Category Archives: Special Masses

Saturday, 8 September 2018, 11:00 a.m.
Music for the Mass in Honor of Our Lady of Vailankanni
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Awaaz Uthayenge
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: Anpotu vantom kanikkai tantom
Communion: Beata viscera (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Mujhe na chaha koi
Hymn at the Communion: Anpane viraivil va
Hymns at Benediction: O Salutaris (Werner); Tantum ergo (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Procession: Ave Maria
Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes hymn)

Saturday, 18 August 2018, 4:00 p.m.
Music for St. Mary’s Patronal Feast within the Octave of the Assumption
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Solemn Mass & Procession in honor of Our Lady of the Assumption
Prelude: Ave Maria (Op. 65, No. 4) (Alexandre Guilmant, 1837-1911)
Hymn at the Procession: Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary (Omne die)
Missa Fa re ut fa sol la (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of the Assumption: Gaudeamus
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Hymn at the Communion: Salve Mater misericordiae (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Communion: Ave maris stella (Elgar)
Motet at the Procession: Ave Maria (attrib. Victoria)
Hymn at the Procession: Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above (Salve Regina cœlitum)
Marian Antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Fantaisie-Improvisation sur l’Ave maris stella (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)

Music for the Assumption of Our Lady
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Versets Nos. 1 & 2 on Ave maris stella (Jean Titelouze, c.1563-1633)
Hymn at the Procession: Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above (Salve Regina cœlitum)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gradual: Audi, filia, et vide (plainsong, mode vii)
Alleluia: Assumpta est Maria (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: Sing We of the Blessed Mother (Omne die)
Communion: Beatam me dicent (plainsong, mode vi)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Versets Nos. 3 & 4 on Ave maris stella (Titelouze)

Music for the Assumption of Our Lady
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Versets Nos. 1 & 2 on Ave maris stella (Titelouze)
Missa de Beata Virgine (Gregor Aichinger, c.1565-1628)
Gregorian Mass of the Assumption: Gaudeamus
Motet at the Offertory: Sicut cedrus (Felice Anerio, 1560-1614)
Motet at the Communion: Salve Regina (Anerio)
Postlude: Versets Nos. 3 & 4 on Ave maris stella (Titelouze)

Music for the Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul
Friday, 29 June 2018, 6:00 p.m.
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of the Feast of Ss. Peter & Paul: Nunc scio vere
Improvisation at the Offertory
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for Ash Wednesday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 12:10 p.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Forty Days and Forty Nights (Heinlein)
Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Antiphon at the imposition of ashes: Immutemur (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the imposition of ashes & Offertory: Attende Domine (plainsong, mode v)
Communion: Qui meditabitur (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Have Mercy, Lord, on Us (Southwell)

Music for Ash Wednesday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Messa à Quattro in Canone (Alessandro Scarlatti, 1660-1725)
Antiphon at the blessing of ashes: Exaudi nos, Domine (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon at the imposition of ashes: Immutemur (plainsong, mode i)
Antiphon at the imposition of ashes: Juxta vestibulum (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the imposition of ashes: Emendemus in melius (plainsong, mode ii)
Gregorian Mass of Ash Wednesday: Misereris omnium
Motet at the Offertory: Exaltabo te Domine (Scarlatti)
Motet at the Communion: Miserere mei (Scarlatti)

Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady
and Dedication of the Triptych of Our Lady of Norwalk
Wednesday, 7 February 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Missale Romanum of 1962
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Hail Queen of Heaven, the Ocean Star (Stella)
Introit: Salve sancta Parens (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa Beatae Mariae Virginis II (Mantova) (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gradual: Benedicta et venerabilis es (plainsong, mode iv] Tract: Gaude Maria Virgo (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Ave Maria (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave maris stella (Giammateo Asola, 1532-1609)
Communion: Beata viscera (plainsong, mode i, with verses)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Postlude: Versets on Ave Maris stella (Op. 18, Nos. 6-9) (Marcel Dupré, 1886-1971)

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