Category Archives: Music

Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (BuxWV 223) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
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 Communion: Hodie Christus natus est (Palestrina)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 1 (Op. 14) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Music for the Mass of Christmas Day
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn: 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)
Hymn at the Offertory: Laetabundus [The Christmas Sequence] (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Offertory: Joy to the World (Antioch)
Communion: Viderunt omnes (plainsong, mode i)
Carol at the Communion: Behold A Simple Tender Babe (New Prince; A. Gregory Murray, 1905-1992)
Hymn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)
Organ music as above

Carols & organ music begin at 11:30 p.m.
Prelude: Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen (Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897)
Carol: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen)
Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem (St. Louis)
Carol: Of One That Is So Fair and Bright (David J. Hughes, b.1980)
Carol: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham)
Carol: Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
Prelude: Desseins éternels (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Hymn: Adeste Fideles (John Francis Wade, arr. Willcocks)

Music for the Midnight Mass of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 12:00 a.m.)
Missa Quaeramus cum pastoribus (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Midnight: Dominus dixit
Motet at the Offertory: Angelus ad pastores ait (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Quaeramus cum pastoribus (Jean Mouton, c.1459-1522)
Motet at the Communion: O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 1 (Op. 14) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the procession: Veni, Veni Emmanuel
Missa super Dixit Maria (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday of Advent: Rorate caeli
Motet at the Offertory: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Motet at the Communion: Canite tuba (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the procession: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, Veni Emmanuel)
Mass of the Sacred Heart (Richard Rice, b.1962)
Alleluia: Veni, Domine (plainsong, mode iii)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)
Hymn at the Offertory: Savior of the Nations, Come (Nun komm der Heiden Heiland)
Communion: Ecce virgo concipiet (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

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)
Missa O Virgo simul et Mater (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday of Advent: Gaudete in Domino
Motet at the Offertory: Domine praestolamur (prima pars) (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Veni Domine noli tardare (secunda pars) (Byrd)
Postlude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (BWV 659) (Bach)

Music for the Third Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the procession: O Come, Divine Messiah (Venez, Divin Messie)
Mass of the Sacred Heart (Richard Rice, b.1962)
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)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Third Sunday of Advent
and Festival of Our Lady of Guadalupe
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 1:15 p.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Desde el cielo (Las Apariciones Guadalupana)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Excita, Domine (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymns at the Offertory: Mañanitas a la Virgen de Guadalupe; Immaculate Mary (Lourdes Hymn)
Communion: Dicite: Pusillanimes (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: O Sanctissima
Procession through Norwalk to follow Mass.

Music for the Saturday of the Second Week of Advent
Saturday, 10 December 2011, 9:00 a.m.
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday of Advent: Populus Sion
Hymn at the Communion: Creator alme siderum (plainsong, mode iv)

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

Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Ave Maria, Ave Maris Stella (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes Hymn)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Tota pulchra es (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly (Pleading Saviour)
Communion: Gloriosa (plainsong, mode viii)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Fantasie-Improvisation sur l’Ave maris stella (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)

Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Ave Maria, Ave Maris Stella (Langlais)
Missa Sicut lilium inter spinas (Palestrina)
Gregorian Mass of the Immaculate Conception: Gaudens gaudebo
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Jacobus Clemens non Papa, c.1510-1556)
Motet at the Communion: Tota pulchra es (Robert White, 1538-1574)
Postlude: Fantasie-Improvisation sur l’Ave maris stella (Tournemire)

Music for the Second Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Veni, veni Emmanuel (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola] Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday of Advent: Populus Sion
Introit: Populus Sion (plainsong, mode vii) [Student Schola] Missa Conditor alme siderum (Giovanni Animuccia, c.1520-1571)
Hymn at the Offertory: Rorate caeli (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola] Motet at the Communion: Cum audisset Joannes (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Conditor alme siderum (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611) [Student Schola] Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)

The Schola Cantorum is joined today by the St. Mary’s Student Schola.

Music for the Second Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: On Jordan’s Bank (Winchester New)
Mass of the Sacred Heart (Richard Rice, b.1962)
Alleluia: Laetatus sum (plainsong, mode i)
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)

Friday, 2 December 2011, 7:30 P.M.
Year’s Mind Requiem Mass for William P. Buechler,
music director at St. Mary’s from 1950 to 1990.
(Missale Romanum of 1970)
Introit: Requiem aeternam (plainsong, mode vi)
Missa pro defunctis (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Alleluia: Requiem aeternam (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Third Mode Melody) (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Communion: Lux aeterna (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: Thou Knowest, Lord, the Secrets of Our Hearts (Henry Purcell, 1659-1695)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: O God, Our Help In Ages Past (St. Anne)
Postlude: Fugue in E-flat Major (St. Anne) (BWV 552/2) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine:
et lux perpetua luceat ei.

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Music for the First Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Veni, Veni Emmanuel (plainsong, mode i)
Mass for Four Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of the First Sunday of Advent: Ad te levavi
Motet at the Offertory: Ad te levavi animam meam (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Ecce virgo concipiet (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)

Music for the First Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, Veni Emmanuel)
Mass of the Sacred Heart (Richard Rice, b.1962)
Alleluia: Ostende nobis (plainsong, mode viii)
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)