Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 1970, 12:10 p.m.)
Prelude: Prélude pour l’Ascension (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Charles Tournemire, 1870-1939)
Missa de Angelis (Vatican Gradual, Mass VIII)
Processional Hymn: Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise (Llanfair)
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Communion: Data est mihi (plainsong, mode i)
Hymn at the Communion: Our Lord Is Risen From The Dead (Erschienen ist)
Marian Antiphon: Regina caeli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Prière du Christ montant vers son Père [Prayer of Christ ascending to His Father] (from L’Ascension) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 1962, 5:30 p.m.)
Prelude: Prélude pour l’Ascension (from L’Orgue Mystique) (Tournemire)
Gregorian Mass of Ascension Day: Viri Galilaei
Kyrie: Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (plainsong, mode i); Plainsong Mass for a Mean (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558) [Student Schola]
Gloria: Ambrosian, XII C. (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola]
Alleluia: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola]
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii) [Student Schola]
Motet at the Offertory: Ascendens Christus in altum (prima pars) (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Sanctus: Plainsong Mass for a Mean (Sheppard)
Agnus Dei: Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (plainsong, mode vi) [Student Schola]
Motet at the Communion: Ascendit Deus (Ascendens Christus, secunda pars) (Guerrero)
Hymn at the Communion: Salutis humanae sator (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola]
Postlude: Prière du Christ montant vers son Père [Prayer of Christ ascending to His Father] (from L’Ascension (Messiaen)
The Schola Cantorum is joined today by the St. Mary’s Student Schola.
