Category Archives: Music

Music for the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Saturday, 16 July 2011, 9:00 a.m.
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Improvisation
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: Gaudeamus
Hymn at the Offertory: Tota pulchra es (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Ave Maria… virgo serena (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Rosa Mystica (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (BWV 647) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Dominus illuminatio mea
Motet at the Offertory: Illumina oculos meos à 5 (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Illumina faciem tuam (Carlo Gesualdo, 1566-1613)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in C Major (BWV 531) (Bach)

Music for the Fifteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Word of God, Come Down on Earth (Liebster Jesu)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Te decet hymnus (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Father, We Thank Thee Who Hast Planted (Rendez à Dieu)
Communion: Passer invenit (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: If Thou But Trust In God to Guide Thee (Wen nur den lieben Gott)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for a Saturday of Our Lady
Saturday, 9 July 2011, 9:00 a.m.
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Toccata avanti la Messa della Madonna (Girolamo Frescobaldi, 1583-1643)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Saturdays of Our Lady after Pentecost: Salve sancta parens
Improvisation at the Offertory
Hymn at the Communion: Ave maris stella (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Ave maris stella (Jean Titelouze, c.1562-1633)

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 Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (external solemnity)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Toccata di durezze e ligature (Girolamo Frescobaldi, 1583-1643)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday after Pentecost: Respice in me
Kyrie: Francesco Landini (c.1325-1397)
Gloria: Gherardello da Firenze (c. 1320-c.1362)
Motet at the Offertory: Improperium (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Sanctus: Lorenzo da Firenze (d. c.1372)
Agnus Dei: Gherardello
Hymn at the Communion: En ut superba criminum (plainsong, mode iii)
Postlude: Exsultet caelum (Jean Titelouze, c.1562-1633)

Music for the Fourteenth Sunday of the Year
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the Procession: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (Lobe den Herren)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Venite ad me (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Rejoice, the Lord Is King (Darwall's 148th)
Communion: Gustate et videte (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesus, Lover of My Soul (Aberystwyth)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of Corpus Christi (external solemnity)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Adoro Te (from Livre du Saint Sacrement) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
At the aspersion: Asperges me (plainsong, mode vii) [tutti] Introit: Cibavit eos (plainsong, mode ii) [Schola men] Kyrie: Missa Lauda Sion (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594) [Schola] Gloria: Missa Lauda Sion (Palestrina) [Schola] Gradual: Oculi omnium (plainsong, mode vii) [Schola men] Alleluia: Caro mea (plainsong, mode vii) [Schola & Choir] Sequence: Lauda Sion (plainsong, mode vii) [tutti, alternating bass & treble] Credo III [tutti] Offertory: Sacerdotes Domini (plainsong, mode iv) [Schola men] Motet at the Offertory: Panis Angelicus (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921) [Schola & Choir] Sanctus: Missa Lauda Sion (Palestrina) [Schola] Agnus Dei: Missa Lauda Sion (Palestrina) [Schola] Communion: Quotiescumque (plainsong, mode vii) [see sheet] [Schola & Choir] Motet at the Communion: O quam suavis est (William Byrd, 1540-1623) [Schola] Motet at the Communion: Ave Verum Corpus (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791) [tutti] At the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: O Salutaris (Hereford) [tutti] Hymn at the Procession: Pange lingua, with versets of Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703) [tutti] 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)
Hymn at Final Benediction: Tantum ergo (French melody) [tutti] Antiphon at Benediction: Adoremus in aeternum (plainsong, mode i) [tutti] Postlude: Rhapsodie Grégorienne [Lauda Sion, Sacris solemniis, Verbum supernum] (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)

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

The 11:30 Ordinary Form Mass today will be celebrated in the lower chapel, without music.

Music for Trinity Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Gregorian Mass of Trinity Sunday: Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas
Responsory at the Offertory: O beata Trinitas (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: O altitudo divitiarum (Giovanni Paolo Cima, c.1570-1630)
Postlude: Improvisation

We welcome Mr. William Riccio, Jr. as the guest organist
and Mr. Richard Dobbins as the guest director for this Mass.

Music for Trinity Sunday
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Hymn at the Procession: O God, Almighty Father (Gott Vater sei gepriesen)
Alleluia: Benedictus es (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty (Nicaea)
Communion: Benedicimus Deum (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Bright the Vision that Delighted (Redhead No. 46)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)

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

Music for Pentecost (Whitsunday)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, heiliger Geist (BWV 631) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Dum complerentur (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of Pentecost: Spiritus Domini
Kyrie: Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola] Sequence: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola] Motet at the Offertory: Dum complerentur (prima pars) (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Offertory: Dum ergo essent (Dum complerentur, secunda pars) (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: Loquebantur variis linguis (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585) [Student Schola] Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi) [Student Schola] Postlude: Choral varié sur le thème du "Veni creator" (Op. 4) (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)

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

The music for this Mass is sponsored by Stuart & Jill Chessman
in memory of Judith Gardiner on the first anniversary of her death.

Music for Pentecost (Whitsunday)
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Hymn at the Procession: Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest (Lambillotte)
Sequence: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode i)
Alleluia: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Litany to the Holy Spirit (Peter Hurford, b.1930)
Communion: Factus est repente (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Marian antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Saturday, 11 June 2011, 9:00 a.m.
The Vigil of Pentecost
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gregorian Mass of the Vigil of Pentecost: Dum sanctificatus fuero
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.

Music for the Sunday in Ascensiontide
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Saraband (For the morning of Easter) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Missa O Rex gloriae (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday in Ascensiontide: Exaudi Domine…alleluia
Motet at the Offertory: Ascendit Deus (Jacob Handl, 1550-1591)
Motet at the Communion: Laudate nomen ejus (Jubilate Deo, secunda pars) (attrib. Josquin)
Postlude: Transports de joie d’une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne [Outbursts of joy from a soul before the Glory of Christ which is its own glory] (from L'Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)

Music for the Seventh Sunday of Easter
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Processional Hymn: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
Alleluia: Exivi a Patre (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Offertory: Surrexit Christus hodie (Andreas Hammerschmidt, 1611-1675)
Communion: Pater, cum essem (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Eternal Monarch, King Most High (Gonfalon Royal)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Organ music as above

Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Prélude pour l’Ascension (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Processional Hymn: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Communion: Data est mihi (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Our Lord Is Risen From The Dead (Erschienen ist)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Prière du Christ montant vers son Père [Prayer of Christ ascending to His Father] (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)

Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Prélude pour l’Ascension (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Tournemire)
Gregorian Mass of Ascension Day: Viri Galilaei
Kyrie: Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (plainsong, mode i); Plainsong Mass for a Mean (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558) [Student Schola] Gloria: Ambrosian, XII C. (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola] Alleluia: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola] Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii) [Student Schola] Motet at the Offertory: Ascendens Christus in altum (prima pars) (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Sanctus: Plainsong Mass for a Mean (Sheppard)
Agnus Dei: Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (plainsong, mode vi) [Student Schola] Motet at the Communion: Ascendit Deus (Ascendens Christus, secunda pars) (Guerrero)
Hymn at the Communion: Salutis humanae sator (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola] Postlude: Prière du Christ montant vers son Père [Prayer of Christ ascending to His Father] (from L’Ascension (Messiaen)

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