Music for March 2017

Wednesday 1st March: ASH WEDNESDAY

MASS:
Gradual & Tract  Schultes.
Miserere mei  Allegri.
Inter vestibulum et altare  Ceballos.   
Sanctus & Agnus: Missa Emendemus  Palestrina.
Emendemus in melius  Byrd.

Sunday 5th March: LENT I

MASS:
Missa Inter vestibulum Guerrero.
Ecce nunc tempus acceptabile  Gombert.
Hei mihi Domine  Dering.

VESPERS:
Audi benigne Conditor  Gregorian chant.
Magnificat Tone 8 à 4 (No.1)  Anon.
Miserere mei  Lassus.

Sunday, 12th March: LENT II
MASS:
Missa Deus in adjutorium Lassus.
Exaudi Domine G. Gabrieli.
Usquequo Domine Guerrero.

VESPERS:
Audi benigne Conditor Gregorian chant.
Magnificat Tone 1 à 4  Viadana.
Exaudi Deus  Lassus.

Sunday 19th March: LENT III
MASS:
Missa Super flumina Babylonis  Guerrero.
Peccantem me quotidie   Merulo.
Super flumina Babylonis  Victoria.

VESPERS:
Audi benigne Conditor Gregorian chant.
Magnificat Tone 8 à 4 (No.2)  Anon.
Domine convertere  Lassus.

Saturday 25th March: ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD
MASS:
Missa Dixit Maria  Hassler.
Ave Maria  Donato.
Sancta Maria, succurre miseris  Victoria.
Symphony No. 2: Final  Widor.

Sunday 26th March: LENT IV: Laetare
MASS:
Sonata No. 4: Andante tranquillo Mendelssohn.
Kyrie (Missa brevis in G)  Bach.
Salvator mundi  Blow.
Agnus Dei (Mass in B minor) Bach.
Sonata No. 4: Con moto maestoso  Mendelssohn.

VESPERS:
Audi benigne Conditor Ingegneri.
Magnificat Tone 1 à 4 (1565)  Lassus.
Laudate Dominum  Palestrina.
Ave Regina caelorum   Soriano.
Partita: Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig  Böhm.

Tuesday 28th March: Opening of Forty Hours Exposition
MASS:
Missa Ave Regina caelorum  Victoria.
Panis angelicus   Rebelo.
Tantum ergo  Duruflé.
Lauda Sion   Correa de Arauxo.
Pange lingua  Palestrina.

Thursday 30th March: Close of Forty Hours Exposition
BENEDICTION:
O salutaris Hostia Fernand Laloux.
Lauda Sion Mendelssohn.
Tantum ergo à 5  Victoria.
Prelude: Kyrie, Gott, heiliger Geist (671)  Bach.

Music for February 2017

Thursday 2nd February: PRESENTATION OF THE LORD (Candlemas)

MASS:
Prelude: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin (Op. 79b, No. 5)  Reger.
Lumen ad revelationem   Walter.
Mass for four voices   Byrd.
Hodie beata Virgo Maria   Philips.
Senex puerum portabat   Victoria.
Fiat lux   Dubois.

Sunday 5th February: 5th of the Year

MASS:
Prelude: Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit (222)  Buxtehude.
Missa octo vocum   Hassler.
Videte miraculum   Tallis.
Tu solus qui facis mirabilia   Josquin.
Praeludium in G minor (149)  Buxtehude.

VESPERS:
Lucis Creator I   Ingegneri.
Magnificat 1 (No. 2)  Andreas.
Anima Christi sanctifica mea   Dering.
Capriccio cromatico   Tarquinio Merula.

Sunday 12th February: 6th of the Year (Septuagesima)

MASS:
Prelude in C   Bruckner.
Creation Mass   Haydn.
Nisi Dominus   attrib. Carissimi.
Ave verum corpus Christi   Liszt.
Prelude & Fugue in C minor   Bruckner.

