2009-2010
Choral Music and Liturgical Recitals
August 14 - THE EVE OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Friday)
Organ Recital, 5:30 PM
James Kennerley, organist and music director
Suite, Opus 5 - Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
At the Mass, 6:00 PM
Messe du Jubilé - Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur (1908-2002)
Hymne à la Vierge - Pierre Villette (1926-1998)
October 4 - THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Asperges me domine - Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Missa Surge propera - Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Sing joyfully - William Byrd (1543-1623)
Organ Recital, 4:40 PM
Vincent Carr (Newark, NJ)
Solemn Evensong and Benediction, 5:00 PM
Sung by the parish choir
Evening Service for Five Voices - Thomas Weelkes (1576-1923)
Tantum Ergo - Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
October 11 - THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Mass in C, D. 452 - Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Des Tages Weihe, D. 763 - Schubert
Organ Recital, 4:30 PM
Renée Louprette (New York, NY) with James Kennerley, tenor
October 18 - THE TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Mass for Double Choir - Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Verleich uns Frieden - Mendelssohn
Organ Recital, 4:40 PM
David Lamb (Columbus, IN)
October 25 - THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa Douce memoire - Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
O sacrum convivium - Giovanni Croce (1557-1607)
Organ Recital, 4:40 PM
Vaughn Watson (New York, NY)
Solemn Evensong and Benediction, 5:00 PM
Sung by the choir of Christ’s Church, Rye, directed by Andrew Sheranian
November 1 - ALL SAINTS' DAY
Asperges me domine - Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Mass for Five Voices - William Byrd (1543-1623)
Beati mundo corde - Byrd
Organ Recital, 4:30 PM
Robert Ridgell (New York, NY)
Solemn Evensong and Benediction, 5:00 PM
Sung by the Saint Mary’s Singers
Evening Service in D - Herbert Brewer (1865-1928)
Tantum Ergo - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
November 2 - ALL SOULS' DAY (Monday)
Requiem and Dorian Mass - Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
November 8 - THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa Nasce la gioja mia - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Exultate deo - Palestrina
Organ Recital, 4:40 PM
Katherine Meloan (Manhattan School of Music, NY)
November 15 - THE TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Missa Brevis in F, Opus 117 - Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)
O Hearken thou - Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Organ Recital, 4:40 PM
Parker Kitterman (New York, NY)
Solemn Evensong and Benediction, 5:00 PM
Sung by the parish choir
Short Service - Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Tantum Ergo - Déodat de Séverac (1872-1921)
November 22 - FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING: THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
The Western Wind Mass - John Taverner (c. 1490-1545)
Cantate domino - Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Organ Recital, 4:40 PM
Joseph Arndt (Newark, NJ)
November 29 - THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Missa Brevis in G ‘Rorate coeli desuper’, Hob. XXII:3 - Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Rorate coeli desuper - William Byrd (1543-1623)
Organ Recital, 4:40 PM
Heitor Caballero (Westminster Choir College, NJ)
Solemn Evensong and Benediction, 5:00 PM
Sung by the parish choir
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: Plainsong with faburdens - Philip Moore (b. 1943)
O ostiais ostia - Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
December 6 - THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Mass for Four Voices - Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
De caelo veniet - Jacob Handl (1550-1591)
Organ Recital, 4:40 PM
Roger Castallani (New York, NY)
December 8 - THE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Tuesday)
Organ Recital, 5:30 PM
Stephen Tharp (New York, NY)
At the Mass, 6:00 PM
Missa Brevis - Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
Bogoroditsye Dyevo - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
December 13 - THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Chichester Mass - William Albright (1944-1998)
This is the record of John - Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Organ Recital, 4:40 PM
Nicole Y. Cochran (The Juilliard School, NY)
December 20 - THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Missa Brevis - Michael Hurd (1928-2007)
Ave verum corpus - Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Organ Recital, 4:40 PM
Iris Lan (Harvard College, MA)
December 24 - EVE OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST: CHRISTMAS EVE (Thursday)
At the prelude, 4:30 PM, interspersed with congregational carols
The Holly and the Ivy - Traditional, arr. Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941)
Hodie Christus natus est - Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
A Hymn to the Virgin - Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
At the Mass, 5:00 PM
Missa Festiva - Marius Monnikendam (1896-1977)
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day - John Gardner (b. 1917)
What sweeter music - John Rutter (b. 1945)
