Category Archives: Music

Music for Thanksgiving Day (Missale Romanum of 1970, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Nun danket alle Gott (BWV 657) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Hymn at the Offertory: We Gather Together (Kremser)
Communion: Benedicimus Deum caeli (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: Quiero estar, Senor, en tu presencia (Carmelo Erdozain)
Postlude: Te Deum in A minor (Op. 59, No. 12) (Max Reger, 1873-1916)

Music for the Twenty-Eighth & Last Sunday after Pentecost (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: De profundis (from Neuf Pièces) (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Missa Da pacem (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Gregorian Mass of the Last Sunday after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Antiphon at the Offertory: Da pacem Domine (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Verum Corpus (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 3 in F# minor (Op. 28) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Music for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Agincourt Hymn (John Dunstable, c.1390-1453)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Potestas eius (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Christus vincit (plainsong)
Communion: Amen dico vobis: quod uni (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: Vexilla Regis (Anton Bruckner, 1824-1896)
Postlude: Final from Symphony No. 3 in F# minor (Op. 28) (Vierne)

Please plan to join us on Friday, 21 November at 7:00 p.m. for a solemn Vespers to mark the vigil of the feast of St. Cecilia, the patroness of music and musicians. The professional St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum (9:30 Sunday Extraordinary Form) will join with the volunteer St. Mary’s Choir (11:30 Sunday Ordinary Form) to sing First Vespers of St. Cecilia’s Day, including the Magnificat Secundi Toni of Tomás Luis de Victoria. Immediately following, the Schola Cantorum will sing a short concert of works by Josquin, Hassler, Crecquillon, and Byrd. A reception will follow. Please plan to join us for this festive occasion as we officially inaugurate the St. Cecilia Society, dedicated to the promotion of sacred music here at St. Mary’s for the greater glory of God and the aedification of the faithful.

Music for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (BWV 687) (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Orbis factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: Domine exaudi orationem (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Absterge Domine (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in C minor (BWV 546) (Bach)

Music for the Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (BWV 687) (Bach)
Alleluia: De profundis (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Offertory: A New Commandment (Tallis)
Communion: Domine, quinque talenta (plainsong, mode vii)
Postlude: Prelude & Fugue in C minor (BWV 546) (Bach)

Music for the Dedication of the Archbasilica of Our Saviour (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Apparition de l’Eglise éternelle (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Missa Dum esset Summus Pontifex (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Dedication of a Church: Terribilis est
Motet at the Offertory: Vidit Jacob scalam (Thomas Crecquillon, 1505-1557)
Hymn at the Communion: Alto ex Olympi (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Music for the Dedication of the Archbasilica of Our Saviour (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Apparition de l’Eglise éternelle (Messiaen)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Bene fundata est (plainsong, mode v)
Hymn at the Offertory: Angularis fundamentum (Regent Square)
Communion: Jerusalem quae aedificatur (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Blessed City, Heavenly Salem (Urbs beata) (Sarum plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Vierne)

Music for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (Op. 135A, No. 4) (Max Reger, 1873-1916)
Plainsong Mass for a Mean (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: De profundis (Andreas Hammerschmidt, 1611-1675)
Motet at the Communion: O Sacrum Convivium (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Postlude: Praeludium in E minor (Op. 59, No. 1) (Reger)

Music for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Missa pro defunctis (Vatican Gradual)
Introit: Requiem aeternam (plainsong, mode vi)
Alleluia: Requiem aeternam (plainsong, mode viii)
Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe (plainsong, mode ii)
Communion: Lux aeterna (plainsong, mode viii)

Music for All Saints' Day (Missale Romanum of 1970, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Gaudeamus
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Venite ad me (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: By All Your Saints Still Striving (St. Theodulph)
Communion: Beati mundo corde (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Dialogue sur les grands jeux (from Suite Brève) (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)

Music for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Prélude from Suite médiévale (Jean Langlais, 1907-1991)
Missa O Rex gloriae (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Christ the King: Dignus est Agnus
Motet at the Offertory: Vexilla Christus inclyta (David J. Hughes, b.1980)
Hymn at the Communion: Te sæculorum Principem (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Acclamations Carolingiennes [Christus vincit] (Langlais)

Music for the Thirtieth Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Tiento from Suite médiévale (Langlais)
Alleluia: Lauda, Jerusalem, Dominum (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Offertory: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)
Communion: Laetabimur (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
Postlude: Prelude on Deo Gratias (Willan)

Music for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa Pater cuncta (Vatican Gradual, Mass XII)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost: Dicit Dominus: Ego cogito
Motet at the Offertory: De profundis [Ps. 130, prima pars] (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Motet at the Communion: A custodia matutina [Ps. 130, secunda pars] (Josquin)
Postlude: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (Dorian) (BWV 538) (Bach)

Music for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654) (Bach)
Alleluia: Lauda, anima mea (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Adoro Te devote (plainsong, mode v)
Communion: Domine Dominus noster (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Panis Angelicus (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921)
Postlude: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (Dorian) (BWV 538) (Bach)

Music for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on Kyrie Orbis factor
Missa Dominicalis (Tomas Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost: Si iniquitates
Motet at the Offertory: Si iniquitates (Samuel Wesley, 1766-1837)
Hymn at the Communion: Panis angelicus (plainsong, mode iv)
Postlude: Præludium in F# minor (BuxWV 146) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)

Music for the Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:30 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Si iniquitates
Alleluia: Qui timent Dominum (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (St. Columba)
Communion: Aufer a me (plainsong, mode ii)
Motet at the Communion: Most Glorious Lord of Life (William H. Harris, 1883-1973)
Postlude: Præludium in F# minor (BuxWV 146) (Buxtehude)