VESPERS:
Lucis Creator II   Russill.
Magnificat Tone 7 à 5   Lassus.
O Domine Jesu Christe   Sweelinck.
Postlude in D minor   Bruckner.

Sunday 19th February: 7th of the Year (Sexagesima)

MASS:
Allegretto in C   Gade.
Missa Quattro voci (1651)  Monteverdi.
Verba mea   Schütz.
O bone Jesu (à 2)  Monteverdi.
Allegro in A minor   Gade.

VESPERS:
Lucis Creator III   Gregorian chant.
Magnificat Tone 6 à 4   Lassus.
Caro mea   Andrea Gabrieli.
Praeludium in C (138)  Buxtehude.

Sunday 26th February: 8th of the Year (Quinquagesima)

MASS:
Poco Allegro & Lento in C sharp minor (L’Organiste)  Franck.
Mass for five voices   Byrd.
Voce mea   Rosso.
O sacrum convivium   Palestrina.
Fantasia & Fugue in B flat   Boëly.

VESPERS:
Lucis Creator I   Ingegneri.
Magnificat Tone 1 à 6   Anon.
Adoramus te Christe   Gasparini.
Fugue sur le Pange Lingua   Benoist.

Music for January 2017

Sunday 1st January: MARY, THE MOTHER OF GOD

MASS:
Prelude: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist (614)  Bach.
Missa O magnum mysterium   Victoria.
Nesciens mater   Mouton.
O magnum mysterium   Victoria.
Noël Suisse   Daquin.

VESPERS:
Jesu Redemptor omnium   Gregorian chant.
Magnificat Tone 2   Bevan.
O magnum mysterium   Byrd.  
Alma Redemptoris mater (solemn tone)  Gregorian chant.
Prelude: In dir ist Freude (615)  Bach.

Sunday 8th January: THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD

MASS:
Chorale Prelude on ‘Stuttgart’  Peeters.
Missa Angelus ad pastores   H. Praetorius.
Stella quam viderunt Magi   Philips.
Magi veniunt ab Oriente   Clemens.
Fugue sur le carillon de Soissons   Duruflé.

VESPERS:
Crudelis Herodes   Gregorian chant.
Magnificat Tone 1 à 5   Lassus.
Omnes de Saba   Lassus.
Alma Redemptoris à 8   Lassus.
Prelude: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern   Pachelbel.

Sunday 15th January: 2nd of the Year

MASS:
Prelude: Jesu meine Freude (610)  Bach.
Missa Aeterna Christi munera   Palestrina.
Surge illuminare   Palestrina.
Videntes stellam   Lassus.
Fantasia in G major (572)  Bach.

VESPERS:
Lucis Creator I   Gregorian chant.
Magnificat Tone 1 à 5   Viadana.
Magi videntes stellam  Ammon.
Offertoire sur le Noël: Joseph est bien marié  Guilmant. 

Sunday 22nd January: 3rd of the Year

MASS:
Chorale-Prelude: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Op. 65 No. 64)  Karg-Elert.
Missa Alma Redemptoris mater   Victoria.
O admirabile commercium   Hassler.
Beata viscera Mariae Virginis   Merulo.
Final: Symphonie VI  Widor.

VESPERS:
Lucis Creator II   Washington.
Magnificat Tone 1 à 5   Anon.  
Mirabile mysterium   Willaert.
Carillon de Longpont (Op. 34 No. 24)  Vierne.

Sunday 29th January: 4th of the Year

MASS:
Kleines harmonisches Labyrinth (591)  Bach.
Spaurmesse in C (K.258)  Mozart.
Alma Redemptoris mater   Cavalli.
O sacrum convivium   Ammon.
Praeludium in G minor   Bruhns.

VESPERS:
Lucis Creator III   Russill.
Magnificat Tone 1 à 4   Anon.
Aquam quem ego dabo   Cardoso.
Alma Redemptoris à 4   Palestrina.
Noël: Ou s’en vont ces gais bergers   Balbastre.

