Music for the Octave Day of Christmas, 1 January 2009

Music for the Feast of St. Mary, Mother of God (Missale Romanum of 1970, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Salve Sancta Parens
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Post partum (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky (Eisenach)
Communion: Exsulta filia Sion (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Improvisation on the Salve Regina

Music for the Feast of the Circumcision & Octave Day of Christmas (Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Puer natus est
Missa Dies sanctificatus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Octave Day of Christmas: Puer natus est
Hymn at the Offertory: Corde natus ex Parentis (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Communion: Dies sanctificatus (Palestrina)
Postlude: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (BuxWV 223) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

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