy Ropartz, 1864-1955)

The St. Cecilia Student Schola

prelude organist:
Heitor Caballero, Organist & Choirmaster of The Cathedral Parish, Bridgeport

postlude organist:
David J. Hughes, Organist & Choirmaster of St. Mary's, Norwalk

Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
(Lections of the Fifth Resumed Sunday after Epiphany)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Come, Ye Thankful People, Come (St. George's Windsor)
Missa Dittes maistresse (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: De profundis (Ludwig Senfl, 1486-1543)
Motet at the Communion: O bone et dulcis Domine Jesu (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Postlude: Improvisation

We welcome Charles Weaver as the guest director
and Robert Rudesill as the guest organist for this Mass.

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Music for the Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: God, Whose Almighty Word (Italian Hymn)
Introit: Intret oratio mea (plainsong, mode iii)
Kyrie, Sanctus: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Qui posuit (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Gressus meos (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: God Has Spoken by His Prophets (Rustington)
Communion: Dominus regit me (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Sortie (Guy Ropartz, 1864-1955)

Monday, 2 November 2015, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro defunctis à 4 (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Introit: Requiem aeternam (Morales)
Gradual: Requiem aeternam (Morales)
Tract: Absolve Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Sequence: Dies irae (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe (Morales)
Communion: Lux aeterna (plainsong, mode viii)
At the absolution: Libera me, Domine (plainsong, mode i)

Sunday, 1 November 2015, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of All Saints' Day
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Vidi turbam magnam & Psalm 109 (mode i)
Et omnes Angeli & Psalm 110 (mode i)
Redemisti nos & Psalm 111 (mode viii)
Benedicite Dominum & Psalm 112 (mode viii)
Hymnus omnibus Sanctis & Psalm 113 (mode viii)
Hymn: Placare Christe servulis (plainsong, mode viii)
Magnificat antiphon: O quam gloriosum (mode vi)
O Salutaris Hostia (Hereford)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

The sermon will be preached by Fr. George Rutler.

Music for the Feast of All Saints
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Processional Hymn: For All the Saints (Sine nomine)
Mass in C Major (K. 258, “Piccolomini”) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Gregorian Mass of All Saints: Gaudeamus
Hymn at the Offertory: Placare Christe servulis (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Mozart)
Postlude: Fantasia in C Major (BWV 570) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary's Choir

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Music for the Feast of All Saints
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Processional Hymn: For All the Saints (Sine nomine)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Venite ad me (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Justorum animae (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: From All Thy Saints in Warfare (King’s Weston)
Communion: Beati mundo corde (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: If There Be That Skills to Reckon (Lewes)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

The St. Mary's Choir

Music for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name (Coronation)
Kyrie, Gloria: Missa Rex splendens (Vatican Gradual, Mass VII)
Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Cantate (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Gregorian Mass of Christ the King: Dignus est Agnus
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria... Virgo serena (Jean Mouton, c.1459-1522)
Motet at the Communion: Salve Regina (Peter Philips, c.1560-1628)
Postlude: Litanies (Jehan Alain, 1911-1940)

Music for the Thirtieth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: From All Who Dwell Below the Skies (Duke Street)
Introit: Laetetur cor (plainsong, mode ii)
Kyrie, Sanctus: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Lauda Jerusalem (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Domine, vivifica me (plainsong, mode iii)
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu, the very thought of Thee (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Communion: Laetabimur (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Praise to the Holiest in the Height (Newman)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Master Tallis's Testament (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (St. Anne)
Missa de Beata Maria à 5 (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost: In voluntate tua
Motet at the Offertory: Vir erat in terra (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Salve Regina (Peter Philips, c.1560-1628)
Postlude: Psalm-Prelude on Ps. 34:6 (Op. 32, No. 1) (Howells)

Music for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: All You Who Seek a Comfort Sure (Kingsfold)
Introit: Ego clamavi (plainsong, mode iii)
Kyrie, Sanctus: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Lauda anima mea (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Meditabor (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: My Eyes for Beauty Pine (Howells)
Communion: Domine Dominus noster (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Wednesday, 14 October 2015, 7:30 p.m.
Carmelite Monastery, Brooklyn, New York
Music for the Vigil of St. Teresa of Avila
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Carmelite Mass of St. Teresa of Avila: Dedit ei Dominus
- Introit: Dedit ei Dominus (mode iii)
- Gradual: Danti mihi sapientiam (mode v)
- Alleluia: Declaratio sermonum tuorum (mode viii)
- Offertory: Factus est in corde meo (mode iv)
- Communion: Misercordias Domini (mode i)
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Motet at the Offertory: Laudem dicite Deo (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Motet at the Communion: Sicut cervus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

The St. Cecilia Student Schola

Music for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (Johann Pachelbel, 1653-1706)
Hymn at the Procession: Daily, Daily Sing to Mary (Sunrise)
Missa Alme Pater (Vatican Gradual, Mass X)
Gregorian Mass of the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost: Omnia quae fecisti
Motet at the Offertory: Quomodo cantabimus (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Memor esto verbi tui (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Postlude: "Big" Praeludium in E minor (BWV 847) (Nicolaus Bruhns, 1665-1697)

Music for the Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: All Glory Be to God on High (Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr)
Introit: Si iniquitates (plainsong, mode iii)
Kyrie, Sanctus: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gloria, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Qui timent Dominum (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Recordare mei (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Communion: Aufer a me (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Thou Knowest, Lord, The Secrets of Our Hearts (Henry Purcell, 1659-1695)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 10 October 2015, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Francis Borgia
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Gregorian Mass of an Abbot: Os justi
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Hymn at the Offertory: Iste confessor (plainsong, mode viii)
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.