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Saturday, 12 January 2013, 9:00 a.m.
Music for a Saturday of Our Lady in Christmastide
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich (BWV 609) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Saturdays of Our Lady in Christmastide: Vultum tuum
Improvisation at the Offertory
Verses at the Communion: Magnificat primi toni (Heinrich Scheidemann, c.1595-1663)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 608) (Bach)

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

Sunday, 6 January 2013, 5:00 p.m.
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, New York
Music for Second Vespers of the Epiphany
celebrated by His Excellency Athanasius Schneider
Auxiliary Bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan
At the procession: Videntes stellam Magi (plainsong, mode iv, in organum)
Ante luciferum genitus & Psalm 109 (mode ii)
Venit lumen tuum & Psalm 110 (mode i)
Apertis thesauris suis & Psalm 111 (mode i)
Maria et flumina & Psalm 112 (mode iv)
Stella ista & Psalm 113 (mode vii)
Hymn: Crudelis Herodes (plainsong, mode iii, in organum)
Magnificat antiphon: Tribus miraculis (mode i)
Magnificat primi toni (impares) (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)

The visit of Bishop Schneider to New York and Connecticut
is sponsored by The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny.

Sunday, 6 January 2013, 9:30 a.m.
St. Mary’s, Norwalk
Music for the Feast of the Epiphany
Pontifical Mass at the Throne
celebrated by His Excellency Athanasius Schneider
Auxiliary Bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan
Prelude: Christum wir sollen loben schon (BWV 611) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
At the procession: Ecce sacerdos magnus (David J. Hughes, b.1980)
The Office of Terce
Gregorian Mass of the Epiphany: Ecce advenit
Mass for Five Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Offertory: Videntes stellam (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Magi veniunt (Jacobus Clemens non Papa, c.1510-1556)
Motet at the Communion: Tribus miraculis (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Postlude: Pièce d’Orgue (Fantasy in G Major) (BWV 572) (Bach)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum

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The visit of Bishop Schneider to New York and Connecticut
is sponsored by The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny.

Saturday, 5 January 2013, 2:00 p.m.
The Cathedral Basilica of St. James, Brooklyn
Music for a Saturday of Our Lady in Christmastide
Pontifical Mass at the Throne
celebrated by His Excellency Bishop Athanasius Schneider
Auxiliary Bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan

Prelude: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (BuxWV 223) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
At the procession: Ecce sacerdos magnus (David J. Hughes, b.1980) [première] At the vesting: A solis ortus cardine (plainsong, in alternation with versets of Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703) [Student Schola] Introit: Vultum tuum (plainsong, mode ii) [Student Schola] Kyrie & Sanctus: Missa Octavi toni (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594) [Student Schola] Gloria & Agnus Dei: Missa de Beata Virgine (Gregor Aichinger, c.1565-1628)
Gradual: Speciosus formam (plainsong, mode iii)
Alleluia: Post partum (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola] Offertory: Felix namque es (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola] Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Peter Philips, 1561-1628) [Student Schola] Communion: Beata viscera (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola] Motet at the Communion: O gloriosa Dei Genitrix (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599 )
Motet at the Communion: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Postlude: Fantasy in G minor (BWV 542) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
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The St. Mary’s Student Schola: Schola S. Caeciliae

This Mass, and the visit of Bishop Schneider to New York and Connecticut,
is sponsored by The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny.

Music for the Feast of St. Mary, Mother of God
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Versets on Ave Maris Stella: En taille à 5 (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)
Hymn at the Procession: Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly (Pleading Saviour)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Post partum (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky (Eisenach)
Communion: Exsulta filia Sion (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Virgin-born, We Bow Before You (Mon Dieu prête-moi l’oreille)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Versets on Ave Maris Stella: Fugue à 4 (Grigny)

Music for the Feast of the Circumcision & Octave Day of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Versets on A solis ortus cardine: En taille (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)
Missa Quaeramus cum pastoribus (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of the Octave Day of Christmas: Puer natus est
Motet at the Offertory: Mirabile mysterium (Adrian Willaert, c.1490-1562)
Motet at the Communion: Noe, noe psallite (Jean Mouton, c.1459-1522)
Postlude: Versets on A solis ortus cardine: Fugue à 5, Trio, Point d’orgue sur les grands jeux (Grigny)

Music for the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude pour le Dimanche dans l’Octave de Noël (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Missa O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas: Dum medium silentium
Motet at the Offertory: Pastores loquebantur (Jacobus Clemens non Papa, c.1510-1556)
Motet at the Communion: Et venerunt festinantes (Clemens)
Postlude: Les enfants de Dieu (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)

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)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Gaudete justi (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: O Little Town of Bethlehem (St. Louis)
Communion: Tolle, puerum (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: Coventry Carol
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Von Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (BWV 738) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Dies sanctificatus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Day: Puer natus est
Gradual: Viderunt omnes (Pérotin, fl. c. 1200)
Motet at the Offertory: Puer natus est (William Byrd, c.1540-1623)
Motet at the Communon: Iam nubes / Iam novum (anonymous, XIV C.; Codex Las Huelgas)
Motet at the Communion: Dies sanctificatus (Palestrina)
Postlude: Final from Symphonie Gothique (Puer natus est) (Op. 70) (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)

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. David Willcocks)
Introit: Puer natus est (plainsong, mode vii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus (plainsong, mode ii)
Offertory: Yours are the heavens (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Joy to the World (Antioch)
Communion: Viderunt omnes (plainsong, mode i)
Carol at the Communion: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham, Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)
Organ music as above

The recitation of the Rosary begins at 11:00 p.m.

Carols & organ music begin at 11:30 p.m.
Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem (Forest Green)
Carol: En el taller de Nazaret
Motet: There Is No Rose (anon., XV C.)
Carol: Tu scendi dalle stelle (St. Alfonso Maria de’ Liguori, 1696-1787)
Carol: Coventry Carol
Carol: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham, Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
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. Willcocks)

Music for the Midnight Mass of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 12:00 a.m.)
Missa O Virgo simul et Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Midnight: Dominus dixit
Motet at the Offertory: Psallite unigenito (Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621)
Motet at the Offertory: Hodie Christus natus est (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: Verbum caro factum est (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Monday, 24 December 2012, 4:00 p.m.
Music for the Vigil Mass of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Hodie scietis
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. David Willcocks)
Mass of the Sacred Heart (Richard Rice, b.1962)
Offertory: O Princes, lift up your gates (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Joy to the World (Antioch)
Motet at the Offertory: In dulci jubilo (Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621)
Communion: Revelabitur (plainsong, mode i)
Carol at the Communion: Nowell Sing We (anon. English, XV C.)
Carol at the Communion: I Sing of a Maiden that is Mateless (Charles F. Waters)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)
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: Veni, Veni Emmanuel
Missa O Virgo simul et Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday of Advent: Rorate caeli
Motet at the Offertory: Veni Domine et noli tardare (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Ecce Virgo concipiet (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v, solemn)

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)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Veni Domine (plainsong, mode iii)
Offertory: Ave Maria (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Savior of the Nations, Come (Nun komm der Heiden Heiland)
Communion: Ecce virgo concipiet (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Rorate caeli (plainsong, mode iv)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)