SCHEDULE OF CHORAL MUSIC
The Assumption 2006 to the Assumption 2007
August 15 – THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Tuesday)
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
Robert McCormick (Organist and Music Director)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa ‘Sancta et immaculata’ – Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Sancta et immaculata Virginitas – Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500-1553)
September 7 – FOR THE DEPARTED (Thursday)
At Solemn Evensong 5:00 PM
Evening Service (Tones VIII and III with fauxbourdons) – Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Never weather-beaten sail (Songs of Farewell, 1916) – C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918)
This service is offered in memory of employees of Citibank N.A.
who died in the attacks of September 11, 2001.
September 14 – HOLY CROSS DAY (Thursday)
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
Oliver Brett (King’s College, Cambridge, England)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Late thirteenth and early fourteenth century English Mass – Anonymous (Worcester fragments)
When Jesus wept – William Billings (1646-1700)
This evening’s Mass is sung by New York Polyphony.
October 1 – THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Asperges me – Michael Haydn (1737-1806)
Missa brevis D-dur, KV 194 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Beati quorum via (Three Motets, Opus 38) – Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Brian Harlow (Norwalk, Connecticut)
October 8 – THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa ‘Le bien que j’ay’ – Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572)
Laudate Dominum – Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
John Walthausen, Jr. (New York)
October 15 – THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa in honorem Sancti Iosephi, Opus 21 – Flor Peeters (1903-1986)
Pater noster (1926/1949) – Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Recital 4:40 PM
Jeffrey Johnson, organist and Sarah Pillow, soprano
October 22 – THE TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa brevis – Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1510-1586)
Ave verum corpus – Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Isabelle Demers (New York)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
The service is sung this evening by the choir of St. Peter’s Church, Morristown, New Jersey.
October 29 – THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa 'O quam gloriosum' – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Ego sum panis vivus – William Byrd (1543-1623)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Ernest Lehrer (New York)
November 1 – ALL SAINTS’ DAY (Wednesday)
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
James Davy (Blackburn Cathedral, England)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa Sancti Thomae, Opus 40 – Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
Let all the world in every corner sing (1965) – Leighton
November 2 – ALL SOULS’ DAY (Thursday)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa pro defunctis (1621, à 8) – Duarte Lôbo (c. 1545-1646)
November 5 – THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Solemn Mass today includes a congregational setting and music by a cantor from the choir.
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Roger Castellani (Brooklyn, New York)
November 12 – THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa ‘Osculetur me’ – Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Iesu dulcis memoria – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
David Lamb (Columbus, Indiana)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
The service is sung today by the choir of men and boys of Christ Church, Greenwich, Connecticut.
November 19 – The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Plainsong Mass for a mean – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1559/60)
Peccantem me quotidie – Claudio Merulo (1533-1604)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Christopher Creaghan (New York)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
The service is sung today by the choir of men and boys
of the Church of the Transfiguration, New York.
November 26 – THE FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING
Missa brevis (1977) – Jackson Hill (b. 1941)
Sing, my soul, his wondrous love – Ned Rorem (b. 1923)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
James Wetzel (New York)
December 3 – THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Missa ‘Ego flos campi’ – Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c. 1590-1664)
Vox clamantis in deserto – Juan Esquivel (c. 1563-after 1613)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
David J. Hughes (New York)
December 7 – THE EVE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (Thursday)
At Solemn Evensong 6:00 PM
Evening Service in G, Opus 81 – Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Fair in face – Healey Willan (1880-1968)
December 8 – THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Friday)
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
Robert McCormick (Organist and Music Director)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa Cantate – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1559/60)
Ave Maria (à 8) – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
December 10 – THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Missa Sancti Joannis – Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741)
E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come – Paul Manz (b. 1919)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Jason Roberts (Morristown, New Jersey)
December 17 – THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Missa ‘Ave maris stella’ – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Rorate coeli – Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Ross Wood (Boston, Massachusetts)
December 24 – THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Missa parvula (2002) – Peter Maxwell Davies (b. 1938)
I sing of a maiden – Patrick Hadley (1899-1973)
December 24 – THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Music for Choir, Congregation and Organ 4:40 PM, including