Music for December 2016

Sunday 4th December: ADVENT II

MASS:
Missa Transeunte Domino   Handl.
Laetentur caeli   Byrd.
Veni Jesu Rex optime Dering.

VESPERS:
Creator alme siderum  Gregorian chant.
Magnificat Tone 8 à 5   Anon.
Veni Domine   Croce.

Wednesday 7th December: First Vespers of the Immaculate Conception

VESPERS:
Ave maris stella   Hassler.
Magnificat Tone 8 à 8   Bevan.
Ave Maria à 5   Lassus.
Alma Redemptoris mater à 8   Lassus.
Versets: Magnificat Secundi Toni   Weckmann.        

Thursday 8th December: THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (with period instruments)

MASS:
Verset on Ave maris stella Op. 18 No. 8   Dupré.
Missa Osculetur me   Lassus.
Ave Maria à 8   Victoria.
Beata es virgo MariaG. Gabrieli.
Magnificat primi toni (203)  Buxtehude.

Sunday 11th December: ADVENT III (Gaudete)

MASS:
Prelude: Wachet auf (645)  Bach.
Missa Sancti Joannis de Deo   Haydn.
Gaudeamus omnes   H. Praetorius.
Benedixisti Domine   G. Gabrieli.
Prelude & Fugue in A major (536)  Bach.

VESPERS & PROCESSION:
Creator alme siderum   Washington.
Magnificat Tone 8 à 5   Bevan.
Ecce concipies   Handl.
Prelude: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (661)  Bach.

Sunday 18th December: ADVENT IV

MASS:
Missa Conditor alme siderum   Animuccia.
Rorate caeli desuper   Byrd.
Ave Maria   Gombert.

VESPERS:
Creator alme siderum   Gregorian chant.
Magnificat Tone 2   Bevan.
Ecce apparebit Dominus   Vivanco.

Thursday 22nd December: Christmas Carol Service and Benediction, 7.30pm
with the Choir of the London Oratory and the Oratory Junior Choir

Saturday 24th December: Midnight Mass of Christmas (with orchestra)

MASS:
Carols for choir and congregation.
Nicolaimesse   Haydn.
Ehre sei Gott (Christmas Oratorio)  Bach.  
O magnum mysterium   Palestrina.
Fantasia: In dulci jubilo (729) Bach.

Sunday 25th December: THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD

MASS:
Coronation Mass (K. 317)  Mozart.
Verbum caro   Sheppard.
In dulci jubilo   trad. arr. Pearsall.
Final: Symphonie I   Vierne.

VESPERS:
Jesu redemptor omnium   Gregorian chant.
Magnificat Tone 1 à 5   Anon.
Quem pastores laudavere   14th cent. German.
Alma Redemptoris   Palestrina.
Personent hodie   Piae Cantiones arr. Holst.
Noël: Quand Jesus naquit à Noël   Balbastre.

Music for November 2016

Tuesday 1st November: ALL SAINTS

MASS:
Prelude: O wie selig   Brahms.
Missa O quam gloriosum   Victoria.
O quam gloriosum   Vaet.
Beati mundo corde   Byrd.
Offertoire sur les grands jeux (Messe des Paroisses)  Couperin.

Wednesday 2nd November: ALL SOULS (with orchestra)

MASS:
Messe de Requiem  Fauré.

Sunday 6th November: 32nd of the Year

MASS:
Prelude in D minor (539)  Bach.
Missa Vestiv’ i colli  Giovanelli.
Pater noster  Lassus.
O nomen Jesu  Dering.
Prelude in B minor (544)  Bach.

VESPERS:
Lucis Creator I  Wright.
Magnificat Tone 1 (No.2)  Andreas.
Ave verum à 5  Gounod.
Fugue on a theme of Corelli (579)  Bach.

Sunday 13th November: 33rd of the Year (Remembrance Sunday)

MASS:
Missa pro defunctis à 8  Duarte Lobo.
Versa est in luctum  Alonso Lobo.
Prelude in E minor (548)  Bach.

