Music for the Solemn Easter Vigil, 26 March 2016

Saturday, 26 March 2016, 7:00 p.m.
Music for the Great Paschal Vigil and First Mass of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
The Exsultet
Canticle: Cantemus Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Vinea facta est (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Attende caelum (plainsong, mode viii)
Canticle: Sicut cervus (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the aspersion of the congregation: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon at confirmation: Confirma hoc, with Psalm 67 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antphon at confirmation: Ecce sic benedicetur (plainsong, mode vi)
The Litany of the Saints

At Mass
Kyrie: Messe solennelle (Op. 36) (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)
Gloria: Messe solennelle (Widor)
Alleluia: Confitemini Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Tract: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli (Gregor Aichinger, c.1565-1628)
Motet at the Offertory: Angelus Domini descendit (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Sanctus & Benedictus: Messe solennelle (Widor)
Motet at the Communion: Dum transisset Sabbatum I (John Taverner, 1490-1545)
Antiphon of Vespers: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, with Psalm 116 (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at Vespers: Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Magnificat antiphon of Vespers: Vespere autem sabbati (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Choral-Improvisation sur le Victimae Paschali (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1937)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir
Coro Hispano de Santa María

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