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Music for the Second Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Pastorale (Op. 31, No. 20) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Messa a 4 voci da Cappella (1650) (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after Easter: Misericordia Domini
Motet at the Offertory: Surrexit pastor bonus (Jean L’Héritier, c.1480-c.1551)
Motet at the Communion: Regina cæli (Antoine Busnois, c.1430-1492)
Postlude: Saraband (For the morning of Easter) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)

Music for the Third Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright (Puer nobis)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Oportebat pati Christum (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Lauda anima mea (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: Surrexit Christus hodie (Andreas Hammerschmidt, 1611-1675)
Communion: Simon Ioannis (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: O Food of Men Wayfaring (In allen meinen Taten)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 13 April 2013, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Hermenegild
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of a Martyr in Paschaltide: Protexisti me Deus
Improvisation at the Communion
Postlude: Improvisation

We welcome Mr. Paul Weber as guest organist.

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

Monday, 8 April 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Annunciation
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Annunciation: Vultum tuum
Motet at the Offertory: Regina cæli (Gregor Aichinger, c.1565-1628)
Motet at the Communion: Quam pulchra es (John Dunstable, c.1390-1453)

We welcome Mr. Charles Weaver as the guest director for this Mass.

Music for the Octave Day of Easter (Low Sunday)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Il Bianco e Dolce Cigno (Steffano Bernardi, c.1577-1637)
Gregorian Mass for the Octave Day of Easter: Quasi modo
Motet at the Offertory: Post dies octo (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Regina cæli (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Postlude: Improvisation

We welcome Mr. Charles Weaver as the guest director
and Mr. Michael La Barre as the guest organist for this Mass.

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Music for the Second Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Processional Hymn: Christ the Lord Is Ris’n Today (Llanfair)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Post dies octo (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ye Sons and Daughters (O filii et filiae, plainsong, mode ii)
Communion: Mitte manum tuam (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Christ the Lord Is Ris’n Today (Surgit in haec dies)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

We welcome Mr. William V. Riccio, Jr., as the guest director & organist for this Mass.

Music for Easter Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 625) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Regina cæli (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Sunday: Resurrexi
Gradual: Hæc dies (Perotin, fl. 1200)
Motet at the Offertory: Christus resurgens (Jean Richafort, c.1480-c.1547)
Motet at the Communion: Congratulamini mihi omnes (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Postlude: Final from Symphonie Romane (Op. 73) (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)

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Music for Easter Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Jesus Christ Is Ris’n Today (Easter Hymn)
Kyrie: Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Missa de Angelis (Mass VIII)
Sequence: Victimæ Paschali Laudes (plainsong, mode i)
Alleluia: Pascha nostrum (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Terra tremuit (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: The Strife Is O’er (Victory)
Communion: Pascha nostrum (mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Regina cæli (Gregor Aichinger, c.1565-1628)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

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Saturday, 30 March 2013, 8:00 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)
Litany of the Saints (plainsong)
Canticle: Sicut cervus (plainsong, mode viii)
At the aspersion: Asperges me (plainsong, mode vii)
Kyrie: Cantus Missæ for double choir (Op. 109) (Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, 1839-1901)
Gloria: Cantus Missæ (Rheinberger)
Alleluia: Confitemini Domino (plainsong, mode viii)
Tract: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Maria Magdalena (Andrea Gabrieli, 1532-1585)
Sanctus: Cantus Missæ (Rheinberger)
Motet at the Communion: Regina cæli (Gregor Aichinger, c.1565-1628)
Motet at the Communion: Dum transisset Sabbatum I (John Taverner, 1490-1545)
Antiphon of Lauds: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, with Psalm 150 (plainsong, mode vi)
Benedictus antiphon of Lauds: Et valde mane (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Final from Symphonie Romane (Op. 73) (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)

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The St. Mary’s Choir
Coro Hispano de Santa Maria

Friday, 29 March 2013, 3:00 p.m.
Music for the Commemoration of the Passion & Death of the Lord
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Tract: Domine, audivi auditum (plainsong, mode ii)
Tract: Eripe me, Domine (plainsong, mode ii)
Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem (polyphonic turba settings by William Byrd, 1540-1623)
The Reproaches (plainsong)
Antiphon: Crucem tuam (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Adoration of the Cross: Per tuam crucem (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Adoration of the Cross: Ecce lignum / Crux fidelis (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-c.1562)
Antiphons at the Translation of the Sacrament: Adoramus te, Christe; Per lignum servi; Salvator mundi
Motet at the Communion: Maria plena virtute (Robert Fayrfax, 1464-1521)
Motet at the Communion: Salvator mundi (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)

