Category Archives: Music

Music for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Ich dank dir, lieber Herre (BuxV 194) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Hymn at the Procession: Father, We Thank Thee Who Hast Planted (Rendez à Dieu)
Missa Scarco di doglia (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: Omnes gentes
Motet at the Offertory: O bone Jesu (Loyset Compère, c.1450-1518)
Motet at the Communion: Salve Regina (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Praeludium in G minor (BuxWV 150) (Buxtehude)

Music for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Holy, Holy, Holy (Nicaea)
Missa Orbis factor (Mass XI)
Introit: Deus in loco sancto suo (v)
Gradual: In Deo speravit (v)
Alleluia: Exsultate Deo (vii)
Offertory: Exaltabo te Domine (ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (St. Columba)
Communion: Petite et accipietis (i)
Hymn at the Communion: Lord, teach us how to pray aright (St. Hugh)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: Alleluia, Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Messa a cappella (Giovanni Rovetta, c.1596-1668)
Gregorian Mass of the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: Dominus fortitudo plebis
Motet at the Offertory: Perfice gressus meos (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Caro mea (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Postlude: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend (Georg Philipp Telemann, 1681-1767)

Music for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy (In Babilone)
Missa Orbis factor (Mass XI)
Introit: Ecce Deus adjuvat me (v)
Gradual: Domine Dominus noster (v)
Alleluia: Eripe me (ii)
Offertory: Justitiae Domini (iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Lauda anima)
Communion: Optimam partem (viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (v)
Organ music as above

Michael La Barre, guest organist

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (St. Anne)
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Exaudi Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Salve Regina (Gregor Aichinger, 1565-1628)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Postlude: Vater unser im Himmelreich (Georg Philipp Telemann, 1681-1767)

Music for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Missa Orbis factor (Mass XI)
Introit: Dum clamarem (iii)
Gradual: Custodi me (i)
Alleluia: Te decet hymnus (vii)
Offertory: Ad te Domine (ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Jesus Shall Reign (Duke Street)
Communion: Passer invenit (i)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (v)
Organ music as above

Michael La Barre, guest organist

Sunday, 7 July 2019, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Second Vespers of the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Dixit Dominus & Psalm 109 (mode vii)
Magna opera Domini & Psalm 110 (mode iii)
Qui timet Dominum & Psalm 111 (mode iv)
Sit nomen Domini & Psalm 112 (mode vii)
Deum autem noster & Psalm 113 (mode i)
Hymn: Lucis Creator optime (plainsong, mode viii)
Magnificat antiphon: Praeceptor, per totum noctem (mode i)
Commemoration of Ss. Cyril & Methodius: Isti sunt viri sancti (mode i)
O Salutaris Hostia (Werner)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the External Solemnity of the Most Precious Blood
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Chorale Phrygien (Jehan Alain, 1911-1940)
Hymn at the Procession: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton)
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the Most Precious Blood: Redemisti nos
Motet at the Offertory: Caro mea (Byrd)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (Byrd)
Postlude: Litanis (Alain)

Music for the Fourteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Word of God, Come Down on Earth (Liebster Jesu)
Missa Orbis factor (Mass XI)
Introit: Suscepimus Deus (i)
Gradual: Esto mihi (v)
Alleluia: Magnus Dominus (vii)
Credo I
Offertory: Populum humilem (v)
Hymn at the Offertory: Christ Is the World’s Light (Christe sanctorum)
Communion: Gustate et videte (iii)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesus, Lover of My Soul (Aberystwyth)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (v)
Organ music as above

Music for the External Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Cantabile from Symphony No. 6 (Op. 42, No. 2) (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)
Hymn at the Procession: O Sacred Heart (Laurence)
Missa D'ung aultre amer (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Sacred Heart: Cogitationes
Motet at the Offertory: Tu solus qui facis mirabilia (Josquin)
Motet at the Communion: Unus militum (Terrence B. Fay, b.1977)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 6 (Widor)

Music for the Thirteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (St. Anne)
Missa Orbis factor (Mass XI)
Introit: Omnes gentes (vi)
Gradual: Venite filii (v)
Alleluia: Omnes gentes (i)
Offertory: Sicut in holocausto (v)
Hymn at the Offertory: All People That on Earth Do Dwell (Old Hundredth)
Communion: Inclina aurem tuam (iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Adoro te devote (v)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (v)
Organ music as above

Wednesday, 26 June 2019, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of Ss. John and Paul
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Dominator Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass XV)
Gregorian Mass of Ss. John and Paul: Multae tribulationes
Postlude: Improvisation

Sunday, 23 June 2019
9:30 a.m.
Music for the Feast of Corpus Christi (external solemnity)
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Le banquet céleste (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Hymn at the Procession: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Gregorian Mass of Corpus Christi: Cibavit eos
Missa Pange lingua (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Sequence: Lauda Sion (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Offertory: Ego sum panis vivus (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: Panis angelicus (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921)
Hymn at the Procession: Pange lingua, with versets of Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703)
Hymns at the Procession:
1. Pange lingua gloriosi (plainsong, mode iii)
2. Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)
3. Godhead Here In Hiding (Adoro Te Devote)
4. Soul of My Saviour (Anima Christi)
5. O Jesus, We Adore Thee (Fulda melody)
6. Verbum supernum (plainsong, mode viii)
7. Cantemos al Amor (Ignacio Busca Sagastizábal)
Hymn at Benediction: O Salutaris (Hereford)
Hymn at Benediction: Tantum ergo (French melody)
Antiphon at Benediction: Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Postlude de Fête 'Te Deum Laudamus' (Op. 21) (Léonce de Saint-Martin, 1886-1954)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
The St. Mary’s Choir

Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Juliana Falconieri
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Stelliferi Conditor orbis (Vatican Gradual, Mass XIII)
Gregorian Mass of a Virgin Not a Martyr: Dilexisti justitiam
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for Trinity Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: La relation réelle en Dieu est réellement identique à l'essence (from Meditations Sur Le Mystère De La Sainte Trinité) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Processional Hymn: O God, Almighty Father (Gott Vater sei gepriesen)
Missa Deus semipterne (Vatican Gradual, Mass III)
Gregorian Mass of Trinity Sunday: Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas
Motet at the Offertory: Duo Seraphim (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Motet at the Communion: Sancta Trinitas unus Deus (Antoine de Févin, c.1470-c.1512)
Postlude: Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr (BWV 663) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for Trinity Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Almighty Father (Gott Vater sei gepriesen)
Introit: Caritas Dei (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gradual: Benedictus es (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Benedictus es (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Benedictus sit (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: I Bind Unto Myself Today (St. Patrick’s Breastplate)
Communion: Benedicimus Deum (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Quicunque vult (The Athanasian Creed) (Tonus peregrinus)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above