Category Archives: Music

Music for None of Thursday, 12 February 2015

Thursday, 12 February 2015, 3:00 p.m.
Music for None of Thursday
Hymn: Rerum, Deus, tenax vigor (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon: Invocabimus nomen tuum, with Psalms 74 and 75 (plainsong, mode vi)
Commemoration of the Seven Holy Servite Founders
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode v)

The office of None is sung by the students of Regina Pacis Academy.

Music for the Fifth Sunday of the Year, St. Mary’s, Greenwich, 8 February 2015

Sunday, 8 February 2015, 5:15 p.m.
St. Mary Church, Greenwich
Mass for the Fifth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation
Introit: Venite adoremus (plainsong, mode ii)
Kyrie Orbis factor (plainsong, mode i)
Gloria: Mass for Four Voices (Thommas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Alleluia: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney; descant by David Hughes)
Sanctus & Benedictus: Mass for Four Voices (Tallis)
Agnus Dei: Mass for Four Voices (Tallis)
Communio: Multitudo (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Rhapsody No. 3 in C-sharp minor (Op. 17, No. 3) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)

The St. Cecilia Student Schola

Music for Sexagesima Sunday, 8 February 2015

Music for Sexagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt (BWV 637) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Gregorian Mass of Sexagesima: Exsurge
Missa L’homme armé super voces musicales (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Motet at the Offertory: Perfice gressus meos (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: In illo tempore, cum turba plurima (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Postlude: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor (BWV 542) (Bach)

Music for the Fifth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Rejoice, The Lord Is King (Darwall’s 148th)
Introit: Venite, adoremus Deum (plainsong, mode ii)
Alleluia: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Perfice gressus meos (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: Perfice gressus meos (Franz Xaver Witt, 1834-1888)
Communion: Multitudo (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Verily, Verily I Say Unto You (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for a Votive Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, 7 February 2015

Saturday, 7 February 2015, 3:00 p.m.
St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield, Connecticut
Music for a Votive Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary: Adeamus
Hymn at the Communion: Ave maris stella (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Ave Regina caelorum (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor (BWV 542) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

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 Candlemas, 2 February 2015

[This Mass has been cancelled because of impending inclement weather.]

Monday, 2 February 2015, 7:30 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Purification of Our Lady (Candlemas)
Blessing of Candles, Procession, & Mass
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Dans une douce joie (from Neuf Pièces) (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
At the blessing of candles: Lumen ad revelationem gentium (plainsong, mode viii)
At the blessing of candles: Lumen ad revelationem gentium (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
At the procession: Adorna thalamum (plainsong, mode vi), etc.
Missa Salve Regina (Langlais)
Gregorian Mass of Candlemas: Suscepimus, Deus
Motet at the Offertory: Senex puerum portabat (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: O admirabile commercium (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Postlude: Hymne d’action de grâces “Te Deum” (Langlais)

Music for Septuagesima Sunday, 1 February 2015

Music for Septuagesima Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude pour la Sepatuagésime (from L’Orgue mystique) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Hymn at the Procession: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton)
Missa Tristezas me matan (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of Septuagesima: Circumdederunt me
Motet at the Offertory: Simile est regnum caelorum à 5 (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Circumdederunt me (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Sortie (Op. 3) Tournemire)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is the World’s Light (Christe sanctorum)
Introit: Laetetur cor (plainsong, mode ii)
Alleluia: Adorabo ad templum (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Bonum est confiteri (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Communion: Illumina (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: How Dazzling Fair (Charles Wood, 1866-1926)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for None of Thursday, 29 January 2015

Thursday, 29 January 2015, 3:00 p.m.
Music for None of Thursday
Hymn: Rerum, Deus, tenax vigor (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon: Invocabimus nomen tuum, with Psalms 74 and 75 (plainsong, mode vi)
Commemoration of St. Francis de Sales
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

The office of None is sung by the students of Regina Pacis Academy.

Music for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany, 25 January 2015

Music for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Wir glauben all' an einen Gott (BWV 680) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Tecum principium (Robert Fayrfax, 1464-1521)
Kyrie Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (plainsong, mode i)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday after the Epiphany: Adorate Deum
Motet at the Communion: Domine non sum dignus (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Prelude and Fugue in D minor (BWV 539) (Bach)

Music for the Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above (Mit Freuden zart)
Introit: Dominus secus mare (plainsong, mode i)
Alleluia: Dominus regnavit (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Dextera Domini (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: O For A Closer Walk With God (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Communion: Venite post me (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: All My Hope On God Is Founded (Michael) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany, 18 January 2015

Music for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after the Epiphany: Omnis terra
Improvisation at the Offertory
Motet at the Communion: Tribus miraculis (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Postlude: Rhapsody No. 3 in C-sharp minor (Op. 17, No. 3) (Howells)

Music for the Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Praise to the Lord (Lobe den Herren)
Introit: Omnis terra (plainsong, mode iv)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Laudate Deum (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Jubilate Deo (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: O Christ the Great Foundation (Aurelia)
Communion: Dicit Andreas (plainsong, mode viii)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Thursday of the First Week of the Year, 15 January 2015

Thursday, 15 January 2015, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Thursday of the First Week of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (BWV 633) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Word of God, Come Down on Earth (Liebster Jesu)
Kyrie Orbis factor (Mass XI)
Hymn at the Offertory: Rejoice, the Lord Is King (Darwall’s 148th)
Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa Deus Genitor alme (Mass XVIII)
Communion: Ask, and you will receive (Petite et accipietis) (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Improvisation

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