Music for the Solemn Easter Vigil, 11 April 2009

Music for the Great Paschal Vigil and First Mass of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 8:00 p.m.)

Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
The Exsultet (plainsong)
Canticle after the Seventh Reading: Sicut cervus (plainsong, mode viii)
Alleluia: Confitemini Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
At the procession to the Baptismal Font: Litany of the Saints (plainsong)
Hymn at the Baptisms: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode vii)
At the procession after the Baptisms: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon at the Confirmations: Confirma hoc Deus (plainsong, mode viii)
At the Aspersion: Vidi aquam (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Dextera Domini (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: ¡Dios reina!
Communion: Pascha nostrum (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Regina caeli (Gregor Aichinger, c.1565-1628)
Hymn at the Communion: This Joyful Eastertide (arr. Charles Wood, 1866-1926)
Postlude: Fugue on Hallelujah! Gott zu loben (Op. 52, No. 3) (Max Reger, 1873-1916)

~ The St. Mary’s Choir ~
~ Coro Hispano de Santa Maria ~

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