Saturday, 5 January 2013, 2:00 p.m.
The Cathedral Basilica of St. James, Brooklyn
Music for a Saturday of Our Lady in Christmastide
Pontifical Mass at the Throne
celebrated by His Excellency Bishop Athanasius Schneider
Auxiliary Bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan
Prelude: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (BuxWV 223) (Dietrich Buxtehude, c.1637-1707)
At the procession: Ecce sacerdos magnus (David J. Hughes, b.1980) [première]
At the vesting: A solis ortus cardine (plainsong, in alternation with versets of Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703) [Student Schola]
Introit: Vultum tuum (plainsong, mode ii) [Student Schola]
Kyrie & Sanctus: Missa Octavi toni (Orlando di Lasso, c.1532-1594) [Student Schola]
Gloria & Agnus Dei: Missa de Beata Virgine (Gregor Aichinger, c.1565-1628)
Gradual: Speciosus formam (plainsong, mode iii)
Alleluia: Post partum (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola]
Offertory: Felix namque es (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola]
Motet at the Offertory: Ave Maria (Peter Philips, 1561-1628) [Student Schola]
Communion: Beata viscera (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola]
Motet at the Communion: O gloriosa Dei Genitrix (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599 )
Motet at the Communion: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Johannes Ockeghem, c.1410-1497)
Postlude: Fantasy in G minor (BWV 542) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum
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The St. Mary’s Student Schola: Schola S. Caeciliae
This Mass, and the visit of Bishop Schneider to New York and Connecticut,
is sponsored by The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny.
