2007-2008
Choral Music and Liturgical Recitals
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
September 14 – HOLY CROSS DAY (Friday)
Choral Recital 5:30 PM
New York Polyphony (works from the Worcester fragments and by Andrew Smith, b. 1970)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Mass for Four Voices – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
Ecce quomodo moritur iustus – Jacob Handl (1550-1591)
When Jesus wept – William Billings (1646-1700)
This evening’s Mass is sung by New York Polyphony.
October 7 – THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Asperges me – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Missa a cinco vozes – Joan Cererols (1618-1676)
O quam suavis – Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551-1622)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Michael Goodman (Rochester, New York)
October 14 – THE TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa brevis C-dur, KV 259 (Orgelsolo) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
The heavens are telling (The Creation, Hob. XXI:2) – Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Eugene Lavery (New York)
October 21 – THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa Cuiusvis toni – Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1410-1497)
Parce Domine – Jacob Obrecht (c. 1450-1505)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Pavel Kohout (Czech Republic)
October 28 – THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Communion Service in A minor (1967) – Harold Darke (1888-1976)
Draw nigh and take the Body of the Lord – Richard DeLong (1951-1994)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Stephen Buzard (Princeton, New Jersey)
November 1 – ALL SAINTS’ DAY (Thursday)
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
Robert McCormick (Organist and Music Director)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Messe de Nostre Dame (Gloria in excelsis Deo) – Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300-1377)
The Frences Mass (Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei) – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1559/60)
Ave Maria, Mater Dei – William Cornysh senior (d. 1502) or William Cornysh junior (d. 1523)
November 2 – ALL SOULS’ DAY (Friday)
Messe de Requiem, Opus 48 – Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
November 4 – THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Music at the Solemn Mass today is sung by a cantor from the choir.
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
David Jernigan (New Haven, Connecticut)
November 11 – THE TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa ‘Cantate Domino’ – Duarte Lôbo (c. 1565-1646)
I know that my Redeemer liveth – Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Paul Olson (Brooklyn, New York)
November 18 – THE TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa ‘Simile est regnum coelorum’ – Alonso Lobo (c. 1555-1617)
Terra tremuit – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
David S. Macfarlane (Englewood, New Jersey)
November 25 – THE FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING
Mass for Mixed Chorus, Opus 84 – Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
Sing ye praises to our King (from Four Motets) – Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Edward Landin (Rochester, New York)
December 2 – THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT
Missa super ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’ – Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (c. 1670-1746)
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland – Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Katherine Meloan (Brooklyn, New York)
December 7 – THE EVE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (Friday)
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
Robert McCormick (Organist and Music Director)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Messe solennelle (1951) – Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
Judge eternal – Gerre Hancock (b. 1934)
December 9 – THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Missa Sine Nomine – Alexander Agricola (c. 1446-1506)
Ad te levavi oculos meos – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Sarah Bolluyt and Anthony Rispo (Pre-College Division, the Juilliard School, New York)
December 16 – THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Missa ‘Surge propera’ – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Rejoice in the Lord alway – Anonymous (Sixteenth century English)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Martin Boehling (Surfside Beach, South Carolina)
December 23 – THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Messe basse – Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Ave Maria, Opus 9/3 – Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Iris Lan (New York)
December 24 – THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (Monday)
Music for Choir and Congregation 4:40 PM, including
In the bleak midwinter – Harold Darke (1888-1976)
O magnum mysterium (1952) – Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
At the Mass 5:00 PM
Missa Resurrectionis (1976) – Gerre Hancock (b. 1934)
Angels’ Carol – John Rutter (b. 1945)
Music for Choir and Congregation 10:30 PM, including
In the bleak midwinter – Harold Darke (1888-1976)
Here is the little door – Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Infant holy, infant lowly – Polish carol, arranged by Gerre Hancock (b. 1934)
At the Mass 11:00 PM
Cantus Missae (Messe in Es-dur), Opus 109 – Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Angels’ Carol – John Rutter (b. 1945)
O magnum mysterium (1952) – Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
December 25 – THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (Tuesday)
At the Mass 11:00 AM
Missa super ‘Ich stund an einem Morgen’ – Jacob Handl (1550-1591)
Resonet in laudibus – Handl
December 30 – THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS
Gloria in excelsis Deo – Fourteenth century anonymous
Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei – Worcester fragments (Fourteenth century anonymous)
Nowell sing we – Fifteenth century anonymous
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
David Lamb (Columbus, Indiana)
January 6 – THE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Missa Cantuariensis, Opus 59 – Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)
The Three Kings – Peter Cornelius (1824-1874); arranged by Ivor Atkins (1869-1953)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Ted W. Barr (Cherry Hill, New Jersey)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
The service is sung today by the choir of Christ’s Church, Rye, New York
directed by Andrew Sheranian.
January 13 – THE BAPTISM OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Messa a quattro voci da cappella (1650) – Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Videntes stellam Magi – Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Jangoo Chapkhana (Perth, Australia)
January 20 – THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Mass for Four Voices – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
O nata lux – Tallis
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
David Enlow (New York)
January 27 – THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Missa Salve – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Magi viderunt stellam – Victoria
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
William Atwood (Washington, D.C.)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
The service is sung today by the choir of Trinity Church, Princeton, New Jersey,
directed by Tom Whittemore.
February 1 – THE EVE OF THE PRESENTATION (Friday)
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
Nancianne Parrella (New York)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Nunc dimittis (fauxbourdons) – Robert McCormick (b. 1978)
Mass for Saint Mary’s (2007) – Ted Hearne (b. 1982)
A New Song (1997) – James MacMillan (b. 1959)
February 3 – THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Communion Service in F – Harold Darke (1888-1976)
Holy is the true light – William H. Harris (1883-1973)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Ernest Lehrer (New York)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
Saint Mary’s new volunteer Evensong choir sings for this evening’s service.
