2005-2006
Choral Music and Liturgical Recitals
August 15 – THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
Robert McCormick (Organist and Music Director)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa ‘Virgo prudentissima’ – Heinrich Isaac (c. 1450-1517)
O Virgo prudentissima – Josquin Desprez (c. 1440-1521)
October 2 – THE DEDICATION OF THE CHURCH
Missa aedis Christi – Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Behold, the tabernacle of God – William H. Harris (1883-1973)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Jonathan Hardy (Greenwich, Connecticut)
October 9 – THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa ‘Bell’ amfitrit’ altera’ – Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Laudate Dominus quia benignus – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Christian Lane (New York)
October 16 – THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (Kleine Orgelmesse, Hob. XXII:7) – Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
The heavens are telling (The Creation, Hob. XXI:2) – Haydn
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Ansgar Wallenhorst (Ratingen, Germany)
October 23 – THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa ‘Ave Virgo sanctissima’ – Juan Esquivel (c. 1563-after 1613)
Ego sum panis vivus – Esquivel
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
David J. Hughes (Pelham, New York)
October 30 – THE TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Communion Service in F – Harold Darke (1888-1976)
Let all mortal flesh keep silence – Edward C. Bairstow (1874-1946)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Timothy J. Brumfield (New York)
November 1 – ALL SAINTS’ DAY
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
Camille Bishop (Macon, Georgia)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa ‘Mille regretz’ – Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500-1553)
O quam gloriosum – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
November 2 – ALL SOULS’ DAY
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa pro defunctis (1583) – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
November 6 – THE TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
The music today includes a congregational setting and music by Mellissa Hughes, soprano.
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Mario Duella (Portula, Italy)
November 13 – THE TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa ‘Simile est regnum coelorum’ – Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Simile est regnum coelorum – Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500-1553)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Justin Bischof (New York)
November 20 – THE FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING
Missa brevis (1944) – Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
Lift up your heads, O ye gates – Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Christopher Creaghan (New York)
November 27 – THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Plainsong Mass for a mean – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1559/60)
Lo, in the time appointed – Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Paolo Bordignon (New York)
December 4 – THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Missa super ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’ – Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (c. 1670-1746)
Ecce Virgo concipiet – Heinrich Isaac (c. 1450-1517)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Martin Boehling (Surfside Beach, South Carolina)
December 8 – THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
Robert McCormick (Organist and Music Director)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa ‘Puer natus est nobis’ – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
This setting is offered in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Tallis’s birth.
Ave Regina coelorum – Peter Philips (1560/51-1628)
December 11 – THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT (GAUDETE)
Missa ‘Nunca fué pena mayor’ – Francisco de Peñalosa (c. 1470-1528)
Canite tuba in Sion – Sebastian de Vivanco (c. 1551-1622)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Anthony Pinel (Morristown, New Jersey)
December 18 – THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Missa in simplicitate (1953) – Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
Suscepit Israel (Magnificat, BWV 243) – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Michael Zadig (Boston, Massachusetts)
December 24 – THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Music for Choir, Congregation and Organ 10:30 PM, including
The Truth from above – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
A spotless Rose is blowing – Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
In the bleak midwinter – Harold Darke (1888-1976)
At the Mass 11:00 PM
Messe solennelle, Opus 16 – Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
A Child my choice – Richard Wayne Dirksen (1921-2003)
Dormi, Jesu – John Rutter (b. 1945)
December 25 – THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Mass in the Phrygian mode – Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Ding, dong! merrily on high – 16th century French; harm. Wood
January 1 – THE HOLY NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Missa ‘O magnum mysterium’ – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
O magnum mysterium – Victoria
January 6 – THE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
Eric Plutz (Princeton, New Jersey)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa ‘Cum iucunditate’ – Pierre de la Rue (c. 1460-1518)
Ecce advenit – William Byrd (1543-1623)
January 8 – THE BAPTISM OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Communion Service in B-flat, Opus 10/4 – Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
(Gloria in excelsis Deo)
Missa brevis No. 4 (‘Corde natus ex parentis’) – Healey Willan (1880-1968)
(Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei)
Christ, whose glory fills the skies – T. Frederick H. Candlyn (1892-1964)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Jangoo Chapkhana ( Perth, Australia)
January 15 – THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Missa ‘Il bianco e dolce cigno’ – Stefano Bernardi (c. 1585-1636)
Omnes de Saba venient – Jacob Handl (1550-1591)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Andrew Scanlon ( Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
January 22 – THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Communion Service in F – Herbert W. Sumsion (1899-1995)
Jesu, the very thought of thee – Edward C. Bairstow (1874-1946)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Andrew Sheranian ( Rye, New York)
January 29 – THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Missa secunda – Hans Leo Hassler (1512-1562)
Iubilate Deo – Hassler
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Mark Trautman ( New Brunswick, New Jersey)
February 2 – THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
Robert McCormick (Organist and Music Director)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Nunc dimittis (Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense, 1961) – Michael Tippett (1905-1998)
Missa brevis, Opus 50 – Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
The Lamb – John Tavener (b. 1944)
February 5 – THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Missa ‘Il me suffit’ – Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Exaudi, Domine – Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1553/56-1612)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Mitchell Crawford (New York)
February 12 – THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Messe für zwei vierstimmige Chöre (1922-6) – Frank Martin (1890-1974)
Sicut cervus – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
The Martin Messe is sung today by the choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland.
