Category Archives: Music

Music for the Third Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ (BWV 649) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: The Strife Is O'er (Victory)
Missa Im Maien (Jacobus Handl, 1550-1591)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday after Easter: Jubilate Deo
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: In resurrectione tua (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C Major (BWV 564) (Bach)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: At the Lamb's High Feast (Salzburg)
Introit: Misericordia Domini (plainsong, mode iv)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Alleluia: Redemptionem misit Dominus (plainsong, mode ii)
Alleluia: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode i)
Offertory: Deus, Deus meus (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Sing ye to the Lord (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Communion: Ego sum pastor bonus (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 11 May 2019, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of Ss. Philip & James
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Postlude: Improvisation
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of Ss. Philip & James: Exclamaverunt
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.

Sunday, 5 May 2019, 5:00 p.m.
Music for Vespers of the Second Sunday after Easter
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia & Psalms 109, 110, 111, 112, & 113 (mode vii)
Hymn: Ad regias Agni dapes (plainsong, mode viii)
Magnificat antiphon: Ego sum pastor bonus (plainsong, mode iii)
O Salutaris Hostia (Werner)
Tantum ergo (French melody)
Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: La Résurrection du Christ (from Livre du Saint-Sacrement) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)

Music for the Second Sunday after Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Hymn at the Procession: The Lord's My Shepherd (Brother James's Air)
Missa Surrexit pastor bonus (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after Easter: Misericordia Domini
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli (Diego Ortiz, c.1510-c.1570)
Motet at the Communion: Surrexit pastor bonus (Lassus)
Postlude: Choral-Improvisation sur le Victimae Paschali (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1937)

Music for the Third Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ the Lord is Risen Today (Surgit in haec dies)
Introit: Jubilate Deo (plainsong, mode viii)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Alleluia: Cognoverunt discipuli (plainsong, mode iii)
Alleluia: Oportebat pati Christum (plainsong, mode iv)
Offertory: Lauda anima mea (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: Christ our Passover (John Goss, 1800-1880)
Communion: Simon Joannis (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: The day draws on with golden light (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Wednesday, 1 May 2019, 6:00 p.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Joseph the Workman
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of St. Joseph the Workman: Sapientia
Improvisation at the Offertory
Postlude: Improvisation

Music for the Octave Day of Easter (Low Sunday)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: O filii et filiae (Pierre Dandrieu, 1664-1733)
Hymn at the Procession: Ye Sons and Daughters (O filii et filiæ)
Missa Amor ecco colei (Johannes de Fossa, c.1540-1603)
Gregorian Mass for the Octave Day of Easter: Quasi modo
Motet at the Offertory: Christus resurgens (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Quia vidisti (Jacobus Handl, 1550-1591)
Postlude: Ad caenam Agni providi (Jean Titelouze, c.1563-1633)

Music for the Second Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Processional Hymn: Christ the Lord Is Ris’n Today (Llanfair)
Introit: Quasi modo (plainsong, mode vi)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Alleluia: In die resurrectionis (plainsong, mode vii)
Alleluia: Post dies octo (plainsong, mode vii)
Offertory: Angelus Domini (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ye Sons and Daughters (O filii et filiæ, plainsong, mode ii)
Communion: Mitte manum tuam (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (Gaudeamus pariter)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Friday, 26 April 2019, 3:30 p.m.
Music for the Nuptial Mass of Lauren Lazzari & Samuel Rowe
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: I sat down (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Prelude: Le banquet céleste (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Hymn at the Procession: Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands (Christ lag in Todesbanden)
Missa Papae Marcelli (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Friday: Eduxit eos
Motet at the Offertory: Haec dies (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: O sacrum convivium (Messiaen)
Motet at the Communion: Ego flos campi à 7 (Jacobus Clemens non Papa, c.1510-1558)
Postlude: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major (BWV 564) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Tuesday, 23 April 2019, 10:00 a.m.
Requiem Masss for John L. Connelly
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa pro defunctis (plainsong)
At the absolution: Libera me, Domine (plainsong, mode i)
At the procession to the cemetery: In paradisum (plainsong, mode vii)
At the procession to the cemetery: Ego sum resurrectio, with the Benedictus

Music for Easter Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 625) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Hail Thee, Festival Day (Salve festa dies)
Orgelsolomesse (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Gregorian Mass of Easter Sunday: Resurrexi
Gradual: Haec dies (Léonin, fl. 1150)
Alleluia: Pascha nostrum (Pérotin, fl. 1200)
Motet at the Offertory: Haec dies (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Pascha nostrum (Byrd)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 6 (Op. 42, No. 2) (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)

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

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Music for Easter Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 2002, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Jesus Christ Is Ris’n Today (Easter Hymn)
Introit: Resurrexi (plainsong, mode iv)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gradual: Haec dies (plainsong, mode ii)
Sequence: Victimæ Paschali laudes (plainchant, mode i)
Alleluia: Pascha nostrum (mode vii)
Offertory: Terra tremuit (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: The Strife Is O’er (Victory)
Communion: Pascha nostrum (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Communion: This Joyful Eastertide (Vruechten)
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

The St. Mary’s Choir