February 6 – ASH WEDNESDAY
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa Che fa oggi il mio sole – Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)
Miserere mei, Deus – Allegri
Adoramus te, Christe – Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
February 10 – THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT
Missa syllabica (1977/1997) – Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Christus factus est (1979) – McNeil Robinson (b. 1943)
February 17 – THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
Plainsong Mass for a mean – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1559/60)
In manus tuas – Sheppard
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
Saint Mary’s new volunteer Evensong choir sings for this evening’s service.
February 17 – CLYDE HOLLOWAY IN RECITAL (Sunday, 8:00 PM)
Renowned organist and scholar of Olivier Messiaen, Clyde Holloway,
presents a recital of works by Messiaen and César Franck
in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Messiaen’s birth.
This recital is sponsored by the New York City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
For further information, please see www.nycago.org.
February 24 – THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT
Mass for Four Voices – William Byrd (1543-1623)
Salvator mundi – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
March 2 – THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT (LAETARE)
Messe en style ancien (1952) – Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
Pater noster (1926/1949) – Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
Saint Mary’s new volunteer Evensong choir sings for this evening’s service.
March 9 – THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT
Missa brevis (1965-66) – William Walton (1902-1983)
Drop, drop slow tears (1961) – Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
March 16 – PALM SUNDAY
Missa in die tribulationis (1980) – McNeil Robinson (b. 1943)
March 20 – MAUNDY THURSDAY
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Chichester Mass (1974/79) – William Albright (1944-1998)
March 21 – GOOD FRIDAY
The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord 12:30 PM and 6:00 PM
Sung to plainsong with Reproaches – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
March 22 – EASTER EVE
The Great Vigil of Easter 7:00 PM
Missa brevis, Opus 50 – Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
Dum transisset Sabbatum (I) – John Taverner (c. 1490-1545)
March 23 – EASTER DAY
Vidi aquam – Filipe de Magalhães (c. 1571-1652)
Missa Regina coeli laetare – Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650)
Regina coeli laetare (à 6) – Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500-1553)
Organ Recital 4:30 PM (Please note special time)
Robert McDermitt (Associate Organist)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
Evening Service in D – George Dyson (1883-1964)
O salutaris Hostia – Sydney Nicholson (1875-1947)
Tantum ergo – Nicholson
March 30 – THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa brevis – Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1510-1586)
Maria Magdalene – A. Gabrieli
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Timothy Denton (Noblesville, Indiana)
April 1 – THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (Tuesday)
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
Robert McCormick (Organist and Music Director)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa Nasce la gioia mia – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Ego flos campi – Clemens non Papa (1510/15-1555/56)
April 6 – THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
Messe pour le samedi de Pâques – Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1645/50-1704)
Christo resurgenti – François Couperin [le grand] (1668-1733)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Dale Bonenberger (New York)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
Saint Mary’s new volunteer Evensong choir sings for this evening’s service.
April 13 – THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa Misericordias Domini – Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)
How lovely is thy dwelling-place (Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45) – Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
John Buckel (Bronxville, New York)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
The service is sung today by the choir of Christ Church, Bronxville, New York,
directed by Christopher Wells.
April 20 – THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa Congratulamini mihi – Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Regina coeli (à 4) – Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500-1553)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
John Walthausen (New York)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
Saint Mary’s new volunteer Evensong choir sings for this evening’s service.
April 27 – THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa O quam gloriosum – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Christus resurgens – Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Hervé Duteil (New York)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
The service is sung today by the choir of Christ Church, Manhasset, New York,
directed by Kyle Babin.
May 1 – ASCENSION DAY (Thursday)
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
Christopher Creaghan (New York)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa brevis (1942-45) – Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
Poor wayfaring stranger – arr. Robert McCormick (b. 1978)
May 4 – 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 PM
Mark Winchester (Clearwater, Florida)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
Saint Mary’s new volunteer Evensong choir sings for this evening’s service.
May 11 – THE DAY OF PENTECOST
Missa octo vocum – Hans Leo Hassler (1562-1612)
Dum complerentur – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Christopher King (White Plains, New York)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
Saint Mary’s new volunteer Evensong choir sings for this evening’s service.
May 18 – TRINITY SUNDAY
Missa aedis Christi (1958) – Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
A hymn to the Trinity – Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
Te Deum laudamus (The Great Service) – William Byrd (1543-1623)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Matthew Lewis (New York)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
The service is sung today by the choir of St. Peter’s Church, Morristown, New Jersey,
directed by Brian Harlow.
May 19 – ROBERT McCORMICK IN RECITAL (Monday, 8:00 PM)
This recital has been cancelled.
May 25 – CORPUS CHRISTI
Missa brevis (1977) – James MacMillan (b. 1959)
Ave verum corpus (1952) – Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
O sacrum convivium (1937) – Oliver Messiaen (1908-1992)
The full choir does not sing on ordinary Sundays of the summer months.
The choir sings on the Assumption, Friday, August 15,
and returns to the regular schedule on Sunday, October 5.
August 14 – THE EVE OF THE ASSUMPTION (Thursday)
Solemn Evensong 6:00 PM
The service is sung today by the choir of All Saints’ Church, Northampton, England,
directed by Lee Dunleavy.
August 15 – THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Friday)
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
James Kennerley (Interim Organist and Music Director)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa Laetatus sum – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Exaltata est sancta Dei Genitrix – Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500-1553)
The choir of Saint Mary’s sings for the Solemn Mass.