About: David Hughes

Music for the Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Les mages (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Hymn at the Procession: Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning (Morning Star)
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Epiphany: Ecce advenit
Motet at the Offertory: In nomine Jesu (Jacobus Handl, 1550-1591)
Motet at the Communion: Magi veniunt (Jacobus Clemens non Papa, c.1510-1558)
Postlude: Improvisation on Noël nouvelet

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)
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)
Organ music as above

Wednesday, 2 January 2019, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Fons bonitatis (Vatican Gradual, Mass II)
Gregorian Mass of the Holy Name of Jesus: In nomine Jesu
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: At the Name of Jesus (King's Weston)
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Introduction et variations sur un ancien noël polonais «Accourez bergers fidèles, l’heure bénie a sonné» (Livre de Noëls, Livraison 2) (Alexandre Guilmant, 1837-1911)
Hymn at the Procession: O Little Town of Bethlehem (Forest Green)
Missa super Ich stund an einem Morgen (Jacobus Handl, 1550-1591)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas: Dum medium silentium
Motet at the Offertory: Pastores quidnam vidistis (Jacobus Clemens non Papa, c.1510-1558)
Motet at the Communion: Resonet in laudibus (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Postlude: Variations sur «Nuit sombre, ton ombre vaut les plus beaux jours» (Livre de Noëls) (Guilmant)

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, 26 December 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Stephen
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Mass of Tournai (anon., XIV C.)
Gregorian Mass of St. Stephen: Sederunt principes
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Good King Wenceslas (Tempus adest floridum)
Postlude: Improvisation

Viri Galilæi

Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (BWV 739) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. David Willcocks, 1919-2015)
Missa tertia (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Day: Puer natus est
Gradual: Viderunt omnes (Pérotin, fl. c. 1200)
Motet at the Offertory: Lux refulget (BL Add MS 36881; ca. XII C.)
Motet at the Communion: O Regem caeli (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Bach)
Postlude: Versets on A solis ortus cardine (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)

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: In the Bleak Midwinter (Harold Darke, 1888-1976)
Carol: Away in a Manger (arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Carol: There Is No Rose (anon. English, XV C.)
Carol: Duérmete Niño lindo (arr. Tom Zajac, 1956-2015)
Carol: Tu scendi dalle stelle (arr. Adriano Secco, b.1961)
Carol: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Hugo Distler, 1908-1942 and Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621)
Carol: Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
The Solemn Proclamation of Christmas
Hymn at the Procession: Adeste Fideles (John Francis Wade, arr. David Willcocks, 1919-2015)

Music for the Midnight Mass of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 12:00 a.m.)
Missa O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Midnight: Dominus dixit
Motet at the Offertory: Mirabile mysterium (Jacobus Handl, 1550-1591)
Motet at the Communion: Verbum caro factum est (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Hymn at the Procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Postlude: Versets on A solis ortus cardine (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)

Monday, 24 December 2018, 4:00 p.m.
Music for the Vigil Mass of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Adeste Fideles (from Cathedral Windows) (Op. 106, No. 4) (Sigfrid Karg-Elert, 1877-1933)
Hymn at the procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles)
Introit: Hodie scietis (plainsong, mode vi)
Gradual: Hodie scietis (plainsong, mode ii)
Alleluia: Crastia die (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Tollite portas (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Joy to the World (Antioch)
Communion: Revelabitur (plainsong, mode i)
Carol at the Communion: While Shepherds Watched (Winchester Old)
Hymn at the retiring procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the procession: The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns (Consolation)
Missa à 5 (Agostino Agazzari, 1578-1640)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday of Advent: Rorate caeli
Motet at the Offertory: Rorate caeli (Terrence B. Fay, b.1977)
Motet at the Communion: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
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)
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)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel)