Category Archives: Music

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Lent (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Partitas on Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen? (BWV 770) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Mass of Toulouse (anonymous, XIV C.)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday of Lent: Laetare
Hymn at the Offertory: Miserere mei (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Audi benigne Conditor (plainsong, mode ii)
Postlude: Partitas on Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen? (BWV 770) (Bach)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of Lent (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Motet at the Offertory: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (St. Columba)
Communion: Lutum fecit (plainsong, mode vi)
Motet at the Communion: Attende Domine (plainsong)
Organ music as above

On the use of the organ on Laetare Sunday
The Fourth Sunday of Lent derives its Latin name from the first word of the Mass text, “Laetare Jerusalem” (Rejoice, O Jerusalem). It is a day of joy within the penitential season. The altars may be decorated with flowers, organ playing is permitted, and the priests may wear rose-colored vestments instead of purple. The reason for such display of joy is explained in a sermon by Pope Innocent III (1216): “On this Sunday, which marks the middle of Lent, a measure of consoling relaxation is provided, so that the faithful may not break down under the severe strain of Lenten fast but may continue to bear the restrictions with a refreshed and easier heart.”

Music for the Feast of St. Joseph (Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Justus ut palma
Plainsong Mass for a Mean (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Gregorian Mass of St. Joseph: Justus ut palma
Hymn at the Offertory: Te Joseph celebrent (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Beatus vir (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in A Minor (BWV 543) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Third Sunday of Lent (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Missa Spem in alium (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday of Lent: Oculi mei
Motet at the Offertory: Ad te levavi oculos meos (Palestrina)
Hymn at the Communion: Audi benigne conditor (plainsong, mode ii)

Music for the Third Sunday of Lent (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Hymn at the Offertory: Parce Domine (plainsong, mode i)
Communion: Qui biberit aquam (plainsong, mode iii)
Hymn at the Communion: Anima Christi (plainchant, mode i)

Please join us on Friday, 13 March at 7:00 p.m. for sung Vespers, followed at 7:30 by an organ recital offered by the brilliant young organist Isabelle Demers, a doctoral student at Juilliard and currently organ scholar at Trinity Church, Wall Street. Miss Demers will play a program of meditations for Lent, with works of Bach, Brahms, Reger, Howells, and Duruflé. For more information, please contact the music office at 866-5546 x115 or music@stmarynorwalk.net.

A flier for the recital is available here.

Music for the Second Sunday of Lent (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII) [Children’s Scholas] Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday of Lent: Reminiscere
Motet at the Offertory: Attende Domine (plainsong) [Children’s Scholas] Motet at the Communion: Parce Domine (plainsong, mode i) [Children’s Scholas]

Music for the Second Sunday of Lent (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae
Hymn at the Offertory: O Wondrous Type! O Vision Fair! (Wareham)
Communion: Visionem (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: O Bone Jesu (Marc’Antonio Ingegneri, c.1547-1592; often attrib. Palestrina)

The St. Mary’s Children’s Schola and the Anchor Academy Schola Cantorum combine to sing for the 9:30 Extraordinary Form Solemn High Mass this Sunday. These young choristers have been rehearsing for several months, learning the basics of singing and reading Gregorian chant, the foundation of all sacred music. The scholae will next sing for Mass on April 5th, Palm Sunday. For more information about the program of children’s musical formation at St. Mary’s, please contact David Hughes.

Music for the First Sunday of Lent (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae (Vatican Gradual, Mass XVII)
Gregorian Mass of the First Sunday of Lent: Invocabit me
Motet at the Offertory: Emendemus in melius (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Motet at the Communion: In jejunio et fletu (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)

Music for the First Sunday of Lent (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa pro Dominicis Adventus & Quadragesimae
Hymn at the Offertory: Hide Not Thou Thy Face From Us (Richard Farrant, c.1530-1580)
Communion: Scapulis suis (plainsong, mode iii)
Motet at the Communion: Attende Domine (plainsong, mode v)

A list of all choral and organ music for Extraordinary Form Solemn High Masses in February and March (including Ash Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 25th), is available here.

Music for Ash Wednesday (Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Missa Malheur me bat (Jacob Obrecht, c.1457-1505)
Antiphon at the blessing of ashes: Exaudi nos, Domine (plainsong, mode vii)
Antiphon at the imposition of ashes: Immutemur (plainsong, mode i), etc.
Gregorian Mass of Ash Wednesday: Misereris omnium
Motet at the Offertory: Juxta vestibulum (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Communion: Parce Domine (Obrecht)

Music for Quinquagesima Sunday (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten (BWV 647) (Johan Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa d’ung aultre amer (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of Quinquagesima: Esto mihi
Motet at the Offertory: Ecce Ascendimus Jerosolymam (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Motet at the Communion: Tu solus qui facis mirabilia (Josquin)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in A Major (BWV 536) (Bach)

Music for the Seventh Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Alleluia: Verba mea (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Christ Is the World’s True Light (Walter Kendall Stanton, 1891-1978)
Communion: Narrabo (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Organ music as above

Music for Sexagesima Sunday (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Cantilène (from Suite Brève) (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Missa Brevis (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Sexagesima: Exsurge
Motet at the Offertory: In illo tempore, cum turba plurima (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Motet at the Communion: Domine, exaudi orationem meam (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Postlude: Grands Jeux (from Suite Brève) (Langlais)

Music for the Sixth Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Alleluia: Cantate Domino (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Cantate Domino (Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, 1657-1743)
Communion: Manducaverunt (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Panis angelicus (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921)
Organ music as above