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)
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)
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]
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu nostra redmeptio (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Communion: Psallite Domino (plainsong, mode i) [Schola S. Cæciliæ]
Improvisation at the Communion
Marian Antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Paraphrases sur un choral pour l’Ascension (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
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The St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Schola S. Cæciliæ
Schola S. Gregorii
