Thursday, 14 May 2015, 5:30 p.m.
Music for Ascension Thursday
(Missale Romanum of 1962)
Prelude: 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)
Mass for Four Voices (Thomas Tallis, c.1505-1585) [Student Schola]
Gregorian Mass of Ascension Day: Viri Galilaei
Introit: Viri Galilaei (plainsong, mode vii) [Student Schola]
Kyrie Lux et origo (plainsong, mode viii) [Student Schola]
Alleluia: Ascendit Deus (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola]
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina (plainsong, mode viii) [Student Schola]
Offertory: Ascendit Deus [Student Schola]
Motet at the Offertory: Viri Galilaei (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, c.1525-1594) [Student Schola]
Communion: Psallite Domino (plainsong, mode i) [Student Schola]
Motet at the Communion: Jesu nostra redemptio (Francisco Guerrero, 1528-1599)
Hymn at the Communion: Salutis humanae Sator (plainsong, mode iv) [Student Schola]
Marian antiphon: Regina cæli (plainsong, mode vi)
Postlude: Prière du Christ montant vers son Père [Prayer of Christ ascending to His Father] (from L’Ascension) (Messiaen)
The St. Mary's Schola Cantorum
The St. Cecilia Student Schola
The St. Gregory Student Schola
The St. John the Baptist Choristers
