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Music for the Fourth Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (BuxWV 198) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima
Missa Congratulamini mihi (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of the Fouth Sunday after Easter: Cantate Domino
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli (K. 108) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Motet at the Communion: Quia quem meruisti (Regina caeli, K. 108, cont’d) (Mozart)
Postlude: Toccata in F Major (BuxWV 156) (Buxtehude)

Music for the Fifth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Processional Hymn: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Christus resurgens (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima
Offertory: Jubilate Deo (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Communion: Ego sum vitis vera (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Jesu, the very thought of Thee (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Motet at the Communion: I Sat Down (Bairstow)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli
Organ music as above

Saturday, 2 May 2015, 4:00 p.m.
Music for First Holy Communions
and Anticipatory Mass of the Fifth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (BuxWV 198) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Processional Hymn: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Christus resurgens (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the imposition of scapulars: O Sanctissima
Offertory: Jubilate Deo (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Communion: Ego sum vitis vera (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Jesu, the very thought of Thee (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Motet at the Communion: I Sat Down (Bairstow)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli
Postlude: Toccata in F Major (BuxWV 156) (Buxtehude)

Thursday, 30 April 2015, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Pius V
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Dominator Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass XV)
Alleluia: Hic est sacerdos (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Communion: Fidelis servus et prudens (plainsong, mode vii, with verses)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Mass is sung approximately once per month by the students of Regina Pacis Academy.

Music for the Third Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Berceuse (from Pièces en style libre; Op. 31, No. 19) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Missa Caça (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday after Easter: Jubilate Deo
Motet at the Offertory: Amen, amen dico vobis (prima pars) (Giaches de Wert, 1535-1596)
Motet at the Communion: Mulier cum parit (Amen, amen; secunda pars) (de Wert)
Postlude: Carillon (from Pièces en style libre; Op. 31, No. 21) (Vierne)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (Gaudeamus pariter)
Introit: Misericordia Domini (plainsong, mode iv)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Deus, Deus meus (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: This Joyful Eastertide (Charles Wood, 1866-1926)
Communion: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli
Organ music as above

Music for the Second Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag (BWV 629) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Blaenwern)
Mass for Five Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after Easter: Misericordia Domini
Motet at the Offertory: Christus resurgens (Peter Philips, c.1560-1628)
Motet at the Communion: Regina caeli (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, 1562-1621)
Postlude: Pièce d’Orgue (Fantasy in G Major) (BWV 572) (Bach)

Music for the Third Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: That Easter Day With Joy Was Bright (Puer nobis)
Introit: Jubilate Deo (plainsong, mode viii)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Oportebat pati Christum (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Lauda anima mea (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing (Salzburg)
Communion: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Most Glorious Lord of Life (William H. Harris, 1883-1973)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for the Octave Day of Easter (Low Sunday)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (BWV 626) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa O quam gloriosum (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass for the Octave Day of Easter: Quasi modo
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli à 5 (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Non nobis Domine (traditional)
Motet at the Communion: Post dies octo (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Organ Concerto in C Major, first movement (BWV 594) (Vivaldi/Bach)

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: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Post dies octo (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Angelus Domini (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ye Sons and Daughters (O filii et filiae, plainsong, mode ii)
Communion: Mitte manum tuam (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Non nobis Domine (traditional)
Hymn at the Communion: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii, with organum)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 11 April 2015, 9:00 a.m.
Music for Easter Saturday
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Gregorian Mass of Easter Saturday: Eduxit Dominus
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass 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.

Music for Easter Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 625) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Pascale (Pierre de la Rue, c.1452-1518)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Sunday: Resurrexi
Gradual: Haec dies (Léonin, fl. 1150)
Motet at the Offertory: Christus resurgens (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Congratulamini mihi omnes (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Postlude: Finale from Symphony No. 7 (Op. 42, No. 3) (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum

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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: I Know That My Redeemer Lives (Duke Street)
Communion: Pascha nostrum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: The Strife Is O’er (Victory)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

The St. Mary’s Choir

Saturday, 4 April 2015, 8:00 p.m.
Music for the Great Paschal Vigil and First Mass of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
The Exsultet
Canticle: Cantemus Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Vinea facta est (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Attende caelum (plainsong, mode viii)
Litany of the Saints (plainsong)
Canticle: Sicut cervus (plainsong, mode viii)
At the aspersion: Asperges me (plainsong, mode vii)
Kyrie: Missa pro Victoria for double choir (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gloria: Missa pro Victoria (Victoria)
Alleluia: Confitemini Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Tract: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Surrexit a mortuis (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli for double choir (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Sanctus & Benedictus: Missa pro Victoria (Victoria)
Motet at the Communion: Dum transisset Sabbatum I (John Taverner, 1490-1545)
Motet at the Communion: Pascha jucundissimum (David J. Hughes, b.1980)
Antiphon of Lauds: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, with Psalm 150 (plainsong, mode vi)
Benedictus antiphon of Lauds: Et valde mane (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Finale from Symphony No. 7 (Op. 42, No. 3) (Widor)

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

Friday, 3 April 2015, 3:00 p.m.
Music for the Commemoration of the Passion & Death of the Lord
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Tract: Domine, audivi auditum (plainsong, mode ii)
Tract: Eripe me, Domine (plainsong, mode ii)
Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem (polyphonic turba settings by William Byrd, c.1540-1623)
The Reproaches (plainsong)
Antiphon: Crucem tuam (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Adoration of the Cross: Crucifixus à 8 (Antonio Lotti, c.1667-1740)
Motet at the Adoration of the Cross: Ecce lignum / Crux fidelis (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Antiphons at the Translation of the Sacrament: Adoramus te, Christe; Per lignum servi; Salvator mundi
Motet at the Communion: Officium de Cruce (Loyset Compère, c.1445-1518)
Motet at the Communion: In manus tuas (John Taverner, 1490-1545)
Motet at the Communion: Salvator mundi I (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum