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Music for the Feast of St. Thomas
Saturday, 21 December 2013, 9:00 a.m.
Missale Romanum of 1962
Prelude: Improvisation
Gregorian Mass of St. Thomas: Mihi autem nimis
Kyrie, Agnus Dei: Missa Rex Genitor (Kevin Allen, b.1964)
Gloria, Sanctus: Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Postlude: Improvisation

This Missa cantata will be the first in the newly reopened St. Mary’s upper church
following the Fall 2013 renovation.

*postponed to 7 January 2014 because of snowstorm*

Tuesday, 17 December 2013, 7:00 p.m.
Anchor Academy Christmas Pageant
Veni, veni, Emmanuel (plainsong, mode i)
Creator alme siderum (plainsong, mode iv)
Ave Maria (French traditional)
Laudemus Virginem (from the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, XIV C.)
Magnificat (mode vii, with versets by Orlando di Lasso)
Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending (Helmsley)
What Child Is This (Greensleeves)
Angels We Have Heard on High (Gloria)
Silent Night (Stille Nacht)

The St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Scholæ Ss. Benedicti & Scholasticæ

Music for the Third Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
At the procession: Improvisation
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday of Advent: Gaudete
Motet at the Offertory: Conditor alme siderum (Guillaume Dufay, c.1397-1474)
Motet at the Communion: Audivi vocem (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (BWV 659) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Third Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, Divine Messiah (Venez, Divin Messie)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Excita, Domine (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Benedixisti (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Wake, Awake, For Night Is Flying (Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme)
Communion: Dicite: Pusillanimes (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Communion: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady in Advent
Saturday, 14 December 2013, 9:00 a.m.
Missale Romanum of 1962
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady in Advent: Rorate caeli
Hymn at the Communion: Creator alme siderum (plainsong, mode iv)

The second Saturday of every month is a Missa cantata celebrated
for the intentions of the Gospel of Life Society at St. Mary’s.

Wednesday, 11 December 2013, 7:00 p.m.
Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady of Gaudalupe
Missale Romanum of 1962
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady of Gaudalupe: Salve sancta Parens
Hymn at the Offertory: Ave maris stella (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (attributed to Victoria)
Hymn at Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: O salutaris hostia (Werner)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Mass will be followed by all-night Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament,
concluding with the 8:00 a.m. Mass on Wednesday, 12 December.

Wednesday, 11 December 2013, 2:30 p.m.
Music for None of Wednesday
Hymn: Rerum, Deux, tenax vigor (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon: Deus meus, misericordia tua praeveniet me, with Psalms 58 and 59 (plainsong, mode iii)
Commemoration of St. Damasus I
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

The St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Scholæ Ss. Benedicti & Scholasticæ

Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
At the procession: Signum magnum (Benedictine processional chant for the Immaculate Conception)
Missa Ave Sanctissima Maria (Pierre de La Rue, c.1452-1518)
Gregorian Mass of the Immaculate Conception: Gaudens gaudebo
Motet at the Offertory: Ave cujus conceptio (Nicholas Ludford, 1485-1557)
Motet at the Communion: Ave vera virginitas (Ave cujus conceptio, secunda pars) (Ludford)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v, solemn)

Music for the Second Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: On Jordan’s Bank (Winchester New)
Introit: Populus Sion (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Laetatus sum (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Deus tu convertens (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Comfort, Comfort, O My People (Geneva)
Communion: Jerusalem surge (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: Hark, A Herald Voice is Sounding (Merton)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v, simple)

Music for the First Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the procession: Veni, veni Emmanuel (plainsong, mode i)
Missa Repleatur os meum laude tua (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the First Sunday of Advent: Ad te levavi
Motet at the Offertory: Ad te Domine levavi (Johann Joseph Fux, 1660-1741)
Motet at the Communion: Ne timeas Maria (Tomàs Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the First Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni Emmanuel)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Ostende nobis Domine (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Ad te Domine levavi (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending (Helmsley)
Communion: Dominus dabit benignitatem (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Thursday, 28 November 2013, 9:00 a.m.
Music for a Votive Mass of the Most Holy Trinity
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gregorian Mass of the Most Holy Trinity: Benedicta sit
Improvisation at the Offertory
Hymn at the Communion: Jam sol recedit (plainsong, mode viii)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Improvisation on the Te Deum