2008-2009
Choral Music and Liturgical Recitals
August 15 - THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Friday)
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
James Kennerley (Organist and Music Director)
works by Franck, Peeters, Bach and Eben
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa ‘Laetatus sum’ - Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Exultata est sancta dei genitrix - Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500-1553)
September 29 - ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS (Monday)
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
James Kennerley (Organist and Music Director)
works by Bach, Whitlock and Widor
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Messa a quattro voci da cappella - Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Factum est silentium - Richard Dering (c. 1580-1630)
October 5 - 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
Yeo-jung Kim (Flushing, New York)
Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in Eb Major, BWV 552
October 12 - THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa Brevis in D major, KV 194 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Rejoice in the Lord alway - Anon. sixteenth-century English
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Craig Scott Symons (Royal Oak, Michigan)
October 19 - THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa 'Ave virgo sanctissima' - Juan Esquivel (c.1560-after 1625)
Ego sum panis vivus - Esquivel
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Jee-yoon Choi (Charleston, South Carolina)
October 26 - THE TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Communion Service in F Major - Harold Darke (1888-1976)
Let all mortal flesh - Edward Bairstow (1874-1946)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Joseph Arndt (Newark, New Jersey)
October 31 - EVE OF ALL SAINTS’ DAY
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
James Kennerley (interim Organist and Music Director)
including Leighton’s Prelude, Scherzo and Passacaglia, Opus 41
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa Sancti Thomae, Opus 40 - Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
Let all the world in every corner sing - Leighton
This year we celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Leighton’s death
November 2 - THE TWENTY- FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Music at the Solemn Mass today is sung by a cantor from the choir.
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Frank L. Crosio (Huntington, New York)
November 3 - ALL SOULS’ DAY (Monday)
Requiem, Opus 9 - Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
November 9 - THE TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa Brevis - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Ego sum panis vivus - Palestrina
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Jamie Shiell (Decatur, Georgia)
November 16 - THE TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa 'Simile est regnum coelorum' - Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Simile est regnum coelorum - Cristóbal de Morales (1500-1553)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Paul J. Murray (New York, New York)
November 23 - THE FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING
Missa ‘Euge Bone’ - Christopher Tye (c. 1505-c. 1572)
O clap your hands together - Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Paul Richard Olson (Brooklyn Heights, New York)
November 30 - THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Mass for Four voices - William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)
Vigilate - Byrd
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Mark Peterson (Brooklyn, New York)
December 7 - THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Missa super 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland' - Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (d. 1746)
Ecce Virgo concipies - Heinrich Isaac (1450/5-1517)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Eugene Lavery (New York, New York)
December 8 - THE FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (Monday)
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
Kyler Brown (New York, New York)
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Messe Solennelle - Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
A Hymn to the Mother of God - John Tavener (b. 1944)
December 14 - THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Missa Cuiusvis toni - Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1410-1497)
This is the Record of John - Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
James Wetzel (The Juilliard School, New York)
December 21 - THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Missa Brevis (1959) - Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
O Salutaris hostia - Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Mitchell Crawford
December 24 - THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (Wednesday)
Music for Choir and Congregation 4:30 PM, including music by Rutter, Pearsall and Taverner
At the Mass 5:00 PM
Missa Resurrectionis - Gerre Hancock (b. 1934)
Sing lullaby - Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol - John Rutter (b. 1945)
Music for Choir and Congregation 10:30 PM, including music by Taverner, Pearsall and Lauridsen
At the Mass 11:00 PM
Mass in G Minor - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Bethlehem Down - Peter Warlock (1884-1930)
Sing lullaby - Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
December 25 - THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (Thursday)
At the Mass 11:00 AM
Missa ‘Dixit Maria’ - Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
Hodie Christus natus est - Jan Pierterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
December 28 - THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS
Missa Brevis - Andrea Gabrieli (1532-1585)
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child - Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Edward Landin (Lancaster, Philadelphia)
January 4 - THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS
Mass for 3 Voices - William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)
Memento salus auctor - Byrd
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Christopher Howerter (Cleveland, Ohio)
January 6 -THE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Missa Cantuariensis, Opus 59 - Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)
Epiphany - Judith Bingham (b. 1952)
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
James Kennerley (Organist and Music Director)
January 11 - THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
Music at the Solemn Mass today is sung by a cantor from the choir.
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Frederick Jodry (Brown University)
Solemn Evensong and Benediction 5:00 PM
Sung by the choir of the Church of the Nativity, Huntsville, Alabama, Suzanne Purtee, director
Phos hilaron - David Ashley White
Evening Service in A - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Susanni - Richard Rodney Bennett (b. 1936)
January 18 - THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER 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
Christopher Houlihan (Hartford, CT)
Solemn Evensong and Benediction 5:00 PM
Sung by the Saint Mary’s Singers
January 25 - THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
Missa syllabica - Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Videntes stellam - Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Jeffrey Johnson, with Sarah Pillow, Soprano
Solemn Evensong and Benediction 5:00 PM
Sung by the Saint Mary’s Singers
February 1 - THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
Music at the Solemn Mass today is sung by a cantor from the choir.
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Colin Lynch
February 2 - THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
James Kennerley (Organist and Music Director)
Music to include works by Bach and an improvisation
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Nunc Dimittis (Evening Service in G) - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Missa ‘Ave Maria’ - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
When to the temple Mary went - Johannes Eccard (1553-1611)
February 8 - THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
Missa brevis C-dur, KV 220 (Spatzenmesse) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Laudate Dominum from Vesperae solennes de confessore, KV 339 - Mozart
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Adam Pajan (Yale)
Solemn Evensong and Benediction 5:00 PM
Sung by the Saint Mary’s Singers
February 15 - THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
Missa ‘Le bien que j’ay’ - Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572)
Tu solus qui facis mirabilia - Josquin Desprez (c. 1440-1521)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Andrew Yeargin (New York, New York)
Solemn Evensong and Benediction 5:00 PM
Sung by the choir of Guildford Cathedral, UK
Evening Service in G - Francis Jackson (b. 1917)
Insanae et vanae curae - Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
O Salutaris - Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
February 22 - THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
Mass in G, D 167 - Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht from Cantata 118 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Michael McGhee
Solemn Evensong and Benediction 5:00 PM
Sung by the Saint Mary’s Singers
February 25 - ASH WEDNESDAY
Missa Aeterna Christi Munera - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594)
Miserere mei, Deus - Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)
Emendemus in melius - William Byrd (1540-1623)
March 1 - THE FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
Music at the Solemn Mass today is sung by a cantor from the choir
THERE ARE NO Organ RecitalS DURING LENT
March 8 - THE SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
Messe Basse - Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Cantique de Jean Racine - Fauré
Solemn Evensong and Benediction 5:00 PM
Sung by the Saint Mary’s Singers
March 15 - THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
Missa ‘Pange lingua’ - Josquin Desprez (c. 1440-1521)
O vos omnes - Carlo Gesualdo di Venosa (1561 - 1613)
March 22 - THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
Music at the Solemn Mass today is sung by a cantor from the choir
Solemn Evensong and Benediction 5:00 PM
Sung by the Saint Mary’s Singers
March 25 - ANNUNCIATION
The Western Wind Mass - John Sheppard (c. 1515-1559/60)
Ave Regina caelorum - Peter Philips (1561-1628)
March 29 - THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT
Music at the Solemn Mass today is sung by a cantor from the choir
Solemn Evensong and Benediction 5:00 PM
April 5 - PALM SUNDAY
Mass for Five Voices, Opus 64 - Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
April 9 - MAUNDY THURSDAY
Missa Brevis, Opus 50 - Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
Ubi caritas - Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
April 10 - GOOD FRIDAY
Plainsong, and Reproaches - John Sanders (1933-2003)
April 11 - THE GREAT VIGIL OF EASTER
Communion Service in E (“Collegium Regale”) - Harold Darke (1888-1976)
Jubilate Deo a 8 - Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557-1612)
April 12 - EASTER DAY
Missa ‘Congratulamini mihi’ - Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Dum transisset Sabbatum - John Taverner (c. 1490-1545)
Organ Recital 4:30 PM
James Kennerley (Organist and Music Director)
Solemn Evensong and Benediction 5:00 PM
Sung by the Saint Mary’s Professional Choir
Great Service - William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)
