Music for the First Sunday of Advent (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Missa Spem in alium (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the First Sunday of Advent: Ad te levavi
Motet at the Offertory: Ecce Dominus veniet (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Hymn at the Communion: Rorate caeli desuper (plainsong, mode i)
Music for the First Sunday of Advent (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Kyrie: Missa Orbis Factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Ostende nobis (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Wake, Awake, For Night Is Flying (Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Dominus dabit benignitatem (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Sicut cervus (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Hymn at the Communion: Creator alme siderum (plainsong, mode iv)
The St. Mary’s Children’s Schola and the Anchor Academy Schola Cantorum combine to make their respective debuts this Sunday by singing for the 11:30 Ordinary Form Mass. These young choristers have been rehearsing for several months, learning the basics of singing and reading Gregorian chant, the foundation of all sacred music. Henceforth they will sing approximately once a month, joining the professional Schola Cantorum at the 9:30 Extraordinary Form Mass. The scholae will sing for Advent Lessons & Carols on December 12th, and next sing for Mass on January 11th, the Feast of the Holy Family. For more information about the program of children’s musical formation at St. Mary’s, please contact David Hughes.