The truth from above – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
I sing of a maiden – Patrick Hadley (1899-1973)
At the Mass 5:00 PM
Communion Service in F – Herbert W. Sumsion (1899-1995)
Candlelight Carol – John Rutter (b. 1945)
Music for Choir, Congregation and Organ 10:30 PM, including
The truth from above – Vaughan Williams
Bethlehem Down – Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
I sing of a maiden – Hadley
At the Mass 11:00 PM
Mass in G minor (1921) – Vaughan Williams
Ding, dong! merrily on high – 16th century French; harm. Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Candlelight Carol – Rutter
December 25 – THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (Monday)
At the Mass 11:00 AM
Communion Service in F – Herbert W. Sumsion (1899-1995)
Bethlehem Down – Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
December 31 – THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS
Missa ‘O magnum mysterium’ – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
O magnum mysterium – Victoria
January 5 – THE EVE OF THE EPIPHANY(Friday)
Recital 5:30 PM
The Choir of Dean Close School, Cheltenham, England
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa ‘Quaeramus cum pastoribus’ – Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500-1553)
Surge illuminare – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
January 7 – THE BAPTISM OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Missa ‘De la batalla escoutez’ – Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Videntes stellam Magi – Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Mark Peterson (Brooklyn, New York)
January 14 – THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Cantus Missae (Messe in Es-dur), Opus 109 – Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)
O sacrum convivium – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Christopher Jennings (West Hartford, Connecticut)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Gloucester Service) – Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
A lullaby of the Nativity – Anne Boyd (b. 1946)
O salutaris Hostia – Pierre de la Rue (c. 1460-1518)
Tantum ergo, Opus 10/4 – Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Today’s services are sung by the choir of Christ Church St. Laurence,Sydney, Australia,
directed by Dr. Neil McEwan.
January 21 – THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Canterbury Mass (1980) – Anthony Piccolo (b. 1946)
Shout the glad tidings (1978) – Ned Rorem (b. 1923)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Christopher Howerter (Oberlin, Ohio)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
The service is sung today by the choir of Christ Church, Tyler, Texas,
directed by Donald W. Duncan.
January 28 – THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Messa a quattro voci da cappella (1650) – Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
O bone Iesu – attributed to Loyset Compère (c. 1445-1518)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Paul Weber (Steubenville, Ohio)
February 2 – THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (Friday)
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
Kyle Babin (New York)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Nunc dimittis (Fauxbourdons) – Robert McCormick (b. 1978)
Missa aedis Christi (1958) – Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
A New Song (1997) – James MacMillan (b. 1959)
February 4 – THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Missa ‘Simile est regnum coelorum’ – Alonso Lobo (c. 1555-1617)
Simile est regnum coelorum – Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
William Easterling (New York)
February 11 – THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Missa syllabica (1977/1996) – Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
The Beatitudes (1990/1996) – Pärt
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Carol Weitner (Cold Spring Harbor, New York)
February 18 – THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Messe en style ancien (1952) – Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
O salutaris Hostia – Jehan Alain (1911-1940)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Paul J. Murray (New York)
This morning's Mass setting is sung in commemoration
of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jean Langlais.
February 21 – ASH WEDNESDAY
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa ‘In die tribulationis’ – Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Miserere mei, Deus – Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)
Emendemus in melius – William Byrd (1543-1623)
February 25 – THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT
Missa quatuor vocem – Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Iustitiae Domini rectae – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
March 4 – THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
Mass for Three Voices – William Byrd (1543-1623)
Have mercy upon me, O Lord – Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
March 4 – THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT
Missa ‘Nunca fué pena mayor’ – Francisco de Peñalosa (c. 1470-1528)
O vos omnes – Juan Esquivel (c. 1563-after 1613)
March 18 – THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT
Missa brevis, Opus 57 – Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
I sat down – Edward C. Bairstow (1874-1946)
March 25 – THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT
Missa ‘Praeparate corda vestra’ – Stefano Bernardi (c. 1585-1636)
O Domine Iesu Christe – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
March 26 – THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (Transferred—Monday)
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
Robert McCormick (organist and music director) and Chad Kelly (music intern)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa ‘Salve intemerata’ – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
Salve Regina – Josquin Desprez (c. 1440-1521)
April 1 – PALM SUNDAY
Mass for Five Voices, Opus 64 – Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
April 2 – MONDAY IN HOLY WEEK
Solemn Evensong 6:00 PM
The service is sung today by the choir of Eton College, England,
directed by Ralph Allwood.
