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SCHEDULE OF CHORAL MUSIC

The Epiphany 2004 through the Assumption 2004



January 6 – THE EPIPHANY
Organ Recital 5:30
Robert McCormick
Procession & Solemn Mass 6:00
Missa ‘Surge propera’    Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Surge, illuminare     Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)

January 11 – THE BAPTISM OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Missa ‘O regem coeli’     Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
The shepherds’ farewell (L’enfance du Christ, Op. 25)     Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Organ Recital 4:40
Andrew Henderson (New York City)

January 18 – THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Missa in simplicitate (1953)     Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
Panis angelicus     Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Organ Recital 4:40
Robert McCormick with Jasmin Lalande, saxophone (New York City)

January 25 – THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Missa ‘Bell' amfitrit’ altera’     Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
O bone Jesu     attributed to Loyset Compère (c. 1445-1518)
Organ Recital 4:40
Gudmundur Sigurdsson with Margret Boasdottir, soprano (Rekyjavik, Iceland)

February 1 – THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Messe Nr. 2 in G-dur, D. 167     Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)
O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV 118     Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Organ Recital 4:40
Christopher Creaghan (New York City)

February 2 – THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Organ Recital 5:30
Robert McCormick

Blessing of Candles, Procession & Solemn Mass 6:00
Nunc dimittis (Fauxbourdons)  Robert McCormick (b. 1978)
Missa Papae Marcelli     Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Diffusa est gratia     Giovanni Maria Nanino (1543/44-1607)

February 8 – THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Missa brevis in F, Op. 117     Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Verleih uns Frieden     Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Organ Recital 4:40
Brian Harlow (New York City)

February 15 – THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Communion Service in F     Herbert W. Sumsion (1899-1995)
The Beatitudes     Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Organ Recital 4:40
Christopher Jennings (New Haven, Connecticut)

February 22 – THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Missa Luba arranged by Guido Haazen (20th century)
Great Day arranged by Warren Martin (1916-1982)
Organ Recital 4:40
Christopher Wells (New York City)

February 25 – ASH WEDNESDAY
Solemn Mass 6:00
Mass for Four Voices     William Byrd (1543-1623)
Miserere mei, Deus          Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)
Miserere mei, Deus      Byrd

February 29 – THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT
Missa quatuor vocem     Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Exaudi, Domine     Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1553/56-1612)

March 7 – THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
Missa ‘Le bien que j’ay’     Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572)
Eripe me de inimicis     Andreas Raselius (c. 1563-1602)

March 14 – THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT
Missa Secunda     Hans Leo Hassler (1562-1612)
Tristis est anima mea     Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)

March 21 – THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT
Missa brevis, Op. 57     Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
I sat down     Edward C. Bairstow (1874-1946)

March 25 – THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Organ Recital 5:30
David Phillips (London, England)

Procession & Solemn Mass 6:00
Missa ‘Ave maris stella’     Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Ave Maria (for double choir)     Victoria

March 28 – THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT
Missa ‘Pater noster’     Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
O Domine Jesu Christe     Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

April 4 – PALM SUNDAY
The Liturgy of the Palms, Procession & Solemn Mass of the Passion 11:00
Missa ‘In die tribulationis’ (1980)     McNeil Robinson (b. 1943)

April 8 – MAUNDY THURSDAY
The Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper 6:00
Missa syllabica     Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)

April 9 – GOOD FRIDAY
The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord 12:30 and 6:00
Sung to Plainsong, with Improperia     Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

April 10 – EASTER EVE
The Great Vigil of Easter 7:00
Communion Service in E     Harold E. Darke (1888-1976)
Sing ye to the Lord     Edward C. Bairstow (1874-1946)

April 11 – EASTER DAY
Solemn Mass 11:00
Missa ‘Maria Magdalene’     Alonso Lobo (c. 1555-1617)
Maria Magdalene     Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Organ Recital 4:30
Robert McDermitt (Associate Organist)
Solemn Paschal Evensong 5:00
Evening Service in A, Op. 12    Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
At Benediction
O salutaris Hostia    Sydney H. Nicholson (1875-1947)
Tantum ergo     Nicholson

April 18 – THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
Solemn Mass 11:00
Mass for Three Voices     William Byrd (1543-1623)
Christ rising again     John Sheppard (c. 1515-1559/60)
Organ Recital 4:40
Cleveland Kersh (Princeton, New Jersey)

April 25 – THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa brevis in B-dur, KV 275     Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Ave verum corpus, KV 618     Mozart
Organ Recital 4:40
To be announced

May 2 – THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Solemn Mass & May Crowning 11:00
Missa ‘Surge propera’     Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Regina coeli     Victoria
Organ Recital 4:40
Terry Heisey (Lebanon, Pennsylvania)

May 9 – THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Messe ‘Cum jubilo’, Op. 11     Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
O salutaris Hostia, Op. 3, No. 1     Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
Organ Recital 4:40
Michael Diorio (Boston, Massachusetts)

May 16 – THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Mass for Five Voices     William Byrd (1543-1623)
Sing joyfully     Byrd
Organ Recital 4:40
Iain Quinn (Hartford, Connecticut)

May 20 – ASCENSION DAY
Organ Recital 5:30
Robert McCormick
Procession & Solemn Mass 6:00
Missa brevis, Op. 50     Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
God is gone up, Op. 27, No. 2     Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)

May 23 – THE SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa ‘Ascendens Christus in altum’     Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Ascendens Christus in altum     Victoria
Organ Recital 4:40
Karen Beaumont (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

May 30 – THE DAY OF PENTECOST
Solemn Mass 11:00
Missa brevis (1944)     Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
Draw us in the Spirit’s tether     Jack H. Ossewaarde (b. 1918)
Organ Recital 4:40
Richard Latham (New York City)

June 6 – TRINITY SUNDAY
Solemn Mass & Solemn Te Deum 11:00
Sarum Mass, Op. 66     Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
Libera nos, salva nos     John Sheppard (c. 1515-1559/60)
Festival Te Deum in E, Op. 32     Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Organ Recital 4:40
Dale Bonenberger (New York City)

June 13 – THE SOLEMNITY OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST
Solemn Mass, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament & Benediction 11:00
Chichester Mass     William Albright (1944-1998)
Communion      Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)

The full choir resumes the regular schedule on the Feast of the Dedication, Sunday, October 3, 2004. 

During the summer months, the choir sings only for the Assumption of Our Lady.


August 15 – THE ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY
Procession & Solemn Mass 11:00
Missa ‘Salve intemerata’     Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
Gaude, virgo mater Christi     Josquin Desprez (c. 1440-1521)

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