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Ben Woodward ( Stamford, Connecticut)
February 19 – THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Missa super ‘Ich stund an einem Morgen’ – Jacob Handl (1550-1591)
Pater noster – Handl
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Robert McCormick and Robert McDermitt
February 26 – THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Missa brevis C-dur, KV 220 (“Spatzenmesse”) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Iesu dulcis memoria – Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Marie Daniele Mercier (Mountainside, New Jersey)
March 1 – ASH WEDNESDAY
Missa ‘Aeterna Christi munera’ – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Miserere mei, Deus – Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)
Super flumina Babylonis – Palestrina
March 5 – THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT
Missa quarti toni – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Versa est in luctum – Victoria
(There are no organ recitals on Sundays in Lent.)
March 12 – THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
Missa ‘Petre ego pro te rogavi’ – Alonso Lobo (c. 1555-1617)
Christe, adoramus te – Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
March 19 – THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT
Missa a quattro voci ‘In illo tempore’ – Anonymous (formerly attributed to Monteverdi)
Tristis est amima mea – Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
March 24 – THE EVE OF THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
Robert McCormick (Organist and Music Director)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Messe ‘Cum jubilo’, Opus 11 – Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Ave Maria (Angelus Domini) – Franz Biebl (1906-2001)
March 26 – THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT (LAETARE)
Communion Service in D minor – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
O taste and see – Vaughan Williams
April 2 – THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT
Mass for Four Voices – William Byrd (1543-1623)
Ave verum corpus – Byrd
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
The service is sung today by the choir of Eltham College, England.
April 9 – PALM SUNDAY
Missa dorica, Opus 15 – Hermann Schroeder (1904-1984)
April 13 – MAUNDY THURSDAY
The Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper 6:00 PM
Chichester Mass (1974/79) – William Albright (1944-1998)
April 14 – 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 15 – EASTER EVE
The Great Vigil of Easter 7:00 PM
Communion Service in A minor (1967) – Harold Darke (1888-1976)
Sing ye to the Lord – Edward C. Bairstow (1874-1946)
April 16 – EASTER DAY
Missa Paschalis – Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Maria Magdalene – Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Organ Recital 4:30 PM (Note special time)
Robert McDermitt (Associate Organist)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
Evening Service in C – Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
O salutaris Hostia (2006) – Robert McCormick (b. 1978)
Tantum ergo (2006) – McCormick, after Sullivan
April 23 – THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa Morus (1983) – Elliot Z. Levine (b. 1948)
O sing joyfully – Adrian Batten (1591-1637)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Dale Bonenberger ( New York)
April 30 – THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
Communion Service in D, Opus 45 – Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
O sacred feast – Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Michael Kaminski ( Brooklyn, New York)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
The service is sung today by the choristers of Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia and
St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York.
May 7 – THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa ‘Ave Regina coelorum’ – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Regina coeli (à 8) – Victoria
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 St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, White Plains, New York.
May 14 – THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa brevis F-dur, Opus 117 – Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Ave Maria – Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Terence J. Flanagan ( New York)
May 21 – THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa ‘Saeculorum Amen’ – Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Haec dies – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Mark Swicegood ( Greenwich, Connecticut)
May 25 – ASCENSION DAY
Recital 5:30 PM
Robert McCormick (Organist and Music Director)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa a sei voci ‘In illo tempore’ (1610) – Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
O clap your hands – Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
May 28 – 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
Christopher J. Berry ( New York)
June 4 – THE DAY OF PENTECOST
Mass for Mixed Chorus, Opus 84 – Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
Loquebantur variis linguis – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Jeremy S. Bruns ( New York)
June 11 – TRINITY SUNDAY
Mass for Five Voices – William Byrd (1543-1623)
Gloria tibi, Domini – Byrd
Te Deum laudamus (The Great Service) – Byrd
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Gerald Carper (Macon, Georgia)
At Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM
The service is sung today by the choir of Christ Church, Pelham, New York.
June 18 – CORPUS CHRISTI
Missa brevis (1996) – McNeil Robinson (b. 1943)
Ave verum corpus (Three Motets, 1992) – Elliot Z. Levine (b. 1948)
Ave verum corpus (1979) – Robinson
The choir is conducted today by McNeil Robinson,
former organist and music director of Saint Mary's.
The full choir returns on Sunday, October 1, 2006.
During the summer months, the choir sings only on the Assumption of Our Lady.
August 15 – THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
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)