Music for Candlemas, 2 February 2014

Music for the Feast of the Purification of Our Lady (Candlemas)
Blessing of Candles, Procession, & Mass
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude à l’Introït pour la Purification de la Vierge (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
At the blessing of candles: Lumen ad revelationem gentium (plainsong, mode viii) [Schola S. Gregorii] At the procession: Adorna thalamum (plainsong, mode vi), etc.
Missa de Beata Virgine à 4 (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553) [Schola S. Cæcilia] Gregorian Mass of Candlemas: Suscepimus, Deus
Alleluia: Senex puerum (plainsong, mode i) [Scholæ Ss. Cæciliæ & Gregorii] Motet at the Offertory: Videte miraculum (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Communion: Responsum (plainsong, mode viii) [Schola S. Gregorii] Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (Peter Philips, c.1560-1628)
Postlude: Les enfants de Dieu (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)

The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
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The St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Schola S. Caeciliae
Schola S. Gregorii
Schola S. Joannis Baptistae

Music for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation (Westminster Abbey)
Introit: Suscepimus (plainsong, mode i)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Senex puerum (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Diffusa est gratia (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Blessed City, Heavenly Salem (Sarum plainsong, mode i)
Communion: Responsum (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Lumen ad revelationem / Nunc dimittis (Christopher Upton, b.1979)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Dieu parmi nous (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Messiaen)

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