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: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Missa Ego flos campi for double choir (Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, c.1590-1664) [St. Cecilia Schola]
Gregorian Mass of Ascension Day: Viri Galilaei
Introit: Viri Galilaei (plainsong, mode vii) [St. Cecilia & St. Gregory Scholas]
Alleluia: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode iv) [St. Cecilia & St. Gregory Scholas]
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii) [St. Cecilia & St. Gregory Scholas]
Credo: Missa Ego flos campi (Padilla)
Offertory: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode i) [St. Cecilia Schola]
Motet at the Offertory: Viri Galilaei (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594) [St. Cecilia Schola]
Communion: Psallite Domino (plainsong, mode i) [St. Cecilia Schola]
Motet at the Communion: Ascendit Deus (Viri Galilaei, secunda pars) (Palestrina) [St. Cecilia Schola]
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
The St. Cecilia Student Schola
The St. Gregory Student Schola
The St. John the Baptist Choristers
