Music for Ascension Thursday, 29 May 2014

Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père [Majesty of Christ praying that His Father should glorify Him] (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Hymn at the Procession: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Introit: Viri Galilaei (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Communion: Psallite Domino (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Look, O Look, the Sight is Glorious (Bryn Calfaria)
Marian Antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel [Serene alleluias from a soul longing for heaven] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)

Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)
Plainsong Mass for a Mean (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558) [Scholæ Ss. Cæciliæ & Gregorii] Gregorian Mass of Ascension Day: Viri Galilaei
Introit: Viri Galilaei (plainsong, mode vii) [Schola S. Cæciliæ] Alleluia: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode iv) [Scholæ Ss. Cæciliæ & Gregorii] Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii) [Scholæ Ss. Cæciliæ & Gregorii] Offertory: Ascendit Deus [Schola S. Cæciliæ] Motet at the Offertory: Ascendit Deus (Peter Philips, c.1560-1628)
Communion: Psallite Domino (plainsong, mode i) [Schola S. Gregorii] Motet at the Communion: Ascendens Christus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594) [Schola S. Cæciliæ] Motet at the Communion: O Rex gloriæ (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Transports de joie d’une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne [Outbursts of joy from a soul before the Glory of Christ which is its own glory] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
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The St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Schola S. Cæciliæ
Schola S. Gregorii

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