VESPERS:
Lucis Creator II  Gregorian chant.
Magnificat Tone 1 (No. 1)  Andreas.
Adoramus te Christe II  Rosselli.
Cortège et Litanie  Dupré.

Friday 18th November: Requiem for deceased Fathers and Brothers

MASS:
Missa pro defunctis  Anerio.
Justorum animae  Rosso.
Beati mortui  Mendelssohn.

Sunday 20th November: CHRIST THE KING

MASS:
Prelude: Ein feste Burg (184)  Buxtehude.
Missa Bel’ amfitrit altera  Lassus.
Tu Rex gloriae  Gounod.
Siderum rector  Byrd.
Christus vincit  Worcester chant.
Toccata (Symphonie V)  Widor.

VESPERS:
Te saeculorum principem  Gregorian chant.
Magnificat Tone 7 à 4  Lassus.
Jesu Rex admirabilis  Palestrina.
Christus vincit  Worcester chant.
Entrée pontificale  Bossi.

Sunday 27th November: ADVENT I

MASS:
Missa Prudentes virgines  Alonso Lobo.
Canite tuba in Sion  Guerrero.
Ecce Dominus veniet  Victoria.
Advent Prose: Rorate caeli  Gregorian chant.

VESPERS:
Creator alme siderum Gregorian chant.
Magnificat Tone 8 à 5  Anon.
Vox clamantis in deserto  Esquivel.

Music for October 2016

Sunday 2nd October: 27th of the Year

MASS:
Praeludium in F   Böhm.
Missa Simile est regnum caelorum   Victoria.
Salve Regina (à 5) Philips.
O bone Jesu (à 5)  Dering
Praeludium in C   Böhm.

VESPERS:
Lucis Creator II   Washington.
Magnificat 3 à 4   Anon.
Exaltabo te Domine   Croce.
Prelude: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr’  Böhm.

Sunday 9th October: 28th of the Year

MASS:
Canzona in C major   Weckmann.
Missa Beata Dei Genitrix   Alonso Lobo.
Ave Regina caelorum Cererols.
Immittet angelus   Palestrina.
Fantasia in D minor   Weckmann.

VESPERS:
Lucis Creator III   Russill.
Tone 6   Bernabei.
O sacrum convivium   Charpentier.
Fugue in D minor   Weckmann.

Sunday 16th October: 29th of the Year

MASS:
Prelude: Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort (185)  Buxtehude.
Missa Sancti Nicolai   Haydn.
Salve Regina (à 4)  Lassus.
O mysterium ineffabile   Lallouette.
Praeludium & Ciacona in C (137)  Buxtehude.

VESPERS:
Lucis Creator I   Ingegneri.
Magnificat 1 à 4   Viadana.
O sacrum convivium   Grandi.
Trio: Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr (664)  Bach.

Sunday 23rd October: 30th of the Year

MASS:
Organ antiphons: Clarifica me Pater   Tallis.
Missa Euge bone   Tye.
Tota pulchra es   Guerrero.
O sacrum convivium (à 6)  Victoria.
Praeludium in G minor   Tunder.

VESPERS:
Lucis Creator II   Russill.
Magnificat 1 à 5   Viadana.
Ave verum corpus   Elgar.
Fantasia in A minor   Byrd.

Sunday 30th October: 31st of the Year

MASS:
Concerto in G: Grave (592) Bach.
Missa Ultimi miei sospiri   Rosso.
Ave mundi spes Maria   Rosso.
Justus es Domine   Rosso.
Concerto in G: Allegro (592)  Bach.

VESPERS:
Lucis Creator III   Gregorian chant.
Magnificat 1 à 4   Anon. 
Novit Dominus   Lechner.
Concerto in G: Presto (592)  Bach.

Monday 31st October: First Vespers of All Saints

VESPERS:       Placare Christe servulis   Russill.
Magnificat Tone 1 à 5   Lassus.
O quam gloriosum   Marenzio.
Choral: Placare Christe servulis Dupré.