Category Archives: Music

Music for the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her (Johann Pachelbel, 1653-1706)
Missa Fons bonitatis (Vatican Gradual, Mass II)
Gloria: Missa Argentum et aurum (Heinrich Isaac, c.1450-1517)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas: Dum medium silentium
Motet at the Offertory: Resonet in laudibus (Jacob Handl, 1550-1591)
Motet at the Communion: O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Feast of the Holy Family
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Hymn at the Procession: Once in Royal David’s City (Irby)
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: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham; Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
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: Improvisation
Missa Dies sanctificatus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Day: Puer natus est
Hymn at the Offertory: Laetabundus [The Christmas Sequence] (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Offertory: Ad tantae nativitatis (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Communion: Dies sanctificatus (Palestrina)
Postlude: Noël No. X (Louis-Claude Daquin, 1694-1772)

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 (plainsong, mode vi)
Hymn at the Offertory: Joy to the World (Antioch)
Communion: Viderunt omnes (plainsong, mode i)
Carol at the Communion: Unto Us Is Born A Son (tune from Piae Cantiones, 1582; arr. Willcocks)
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: O Little Town of Bethlehem (St. Louis)
Motet: Of One That Is So Fair and Bright (David J. Hughes, b.1980) [première] Carol: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham)
Carol: Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
Prelude: Desseins éternels (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Motet: Ave Maria (Franz Biebl, 1906-2001)
Hymn: Adeste Fideles (John Francis Wade, arr. Willcocks)

Music for the Midnight Mass of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 12:00 a.m.)
Missa O Magnum Mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Midnight: Dominus dixit
Motet at the Offertory: Quaeramus cum pastoribus (Jean Mouton, c.1459-1522)
Motet at the Communion: Regem natum (Jacob Handl, 1550-1591)
Motet at the Communion: O magnum mysterium (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Postlude: Dieu parmi nous (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Messiaen)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Hymn at the procession: Veni, Veni Emmanuel
Missa Ave maris stella (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday of Advent: Rorate caeli
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Peter Philips, c.1560-1628)
Hymn at the Communion: Rorate caeli (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the procession: Veni, Veni Emmanuel

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)
Kyrie: Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Veni, Domine (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Savior of the Nations, Come (Nun komm der Heiden Heiland)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Jacques Arcadelt, c.1505-1568)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Ecce virgo concipiet (plainsong, mode i)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the procession: Rorate caeli (plainsong, mode i)

Music for the Third Sunday of Advent
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Johann Gottfried Walther, 1684-1748)
Missa Clemens et benigna (Firminus Caron, fl. 1460-1475)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday of Advent: Gaudete in Domino
Motet at the Offertory: Beatus Ioannes (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Hymn at the Communion: Vox clara ecce intonat (plainsong, mode iii)
Postlude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)

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)
Kyrie: Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Excita, Domine (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending (Helmsley)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Communion: Dicite: Pusillanimes (plainsong, mode vii)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above

Music for the Festival of Our Lady of Guadalupe
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 1:15 p.m.)
Propers of the Third Sunday of Advent
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 Feast of St. Damasus
Saturday, 11 December 2010, 9:00 a.m.
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Missa Deus Genitor alme (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
Gregorian Mass of a Sovereign Pontiff: Si diligis me
Hymn at the Communion: Iste Confessor (plainsong, mode viii)

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: Prélude à l’Introït pour l’Immaculée Conception (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
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 dicta (plainsong, mode viii)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Offertoire pour l’Immaculée Conception (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Tournemire)

Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Prélude à l’Introït pour l’Immaculée Conception (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Tournemire)
Missa de Beata Virgine (Gregor Aichinger, c.1565-1628)
Gregorian Mass of the Immaculate Conception: Gaudens gaudebo
Motet at the Offertory: Illibata Dei Virgo nutrix (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Motet at the Communion: Ave virginum decus hominum (Illibata..., secunda pars) (Josquin)
Hymn at the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: O salutaris hostia (Werner)

A half-hour period of Adoration will immediately follow Mass, with the third evening of the Advent mission preached by Fr. Anthony Mastroeni to follow at 7:30 p.m.

St. Mary’s Students’ Scholas: Advent in New York
Prelude to the Annual Advent Mass of the Sisters of Life
Sunday, 5 December 2010, 2:00 p.m.
Church of St. Michael, New York City
(34th Street between 9th & 10th Avenues)

The prayer and work of the Sisters of Life on behalf of the sacredness of human life is deservedly well-known in New York and, increasingly, around the world.  The St. Mary’s Students’ Scholas were honored to have received an invitation from the Sisters to sing a half-hour prelude for their annual Advent Mass.  (The students will also have sung that morning for the 9:30 Solemn Mass at St. Mary’s.)  On the program:

Veni, Redemptor gentium (plainsong, mode ii; Nun komm der Heiden Heiland)
Joys Seven (traditional English)
Riu riu chiu (Spanish carol)
Creator alme siderum (plainsong, mode iv)
The Truth From Above (arr. Vaughan Williams)
The Angel Gabriel (Basque carol)
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen)
Ave Maria & Magnificat (plainsong, modes i & ii)

The Sisters will join the students for the last several carols, and for the chanting of the Magnificat.

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) [Students’ Scholas] Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday of Advent: Populus Sion
Kyrie: Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII) [Students’ Scholas] Hymn at the Offertory: Veni Redemptor gentium (plainsong, mode ii) [Students’ Scholas] Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa Laudate Dominum de caelis (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Motet at the Communion: Conditor alme siderum (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611) [Students’ Scholas]

The Schola Cantorum is joined today by the St. Mary’s Students’ Scholas
and the Anchor Academy Schola Cantorum.

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)
Kyrie: Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Alleluia: Laetatus sum (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Comfort, Comfort, O My People (Geneva)
Sanctus & Agnus Dei: Missa pro Feriis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVIII)
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)

We welcome Mr. William Riccio as the guest organist for this Mass.