Saturday, 16 January 2016, 11:30 a.m.
The Convent of St. Birgitta, Darien, Connecticut
Music for the Feast of St. Marcellus I
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Gregorian Mass of Holy Popes: Si diligis me
Hymn at the Offertory: Deus tuorum militum (plainsong, mode iii)
This Mass is part of the retreat for students of the parish
who are to receive the sacrament of Confirmation later this year.
Music for the Feast of the Holy Family
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Rhosymedre (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Hymn at the Procession: Once In Royal David's City (Irby)
Gregorian Mass of the Holy Family: Exsultet gaudio
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Motet at the Communion: Fili, quid fecisti nobis (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 1 (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
We welcome Charles Weaver as the guest director
and Eric Dolch as the guest organist for this Mass.
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Music for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: As With Gladness Men of Old (Dix)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Benedictus qui venit (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Benedictus qui venit (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (Salzburg)
Communion: Omnes qui in Christo (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Of the Father’s Love Begotten (Divinum mysterium, plainsong, mode v)
Marian Antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above
We welcome Eric Dolch as the guest director & organist for this Mass.
Saturday, 9 January 2016, 9:00 a.m.
Music for a Saturday of Our Lady in Christmastide
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Saturdays of Our Lady in Christmastide: Vultum tuum
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave maris stella
The second Saturday of every month is a Missa cantata celebrated
for the intentions of the Gospel of Life Society at St. Mary’s.
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Saturday, 9 January 2016, 11:30 a.m.
The Convent of St. Birgitta, Darien, Connecticut
Music for a Saturday of Our Lady in Christmastide
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Saturdays of Our Lady in Christmastide: Vultum tuum
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave maris stella
This Mass is part of the retreat for students of the parish
who are to receive the sacrament of Confirmation later this year.
Wednesday, 6 January 2016, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Prélude sur l'introït de l'Epiphanie (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)
Hymn at the Procession: Earth Has Many a Noble City (Stuttgart)
Missa Fons bonitatis (Vatican Gradual, Mass II)
Gregorian Mass of the Epiphany: Ecce advenit
Hymn at the Offertory: Personent hodie (Piae Cantiones, 1582)
Motet at the Communion: Stella splendens (Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, c.1400)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 6 (Charles-Marie Widor, 1834-1937)
The St. Cecilia Student Schola
Charles Weaver, guest director
Eric Dolch, guest organist
Sunday, 3 January 2016, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the Most Holy Name of Jesus
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Omnes qui invocaverit & Psalm 109 (mode viii)
Sanctum et terribile & Psalm 110 (mode v)
Ego autem in Domino & Psalm 111 (mode iii)
A solis ortu & Psalm 112 (mode iv)
Sacrificabo hostiam & Psalm 115 (mode viii)
Hymn: Jesu dulcis memoria (plainsong, mode i)
Magnificat antiphon: Vocabis nomen ejus Jesum (mode i)
O Salutaris Hostia (Hereford)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode v)
The sermon will be preached by Fr. Shawn Cutler.
Music for the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Vorspiel & Nachspiel in D minor (Anton Bruckner, 1824-1896)
Hymn at the Procession: At the Name of Jesus (King's Weston)
Missa Christe Jesu (William Rasar, b. c.1491)
Gregorian Mass of the Most Holy Name of Jesus: In nomine Jesu
Kyrie Le Roy (John Taverner, 1490-1545)
Motet at the Offertory: To solus qui facis mirabilia (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Motet at the Communion: O nomen Jesu (Peter Philips, c.1560-1628)
Postlude: Final from Sonata No. 1 (Op. 42) (Alexandre Guilmant, 1837-1911)
We welcome Charles Weaver as the guest director
and Eric Dolch as the guest organist for this Mass.
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Music for the Feast of the Epiphany
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: What Star Is This (Puer nobis)
Introit: Ecce advenit (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Vidimus stellam (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Reges Tharsis (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: What Child Is This (Greensleeves)
Communion: Vidimus stellam (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning (Morning Star; James P. Harding, 1850-1911)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above
We welcome Eric Dolch as the guest director & organist for this Mass.
Friday, 1 January 2016, 5:30 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Circumcision & Octave Day of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Versets on A solis ortus cardine: En taille (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)
Missa Tecum principium (Robert Fayrfax, 1464-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Octave Day of Christmas: Puer natus est
Motet at the Communion: O admirabile commercium (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Postlude: Versets on A solis ortus cardine: Fugue à 5, Trio, Point d’orgue sur les grands jeux (Grigny)
Music for the Feast of St. John the Evangelist
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Versets on Von himmel hoch (BWV 769) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: What Child Is This (Greensleeves)
Missa Praeter rerum seriem (Cipriano de Rore, 1515-1565)
Gregorian Mass of St. John the Evangelist: In medio Ecclesiae
Motet at the Offertory: Praeter rerum seriem (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Motet at the Communion: Virtus Sancti Spiritus (Praeter rerum seriem, secunda pars) (Josquin)
Postlude: Versets on Von himmel hoch (BWV 769) (Bach
Music for the Feast of the Holy Family
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Once in Royal David’s City (Irby)
Introt: Deus in loco sancto suo (plainsong, mode v)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Gaudete justi (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: In te speravi (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: How Brightly Beams the Morning Star (Wie schön leuchtet)
Communion: Fili, quid fecisti (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham; arr. Holst)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Good Christian Men, Rejoice (In dulci jubilo)
Organ music as above
Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Puer natus in Bethlehem (BWV 603) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
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
Gradual: Viderunt omnes (Pérotin, fl. c. 1200)
Motet at the Offertory: Verbum caro factum est (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Motet at the Communion: O magnum mysterium (Victoria)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Postlude: Fugue in A Major (BWV 536/2) (Bach)
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)
Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Tui sunt caeli (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Laetabundus [The Christmas Sequence] (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Offertory: Joy to the World (Antioch)
Communion: Viderunt omnes (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Unto Us Is Born A Son (arr. Willcocks)
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.
The orchestral prelude begins at 11:20 p.m.
Prelude: Christmas Concerto (Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8) (Arcangelo Corelli, 1683-1713)
Carols begin at 11:30 p.m.
Carol: What Child Is This (Greensleves)
Carol: O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël)
Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem (St. Louis)
Carol: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Carol: Tu scendi dalle stelle (St. Alfonso Maria de’ Liguori, 1696-1787)
Carol: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen)
Carol: De Virgine Maria (Carl Rütti, b.1949)
Carol: Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
Prelude: Desseins éternels (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
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 C Major (K. 258, “Piccolomini”) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Midnight: Dominus dixit
Motet at the Offertory: Laudate Dominum (from Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339) (Mozart)
Motet at the Communion: Verbum caro factum est (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Postlude: Fugue in A Major (BWV 536/2) (Bach)
The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir
The St. Cecilia Student Schola
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