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Thursday, 28 March 2013, 7:00 p.m.
Music for the Mass of Maundy Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Introit: Nos autem (plainsong, mode iii) [Schola S. Caeciliae] Kyrie: Plainsong Mass for a Mean (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558) [Schola S. Caeciliae] Gloria: Plainsong Mass for a Mean (Sheppard) [Schola S. Caeciliae] Gradual: Christus factus est (plainsong, mode v) [All Choirs] Antiphons at the Mandatum: Mandatum; Postquam surrexit Dominus; Domine, tu mihi lavas pedes?; Si ego Dominus; In hoc cognoscent; Maneant in vobis
Offertory: Dextera Domini (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ubi caritas (plainsong, mode vi) [All Choirs] Motet at the Offertory: Ubi caritas (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)
Sanctus & Benedictus: Plainsong Mass for a Mean (Sheppard) [Schola S. Caeciliae] Agnus Dei: Plainsong Mass for a Mean (Sheppard) [Schola S. Caeciliae] Communion: Dominus Jesus (plainsong, mode ii, with fauxbourdon verses) [All Choirs] Motet at the Communion: Dominus Jesus in qua nocte (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Verum Corpus (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
At the procession: Pange lingua gloriosi (plainsong, mode iii; polyphonic verses by William Byrd, 1540-1623)
At the stripping of the altars: Diviserunt sibi, with Psalm 21 (plainsong, mode viii)

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The St. Mary’s Choir
Coro Hispano de Santa Maria
The St. Mary’s Student Schola: Schola S. Caeciliae

The Holy Thursday Mass will be followed by the traditional procession
to the seven churches of Norwalk.

Wednesday, 27 March 2013, 8:00 p.m.
Music for Tenebræ
(in the traditional Roman Rite)

Matins: First Nocturn
Antiphon Zelus domus tuae, with Psalm 68 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Avertantur retrorsum, with Psalm 69 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Deus meus, eripe me, with Psalm 70 (plainsong, mode viii)
A reading from the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah (I) (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Responsory: In monte Oliveti (plainsong, mode viii)
A reading from the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah (II) (plainsong)
Responsory: Tristis est anima mea (plainsong, mode viii)
A reading from the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah (III) (Robert White, 1538-1574)
Responsory: Ecce vidimus eum (plainsong, mode v)

Matins: Second Nocturn
Antiphon Liberavit Dominus, with Psalm 71 (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon Cogitaverunt impii, with Psalm 72 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Exsurge, Domine, with Psalm 73 (plainsong, mode i)
Commentary of St. Augustine on the Psalms (I)
Responsory: Amicus meus (plainsong, mode viii)
Commentary of St. Augustine on the Psalms (II)
Responsory: Judas mercator pessimus (plainsong, mode ii)
Commentary of St. Augustine on the Psalms (III)
Responsory: Unus ex discipulis meis (plainsong, mode viii)

Matins: Third Nocturn
Antiphon Dixi iniquis, with Psalm 74 (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon Terra tremuit, with Psalm 75 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon In die tribulationis, with Psalm 76 (plainsong, mode vii)
Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians (I)
Responsory: Eram quasi agnus innocens (plainsong, mode vii)
Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians (II)
Responsory: Una hora (plainsong, mode vii)
Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians (III)
Responsory: Seniores populi (plainsong, mode i)

Lauds
Antiphon Justificeris, Domine, with Psalm 50 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Dominus tamquam ovis, with Psalm 89 (plainsong, mode ii)
Antiphon Contritum est cor meum, with Psalm 35 (plainsong, mode viii)
Antiphon Exhortatus es, with Exodus 15 (plainsong, mode iv)
Antiphon Oblatus est, with Psalm 146 (plainsong, mode ii)
Antiphon Traditor autem, with the Benedictus (plainsong, mode i)
Responsory Christus factus est (plainsong, mode v)

Motet: Miserere mei, Deus (Gregorio Allegri, 1582-1652)

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