April 5 – MAUNDY THURSDAY
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa brevis, Opus 50 – Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
April 6 – GOOD FRIDAY
The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord 12:30 PM and 6:00 PM
Sung to plainsong, with Reproaches – John Sanders (1933-2003)
April 7 – EASTER EVE
The Great Vigil of Easter 7:00 PM
Communion Service in E – Harold Darke (1888-1976)
Christ our Passover (1970) – Mason Martens (1933-1991)
Ye choirs of new Jerusalem – Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
April 8 – EASTER DAY
Missa octo vocum – Hans Leo Hassler (1562-1612)
Dum transisset Sabbatum (I) – John Taverner (c. 1490-1545)
Organ Recital 4:30 PM
Robert McDermitt (associate organist) and Chad Kelly (music intern)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in D – A. Herbert Brewer (1865-1928)
O salutaris Hostia (2006) – Robert McCormick (b. 1978)
Tantum ergo, Opus 18/1 – Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
April 15 – THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa Morus (1983) – Elliot Z. Levine (b. 1948)
O hear us, Lord (1979) – Anthony Piccolo (b. 1946)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Ted W. Barr (Cherry Hill, New Jersey)
April 22 – THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa in simplicitate (1953) – Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
Christo resurgenti – François Couperin (1668-1733)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Kyle Babin (New York)
April 23 – ROBERT McCORMICK & RUTH CUNNINGHAM IN CONCERT (Monday, 8:00 PM)
Heaven and Earth are Joined: Eastertide Music for Voice and Organ
Chants, Improvisations and Organ Works
April 29 – THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa ‘Il bianco e dolce cigno’ – Stefano Bernardi (c. 1585-1636)
Sing joyfully – William Byrd (1543-1623)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Gail Archer (New York)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
The service is sung today by the choir of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, White Plains, New York,
directed by Christopher King.
May 6 – THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa ‘Ave Regina coelorum’ – Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c. 1590-1664)
Ave Virgo sanctissima – Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Karen Beaumont (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
The service is sung today by the choristers of the Church of St. Luke in the Fields, New York,
directed by David Shuler.
May 13 – THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa brevis F-dur, KV 192 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Christ rising again – John Amner (1579-1641)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Andrew Kotylo (Bloomington, Indiana)
May 17 – ASCENSION DAY (Thursday)
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
Robert McCormick (Organist and Music Director)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa ‘Assumpsit Iesus’ – Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551-1622)
Viri Galilaei – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
May 20 – THE SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa Tertii toni – Costanzo Porta (1528/29-1601)
O God, the King of glory – Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Shannon Gallier (Shreveport, Louisiana)
May 27 – THE DAY OF PENTECOST
Missa ‘Ave Regina coelorum’ – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Dum complerentur – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Douglas Keilitz (New York)
May 31 – THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Thursday)
Choral Prelude 5:50 PM
Women’s Ensemble from Hunter College, New York
Lily Ardalan, director
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Ave Maria – Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
June 3 – TRINITY SUNDAY
The Office of Holy Communion (Collegium Regale) – Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Libera nos, salva nos – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1559/60)
Te Deum laudamus in B-flat – Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Woo-sug Kang (Bloomington, Indiana)
June 10 – CORPUS CHRISTI
Missa Resurrectionis (1976) – Gerre Hancock (b. 1934)
O sacrum convivium – Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Ave verum corpus – Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Adoremus in aeternum (2006) – Iain Quinn (b. 1973)
The full choir does not sing on ordinary Sundays of the summer months.
The choir sings on Sunday, July 1 and on the Assumption, Wednesday, August 15,
and returns to the regular schedule on Sunday, October 7.
July 1 – THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa ‘Osculetur me’ – Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Adoremus in aeternum (2006) – Iain Quinn (b. 1973)
Today's choral music is presented in conjunction with
the Region II Convention of the American Guild of Organists.
July 4 – STEPHEN THARP IN RECITAL (Independence Day, 2:00 PM)
Presented as part of the American Guild of Organists' Region II Convention
August 15 – THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Wednesday)
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
Robert McCormick (Organist and Music Director)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa ‘Assumpta est Maria’ – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Assumpta est Maria – Palestrina
