Category Archives: Special Masses

Saturday, 2 February 2019, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Purification of Our Lady (Candlemas)
(Missale Romanum of 1962)

Prelude: Adagio Cantabile from Symphony 4 (Op. 13, No. 4) (Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937)

At the Blessing of Candles & Procession
At the blessing of candles: Lumen ad revelationem gentium (plainsong, mode viii), etc.
At the procession: Angularis fundamentum (Regent Square)
At the procession: Adorna thalamum (plainsong, mode vi)

At Mass
Missa Quarti toni (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of Candlemas: Suscepimus Deus
Hymn at the Offertory: Felix namque (William Byrd, 1540-1623)
Motet at the Communion: Senex puerum portabat (Victoria)

Postlude: Carillon de Westminster (Op. 54, No. 6) (Louis Vierne, 1870-1937)

Tuesday, 1 January 2019, 9:30 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Circumcision & Octave Day of Christmas
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Canonic variations on Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (BWV 769) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: Angels From the Realms of Glory (Regent Square)
Missa Sancta et immaculata (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of the Octave Day of Christmas: Puer natus est
Motet at the Offertory: O magnum mysterium (Andrea Rota, c.1553-1597)
Motet at the Communion: Mirabile mysterium (Orlande de Lassus, c.1532-1594)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Veni Creator Spiritus (plainsong, mode viii)
Postlude: Canonic variations on Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (BWV 769) (Bach)

Tuesday, 1 January 2019, 11:30 a.m.
Music for the Feast of St. Mary, Mother of God
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Hymn at the Procession: Sing of Mary, Pure and Lowly (Pleading Saviour)
Introit: Salve sancta parens (plainsong, mode ii)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Gradual: Diffusa est gratia (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Post partum (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Offertory: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (Carol)
Communion: Exsulta filia Sion (plainsong, mode iv)
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Angels We Have Heard On High (Gloria)
Organ music as above

Music for a Votive Mass of Our Lady in Advent
Saturday, 15 December 2018, 6:30 a.m.
Missale Romanum of 1962
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gregorian Mass of Our Lady in Advent: Rorate caeli
Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Rorate caeli (plainsong, mode i)

Saturday, 8 December 2018, 9:00 a.m.
Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: Vêpres du commun des fêtes de la Sainte Vierge: Vespers antiphons (Op. 18, Nos. 1-5) (Marcel Dupré, 1886-1971)
Hymn at the Procession: Hail, Queen of the Heavens (Panecillo)
Missa Sancta et immaculata (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Gregorian Mass of the Immaculate Conception: Gaudens gaudebo
Motet at the Offertory: O Virgo benedicta (Guerrero)
Motet at the Communion: Ego flos campi (Jacobus Handl, 1550-1591)
Postlude: Vêpres du commun des fêtes de la Sainte Vierge: Ave maris stella (Op. 18, Nos. 6-9) (Dupré)

Saturday, 8 December 2018, 12:10 p.m.
Music for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
(Missale Romanum of 2002)
Hymn at the Procession: Immaculate Mary (Lourdes Hymn)
Introit: Gaudens gaudebo (plainsong, mode iii)
Missa cum jubilo (Vatican Gradual, Mass IX)
Gradual: Benedicta es tu (plainsong, mode v)
Alleluia: Tota pulchra es (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Offertory: Mary, How Lovely the Light of Your Glory (Chance)
Communion: Gloriosa (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Communion: Hail, Queen of the Heavens (Panecillo)
Marian antiphon: Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainsong, mode v)
Organ music as above