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Music for Septuagesima Sunday (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Nun lob mein Seel’ den Herren (BuxWV 213) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Kyrie: Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI) [Children’s Scholas] Sanctus: Missa simplex (Vactican Gradual, Mass XVIII) [Children’s Scholas] Agnus Dei: Missa Brevis (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Septuagesima: Circumdederunt me
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu dulcis memoria (Palestrina) [Children’s Scholas] Motet at the Communion: Circumdederunt me (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553)
Postlude: Præludium in G Minor (BuxWV 148) (Buxtehude)

Music for the Fifth Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Alleluia: Laudate Dominum (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu, the very thought of Thee (Edward Bairstow, 1874-1946)
Communion: Multitudo languentium (plainsong, mode ii)
Organ music as above

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 March 8th, the Second Sunday in Lent. For more information about the program of children’s musical formation at St. Mary’s, please contact David Hughes.

A list of all choral and organ music for all Extraordinary Form Masses in January and early February (including the Octave Day of Christmas at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 1st and the external solemnity of Candlemas at 3:00 p.m. on Feb. 1st), is available here.

Music for the Feast of the Purification of the BVM (Candlemas) [external solemnity] (Missale Romanum of 1962; prelude begins at 3:00 p.m.)
Prelude: Cantata No. 82: “Ich habe genug” (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton)
Prelude: Prelude & Fugue in D Major (BWV 532) (Bach)
At the blessing of candles: Lumen ad revelationem gentium (plainsong, mode viii)
At the procession: Adorna thalamum (plainsong, mode vi)
Mass for Five Voices (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Gregorian Mass of Candlemas: Suscepimus, Deus
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Anton Bruckner, 1824-1896)
Motet at the Communion: O Sacrum Convivium (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Motet at the Communion: Senex puerum portabat (Byrd)
Postlude: Dieu parmi nous (Messiaen)

Music for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Monodie (Jehan Alain, 1911-1940)
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany: Adorate Deum
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maris Stella (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643)
Motet at the Communion: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Juan García de Salazar, 1639-1710)
Postlude: Variations sur “Lucis Creator” (Alain)

Music for the Fourth Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Alleluia: Adorabo ad templum (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Communion: Illumina faciem tuam (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Verum Corpus (Elgar)
Organ music as above

Music for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Adorate Deum
Missa Orbis Factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gregorian Mass of the Third Sunday after the Epiphany: Adorate Deum
Motet at the Offertory: Domine, non sum dignus (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Motet at the Communion: O Sacrum Convivium (Victoria)
Postlude: Toccata & Fugue in D minor (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Third Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Alleluia: Dominus regnavit (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Offertory: Most Glorious Lord of Life (William H. Harris, 1883-1973)
Communion: Venite post me (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Litany to the Holy Spirit (Peter Hurford, b.1930)
Organ music as above

Music for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Omnis terra
Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of the Second Sunday after the Epiphany: Omnis terra
Motet at the Communion: Tribus miraculis (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in G Minor (BWV 542) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Second Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Alleluia: Laudate Deum (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: All My Hope On God Is Founded (Michael) (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Communion: Dicit Andreas (plainsong, mode viii)
Motet at the Communion: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of the Holy Family (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Exsultet gaudio
Kyrie: Missa Orbis factor (plainsong, mode i) [Children's Scholas] Sanctus: Missa simplex (plainsong) [Children's Scholas] Gloria, Agnus Dei: Messa a tre voci (Antonio Lotti, 1667-1740)
Gregorian Mass of the Holy Family: Exsultet gaudio
Hymn at the Offertory: Personent hodie (Gustav Holst, 1874-1934) [Children's Scholas] Motet at the Communion: A solis ortus cardine (Gilles Binchois, c.1400-1460)
Hymn at the Communion: Puer natus in Bethlehem (plainsong, mode i) [Children's Scholas] Postlude: Symphonie Gothique, movement IV (Op. 70) (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)

Music for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Dilexisti justitiam
Alleluia: Benedictus qui venit (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: I Bind Unto Myself Today (St. Patrick's Breastplate)
Communion: Omnes qui in Christo (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Symphonie Gothique, movement IV (Op. 70) (Widor)

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 February 8th, Septuagesima Sunday. For more information about the program of children’s musical formation at St. Mary’s, please contact David Hughes.

Music for the Feast of the Epiphany [external solemnity] (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prelude on the Introit for the Epiphany (Maurice Duruflé, 1902-1986)
Missa Fons bonitatis (Vatican Gradual, Mass II)
Gregorian Mass of the Epiphany: Ecce advenit
Motet at the Offertory: Tribus miraculis (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Magi veniunt ab oriente (Jacobus Clemens non Papa, c.1510-1556)
Postlude: Canonic variations on Von himmel hoch da komm’ ich her: Variation 1: In Canone all’Ottava; Variation 2: Alio modo in Canone alla Quinta (BWV 769) (J.S. Bach)

Music for the Feast of the Epiphany (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Vidimus stellam (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning (Morning Star; James P. Harding, 1850-1911)
Communion: Vidimus stellam (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham; Gustav Holst, 1874-1934)
Organ music as above

Music for the Feast of St. Mary, Mother of God (Missale Romanum of 1970, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Salve Sancta Parens
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Post partum (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky (Eisenach)
Communion: Exsulta filia Sion (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Postlude: Improvisation on the Salve Regina

Music for the Feast of the Circumcision & Octave Day of Christmas (Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Puer natus est
Missa Dies sanctificatus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Octave Day of Christmas: Puer natus est
Hymn at the Offertory: Corde natus ex Parentis (plainsong, mode v)
Motet at the Communion: Dies sanctificatus (Palestrina)
Postlude: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (BuxWV 223) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

Music for the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Der Tag, der is so freudenreich (BWV 605) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa 'Alleluia' (Jean Mouton, c.1459-1522)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas: Dum medium silentium
Hymn at the Offertory: A solis ortus cardine (plainsong, mode iii)
Motet at the Communion: Angelus ad pastores ait (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Postlude: A solis ortus cardine: En bassus à 4; Fugue à 5 (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)

Music for the Feast of the Holy Family (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Gaudete justi (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: O Little Town of Bethlehem (St. Louis)
Communion: Fili, quid fecisti (plainsong, mode i)
Organ music as above