Tantum Ergo - Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
O Salutaris Hostia - Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
April 19 - SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa secunda - Hans Leo Hassler (1512-1562)
Regina Coeli - Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Organ Recital 4:30 PM (NB earlier time)
Iain Quinn (Albuquerque, NM)
Solemn Evensong and Benediction 5:00 PM
Sung by the Saint Mary’s Singers
April 26 - THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
Canterbury Mass - Anthony Piccolo (b. 1946)
O hear us - Piccolo
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Michael Smith (Groton School)
Solemn Evensong and Benediction 5:00 PM
Sung by the choir of Groton School, directed by Michael Smith
Evening Service in C major - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
The Spirit of the Lord - Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
May 3 - FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Sung by the Leipzig Schola Cantorum, Germany
Mass in A-major - Rheinberger
Hebe Deine Augen auf (“Lift thine eyes”) from Elijah - Felix Mendelssohn
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Woo-sug Kang (Bloomington, Indiana)
May 10 - FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo (Kleine Orgelmesse) - Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
The Heavens are telling (from The Creation) - Haydn
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Stephen Buzard
Solemn Evensong and Benediction 5:00 PM
Sung by the Saint Mary’s Singers
May 17 - SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Music at the Solemn Mass today is sung by a cantor from the choir.
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Karen Beaumont (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
May 21 - ASCENSION
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
Stephen Hamilton (New York, NY): Olivier Messiaen’s L’Ascension
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Missa Ascendens Christus in altum - Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Jauchzet dem Herrn (Psalm 100), SWV 36 - Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
May 24 - SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Communion Service in A minor - Harold Darke (1888-1976)
Coelos ascendit hodie - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Robert Knupp (Clinton, Mississippi)
Solemn Evensong and Benediction 5:00 PM
Sung by the Saint Mary’s Singers
Evening Canticles in C major - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Tantum Ergo - Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
May 31 – THE DAY OF PENTECOST
At the Mass 11:00 AM
Missa octum vocum – Hans Leo Hassler (1512-1562)
Loquebantur variis linguis - Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Kevin Kwan (New York, New York)
Solemn Evensong and Benediction 5:00 PM
Sung by the choir of Saint Peter’s EpiscopalChurch, Morristown, New Jersey
Evening Service in E - Herbert Murrill (1909-1952)
The Spirit of the Lord - Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
O salutaris Hostia - Elgar
June 7 – TRINITY SUNDAY
At the Mass 11:00 AM
Missa de la batalla escoutez – Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Omnes Gentes, plaudite minibus – Christopher Tye (c. 1505–c. 1572)
Te Deum laudamus (Great Service) - William Byrd (1543-1623)
Organ Recital 4:40 PM
James Kennerley, organist and music director
Solemn Evensong and Benediction 5:00 PM
Sung by the professional choir and the Saint Mary’s Singers
Evening Canticles in C major - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
I was glad – Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)
Tantum Ergo - Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
June 14 – CORPUS CHRISTI
At the Mass 11:00 AM
Missa aedis Christi - Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Ave verum - Colin Mawby (b. 1936)
O sacrum convivium - Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
The professional choir sings at Solemn Mass on Sundays and on major feasts days from October through Corpus Christi, in addition to August 14, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
June 21 - SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Sung by the choir of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, K Street, Washington, D.C.
Communion Service in G - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Jesu, the very thought of thee - Paul Halley (b. 1952)
During the summer months, Solemn Mass is sung by a Cantor or a small ensemble of singers
August 6 – THE TRANSFIGURATION
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Sung by the choir of Saint Paul’s Cathedral, Buffalo, New York, directed by Jeremy Bruns
August 14 – THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Organ Recital 5:30 PM
James Kennerley, organist and music director
At the Mass 6:00 PM
Messe du Jubilé - Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur (1908-2002)
Totus Tuus - Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (b. 1933)