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Music for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Exaudi, Domine
Missa Fons bonitatis (Vatican Gradual, Mass II)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Exaudi, Domine
Motet at the Offertory: Exaudi, Domine, orationem meam (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Tu solus qui facis mirabilia (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Postlude: Glorificamus (John Redford, c.1485-1547)

Music for the Eleventh Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Le Dieu caché (from Livre du Saint Sacrement) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Communion: Unam petii (plainsong, mode vii)
At the Communion: Prière après la communion (from Livre du Saint Sacrement) (Messiaen)
Postlude: Fugue in D Major, BWV 532 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Toccata avanti la Messa della Domenica (Girolamo Frescobaldi, 1583-1643)
Missa Orbis Factor (Vatican Gradual, Mass XI)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Dominus illuminatio mea
Motet at the Offertory: Illumina oculos meos (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Motet at the Communion: Eripe me (Lasso)
Postlude: Canzona post il Communio (Frescobaldi)

Music for the Tenth Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Toccata avanti la Messa della Domenica & Kyrie della Domenica (Frescobaldi)
Communion: Dominus firmamentum meum (plainsong, mode ii)
At the Communion: Toccata cromatica per l’Elevazione (Frescobaldi)
Postlude: Canzona post il Communio (Frescobaldi)

Music for the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (external solemnity)
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Cogitationes
Missa Cuncipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV)
Gregorian Mass of the Sacred Heart: Cogitationes
Motet at the Offertory: Jesu dulcis memoria (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Motet at the Communion: O bone et dulcis Domine Jesu (Josquin des Prez, c.1450-1521)
Postlude: Improvisation on the Pater noster and Ave Maria

Music for the Ninth Sunday of the Year (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Toccata in D Minor, BWV 565 (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Communion: Ego clamavi (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 (Bach)

Music for the Feast of Corpus Christi (external solemnity) (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Sequence Lauda Sion
Missa Octavi Toni (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Corpus Christi: Cibavit eos
Motet at the Offertory: Caro mea (Matthias Gascogne, d. 16th C.)
Motet at the Communion: O Salutaris Hostia (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Postlude: Versets on Verbum supernum: Récit en dialogue (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)

Music for the Feast of Corpus Christi (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Adoro Te (from Livre du Saint Sacrement) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Sequence: Lauda Sion (plainsong, mode vii)
Alleluia: Caro mea (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Offertory: Ave verum corpus (Edward Elgar, 1857-1934)
Communion: Qui manducat (plainsong, mode vi)
At the Communion: Prière avant la communion (from Livre du Saint Sacrement) (Messiaen)
Motet at the Communion: O Sacred Feast (Healey Willan, 1880-1968)
At the Procession of the Most Blessed Sacrament: Hymns as in the program
Postlude: Versets on Verbum supernum: Récit de Basse de Trompette (de Grigny)

Music for Trinity Sunday (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Vespers hymn Jam sol recedit igneus
Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Gregorian Mass of Trinity Sunday: Benedicta sit sancta Trinitas
Motet at the Offertory: O Lux Beata Trinitas (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Motet at the Communion: Duo seraphim clamabant (Victoria)
Postlude: Gloria Tibi Trinitas (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585)

Music for Trinity Sunday (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Allein Gott in der Höh sei her (Georg Böhm, 1661-1773)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Benedictus es (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Ancient of Days (J. Albert Jeffery, 1855-1929)
Communion: Benedicimus Deum caeli (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Father of heaven, Whose love profound (Orlando Gibbons, 1583-1625)
Postlude: Fugue in E-flat Major (‘St. Anne’), BWV 552 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Music for Pentecost (Whitsunday) (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on Veni Creator Spiritus
Missa Æterna Christi munera (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of Pentecost: Spiritus Domini
Hymn at the Offertory: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Versets on Veni Creator: Duo (Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703)

Music for Pentecost (Whitsunday) (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Versets on Veni Creator: En taille, Fugue a 5 (de Grigny)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Sequence: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode i)
Alleluia: Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainsong, mode ii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Communion: Factus est repente (plainsong, mode vii)
Hymn at the Communion: Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling (Herbert Howells, 1892-1983)
Postlude: Versets on Veni Creator: Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux (de Grigny)

Music for the Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Canzona in C Major, BuxWV 166 (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
Missa Regina caeli (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594)
Gregorian Mass of the Sunday in Ascensiontide: Exaudi, Domine
Hymn at the Offertory: Salutis humanae Sator (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: Ave verum corpus (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
Postlude: Fugue in C Major (‘Jig’ Fugue), BuxWV 174 (Buxtehude)

Music for the Seventh Sunday of Easter (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel [Serene alleluias from a soul longing for heaven] (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Exivi a Patre (plainsong, mode vii)
Motet at the Offertory: Regina caeli (Gregor Aichinger, 1564-1628)
Communion: Pater, cum essem (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)
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) (Messiaen)

Music for Ascension Thursday (Missale Romanum of 1970, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Ascension (from Le Miroir de Jésus: Mystères du Rosaire) (André Caplet, 1878-1925)
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: Look, Ye Saints, the Sight Is Glorious (Coronae) (W.H. Monk, 1823-1889)
Communion: Data est mihi (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Our Lord Is Risen from the Dead (Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag)
Postlude: Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père [Majesty of Christ praying that His Father should glorify Him] (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)

Music for Ascension Thursday (Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Chorale on Viri Galilaei (David J. Hughes, b.1980)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of Ascension Day: Viri Galilaei
Hymn at the Offertory: Salutis humanae Sator (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Communion: Regina caeli, jubila (Katholischer Geistlicher Kirchengesang, 1599)
Postlude: Fugue on Ascendit Deus (Hughes)

Music for the Fifth Sunday after Easter (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Missa Lux et origo (Vatican Gradual, Mass I)
Gregorian Mass of the Fifth Sunday after Easter: Vocem jucunditatis
Hymn at the Offertory: Exsultemus et laetemur (plainsong, mode iii)
Motet at the Communion: Haec dies (William Byrd, c.1543-1623)
We welcome Mr. Sebastián Zubieta as guest conductor for this Mass.

Music for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Hymn at the Offertory: Hail Thee, Festival Day (Salve festa dies) (Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958)
Hymn at the Communion: He Is Risen, He Is Risen! (Neander) (Joachim Neander, 1650-1680)
We welcome Mr. William Riccio as guest conductor for this Mass.

Music for the Fourth Sunday after Easter (Missale Romanum of 1962, 9:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Heut’ triumphieret Gottes Sohn, BWV 630 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)
Missa ‘Alleluia’ (Jean Mouton, c.1459-1522)
Gregorian Mass of the Fourth Sunday after Easter: Cantate Domino
Motet at the Offertory: Cantate Domino (Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612)
Postlude: Toccata in A Minor (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, 1562-1621)

Music for the Fifth Sunday of Easter (Missale Romanum of 1970, 11:00 a.m.)
Prelude: Improvisation on the Introit Cantate Domino
Alleluia: Christus resurgens (plainsong, mode i)
Motet at the Offertory: Cantate Domino (Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, 1657-1743)
Communion: Tanto tempore (plainsong, mode iv)
Motet at the Communion: O For a Closer Walk With God (Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924)
Postlude: Improvisation on Duke Street