Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 8:00 a.m. & 12:10 p.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)
Hymn at the Procession: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing (Lasst uns Erfreuen)
Communion: Psallite Domino (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Improvisation on the propers of the day
Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Alléluias sereins (Messiaen)
Missa ‘Alleluia’ (Jean Mouton, c.1459-1522)
Gregorian Mass of Ascension Day: Viri Galilaei
Improvisation at the Offertory
Hymn at the Communion: Optatus votis omnium (plainsong, mode i)
Postlude: Prière du Christ montant vers son Père [Prayer of Christ ascending to His Father] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)
