Category Archives: Music

Music for the Third Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 645) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Messe de Toulouse (anonymous, XIV C.)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday of Advent: Gaudete in Domino
Motet at the Offertory: Beatus Joannes (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Postlude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (BWV 661) (Bach)

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 (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Excita, Domine (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: O Lord, You have blessed Your land (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: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Juan García de Salazar, 1639-1710)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Second Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday of Advent: Populus Sion
Missa Clemens et benigna (Firminus Caron, fl. 1460-1475)
Motet at the Offertory: Laetatus sum (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Motet at the Communion: Cum audisset Joannes (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum

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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)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Laetatus sum (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: You will turn toward us (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)

The St. Mary's Choir

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Music for the Second Sunday of Advent and Festival of Our Lady of Guadalupe
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 1:15 p.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Desde el cielo (Las Apariciones Guadalupana)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Laetatus sum (plainsong, mode i)
Hymns at the Offertory: Mañanitas a la Virgen de Guadalupe; Immaculate Mary (Lourdes)
Communion: Jerusalem surge (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (attrib. Victoria)
Hymn at the Communion: O Sanctissima
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Procession through Norwalk to follow Mass.

El Coro Hispano de Santa María
The St. Mary's Choir

Saturday, 8 December 2012, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Prélude à l’Introït pour l’Immaculée Conception (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Missa super Dixit Maria (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Gregorian Mass of the Immaculate Conception: Gaudens gaudebo
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Robert Parsons, c.1530-1572)
Motet at the Communion: Tota pulchra es (Robert White, 1538-1574)
Postlude: Pièce términal pour l’Immaculée Conception (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Tournemire)

Music for the First Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending (Helmsley)
Missa Conditor alme siderum (Giovanni Animuccia, c.1520-1571)
Gregorian Mass of the First Sunday of Advent: Ad te levavi
Alleluia: Ostende nobis Domine (plainsong, mode viii) [Student Schola] Motet at the Offertory: Ad te Domine levavi (Alessandro Scarlatti, 1660-1725)
Communion: Dominus dabit benigntatem (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola] Motet at the Communion: Erunt signa in sole (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Hymn at the Communion: Creator alme siderum (plainsong, mode v)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
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The St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Schola S. Cæciliæ
Schola S. Gregorii
Schola S. Ioannis Baptistæ

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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)

Music for the Twenty-Sixth & Last Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Messa a 4 voci da Cappella (1650) (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: Exaudi Domine (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: De profundis (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, 1562-1621)
Postlude: Improvisation

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

Music for the Feast of Christ the King
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Crown Him with Many Crowns (Diademata)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Potestas ejus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Ask of me (plainsong, mode iv)
Acclamation at the Offertory: Christus vincit (plainsong, with organum)
Communion: Sedebit Dominus Rex (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: The Royal Banners Forward Go (Sarum plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

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

Thursday, 22 November 2012, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Cecilia
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gregorian Mass of St. Cecilia: Loquebar
Hymn at the Offertory: Jesu corona Virginum (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Anima Christi (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation

The St. Mary’s Choir
Coro Hispano de Santa María
We welcome Mr. Michael La Barre as the guest organist & director for this Mass.

Music for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (BWV 686) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Kyrie & Gloria: Missa Octavi toni (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594) [Student Schola] Alleluia: De profundis (plainsong, mode vii) [Student Schola] Motet at the Offertory: De profundis (Lasso)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV) [Student Schola] Communion: Amen dico vobis: quidquid (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola] Motet at the Communion: Christe Redemptor omnium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611) [Student Schola] Postlude: Sortie (Guy Ropartz, 1864-1955)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
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The St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Schola S. Cæciliæ
Schola S. Gregorii
Schola S. Ioannis Baptistæ

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Music for the Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: De profundis (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: De profundis (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Out of the Depths, to You, O Lord, We Cry (Alberta)
Communion: Amen dico vobis: quidquid (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Laudate nomen Domini (Tye)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Variations sur un thème de Clément Janequin (Jehan Alain, 1911-1940)
Missa Vulnerasti cor meum (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sundays after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Kyrie: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI) [Student Schola] Alleluia: De profundis (plainsong, mode vii) [Student Schola] Hymn at the Offertory: Jesu dulcis memoria (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola] Motet at the Offertory: Jesu dulcis memoria (attrib. Victoria)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Postlude: Præludium in C Major (BuxWV 137) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
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The St. Mary’s Student Schola:
Schola S. Benedicti
Schola S. Scholasticæ

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Music for the Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Beyond all Praising (Thaxted)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Qui posuit (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Guide my footsteps, O Lord (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Prevent Us, O Lord (C.H.H. Parry, 1848-1918)
Communion: Dominus regit me (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Communion: O Jesus, King Most Wonderful (King’s Norton)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 10 November 2012, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Andrew Avellino
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of a Confessor not a Bishop: Os justi
Improvisation at the Offertory
Improvisation at the Communion
Postlude: Improvisation

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