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Music for the Feast of the Holy Family
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Once In Royal David's City (Irby)
Missa corrente (Francesco Foggia, 1603-1688)
Gregorian Mass of the Holy Family: Exsultet gaudio
Motet at the Offertory: Alma Redemptoris Mater II à 4 (Felice Anerio, 1560-1614)
Motet at the Communion:  Videntes stellam (Andrea Gabrieli, 1533-1585)
Postlude: Versets on A solis ortus cardine / Crudelis Herodes (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)

Music for the Feast of the Epiphany
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prelude on the Introit for the Epiphany (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)
Hymn at the Procession: What Star Is This (Puer nobis)
Introit: Ecce advenit (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gradual: Omnes de Saba (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Vidimus stellam (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Reges Tharsis (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: The First Nowell
Communion: Vidimus stellam (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning (Morning Star)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Versets on A solis ortus cardine / Crudelis Herodes (Grigny)

Saturday, 6 January 2018, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of the Epiphany: Ecce advenit
Postlude: Improvisation

Wednesday, 3 January 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for a Feria of Christmastide
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Stelliferi Conditor orbis (Vatican Gradual, Mass XIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Octave Day of Christmas: Puer natus est
Postlude: Noël No. X (Louis Claude Daquin, 1694-1772)

Monday, 1 January 2018, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Circumcision & Octave Day of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Symphonie Gothique (Op. 70): II. Andante sostenuto (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)
Hymn at the Procession: At the Name of Jesus (King's Weston)
Missa Fa re ut fa sol la (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1551)
Gregorian Mass of the Octave Day of Christmas: Puer natus est
Motet at the Offertory: O magnum mysterium (Morales)
Motet at the Communion: In nomine Jesu (Jacobus Handl, 1550-1591)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Symphonie Gothique: IV. Moderato (Widor)

Music for the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Puer nobis nascitur (Pierre Dandrieu, 1664-1733)
Hymn at the Procession: Of the Father's Heart Begotten (Corde natus ex Parentis)
Missa super Ich stund an einem Morgen (Jacobus Handl, 1550-1591)
Gregorian Mass of the Octave Day of Christmas: Puer natus est
Motet at the Offertory: Resonet in laudibus (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Quem vidistis pastores (Lassus)
Hymn of Thanksgiving: Te Deum (plainsong, mode iv)
Postlude: Partita on Puer nobis nascitur (Op. 127) (Flor Peeters, 1903-1986)

Music for the Feast of the Holy Family
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Was Born on Christmas Day (Resonet in laudibus)
Introit: Deus in loco sancto suo (plainsong, mode v)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gradual: Unam petii (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Gaudete justi (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: In te speravi (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Once in Royal David's City (Irby)
Communion: Fili, quid fecisti (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Of the Father's Heart Begotten (Corde natus ex Parentis)
Organ music as above

Wednesday, 27 December 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. John the Evangelist
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of St. John the Evangelist: In medio Ecclesiae
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (BuxWV 223) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. David Willcocks, 1919-2015)
Missa O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Day: Puer natus est
Motet at the Offertory: O magnum mysterium (Victoria)
Motet at the Communion: Christe Redemptor omnium (Victoria)
Postlude: Gelobet seist deu, Jesu Christ (BWV 722) / Gelobet seist deu, Jesu Christ (BWV 604) / Von Himmel kam der Engel Shaar (BWV 607) / In dulci jubilo (BWV 608) / In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum

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Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. Willcocks)
Introit: Puer natus est (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gradual: Viderunt omnes (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Tui sunt caeli (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Willcocks)
Communion: Viderunt omnes (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)
Organ music as above

The St. Mary’s Choir

The recitation of the Rosary begins at 11:00 p.m.

Carols begin at 11:30 p.m.
Carol: On Christmas Night (Sussex Carol)
Carol: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen)
Carol: Como estrella en claro cielo
Carol: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham)
Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem (Carl Rütti, b.1949)
Carol: Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
The Solemn Proclamation of Christmas
Hymn at the Procession: Adeste Fideles (John Francis Wade, arr. David Willcocks, 1919-2015)
Hymn at the Procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)

Music for the Midnight Mass of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 12:00 a.m.)
Mass in G (Franz Schubert, 1979-1828)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Midnight: Dominus dixit
Motet at the Offertory: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Hodie Christus natus est (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, 1562-1621)
Postlude: Gelobet seist deu, Jesu Christ (BWV 722) / Gelobet seist deu, Jesu Christ (BWV 604) / Von Himmel kam der Engel Shaar (BWV 607) / In dulci jubilo (BWV 608) / In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Vigil of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the procession: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni Emmanuel)
Missa Mi mi (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday of Advent: Rorate caeli
Motet at the Offertory: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Ockeghem)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel)
Introit: Rorate caeli (plainsong, mode i)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Gradual: Prope est Dominus (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Veni Domine (plainsong, mode iii)
Offertory: Ave Maria (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Hymn at the Offertory: Creator of the Stars of Night (Conditor alme siderum)
Communion: Ecce virgo concipiet (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Rorate caeli (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Ember Wednesday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Ember Wednesday of Advent: Rorate caeli
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)