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At the prelude, 10:30 PM, interspersed with congregational carols
A Hymn to the Virgin - Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day - John Gardner (b. 1917)
What sweeter music - John Rutter (b. 1945)
At the Mass, 11:00 PM
Messe en Sol Majeur - Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
O magnum mysterium - Poulenc
Hodie Christus natus est - Poulenc
December 25 - THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST: CHRISTMAS DAY (Thursday)
Missa super ‘Ich stund an einem Morgen’ - Jacob Handl (1550-1591)
Resonet in laudibus - Handl
December 27 - THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS DAY
Mass for Three Voices - William Byrd (1543-1623)
Coventry Carol - Traditional
Organ Recital, 4:40 PM
Timothy Brumfield (New York, NY)
Christmas Lessons and Carols, 5:00 PM
Sung by the Saint Mary’s Singers
Choral music to include:
A child my choice - Richard Wayne Dirksen (1921-2003)
In the bleak midwinter - Harold Darke (1888-1976)
Adam lay ybounden - Boris Ord (1897-1961)
And the glory of the Lord (from Messiah) - George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
January 1 - THE HOLY NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (Friday)
Sung by the Saint Mary’s Singers
Missa de Sancto Albano - Healey Willan (1880-1968)
In the bleak midwinter - Harold Darke (1888-1976)
January 3 - THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS DAY
Missa O magnum mysterium - Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
O magnum mysterium - Victoria
Organ Recital, 4:40 PM
Christopher Barrett Jennings (New York, NY)
January 6 - THE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (Wednesday)
Organ Recital, 5:30 PM
James Kennerley and Joseph Arndt, organ duet recital
At the Mass, 6:00 PM
Missa Brevis - James MacMillan (b. 1959)
Epiphany - Judith Bingham (b. 1952)
January 10 - THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY: THE BAPTISM OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Music today is sung by a cantor from the choir - the cantor today is Ms. Ruth Cunningham, soprano.
Motet: Dost thou in a manger - Ruth Cunningham (b. 1956)
Organ recital, 4:40 PM
Adam Pajan (New Haven, CT)
January 17 - THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Missa Mi-Mi (Quarti toni) - Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1410-1497)
Tribus miraculis - Luca Marenzio (1556-1599)
Organ recital, 4:40 PM
Karen Beaumont (Milwaukee, WI)
January 24 - THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Communion Service in F - Harold Darke (1888-1976)
A spotless rose - Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Organ recital, 4:40 PM
Robert Richter (Albany, NY)
Solemn Evensong and Benediction, 5 PM:
Music at Evensong is sung by a quartet drawn from the professional choir.
The Dorian Service - Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
Tantum Ergo - Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
January 31 - THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Missa Saeculorum Amen - Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599
Surge, illuminare, Jerusalem - William Byrd (1543-1623)
Organ recital, 4:40 PM
HyeHyun Sung (Yale University, CT)
February 2 - THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE
Organ recital, 5:30 PM
James Kennerley, organist and music director
At the Mass, 6:00 PM
Nunc Dimittis - Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Missa aedis Christi - Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Maria das Jungfräuelein - Johannes Eccard (1553-1611)
February 7 - THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Missa Brevis - Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
The Lord is my shepherd - Berkeley
Organ recital, 4:40 PM
Douglas Keilitz (New York, NY)
February 14 - THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
Mass no. 6 in G Major (Missa Sancti Nicolai) - Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Insanae et vanae curae - Haydn
Organ recital, 4:40 PM
Andrew Sheranian (Rye, NY)
THERE ARE NO ORGAN RECITALS DURING LENT. THE SERIES RESUMES ON EASTER SUNDAY.
February 17 - ASH WEDNESDAY
Miserere mei, Deus - Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)
Missa Che fa oggi il mio sole - Allegri
Civitas sancti tui - William Byrd (1543-1623)
February 21 - THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT
Berliner-Messe - Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Remember not, Lord, our offences - Henry Purcell (1659[?]-1695)
February 28 - THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
Missa secunda - Hans Leo Hassler (1512-1562)
Sicut cervus - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Solemn Evensong and Benediction, 5:00 PM
Sung by the choirs of Saint Paul's Church, Fairfield, John Abdenour, Director, and Trinity on the Green, New Haven, Walden Moore, Director
Evening Service in C Major - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Tantum Ergo - Deodat de Severac (1872-1921)
March 7 - THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT
Missa ‘Nunca fué pena mayor’ - Francisco de Peñalosa (c. 1470-1528)
In jejunio et fletu orabant - Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
March 14 - THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT
Music today is sung by a quartet of singers drawn from the main choir.
Mass for 4 voices - William Byrd (1543-1623)
Ave verum corpus - Byrd
Solemn Evensong and Benediction, 5:00 PM
Sung by the girl's choir of Christ Church, Greenwich, Jamie Hitel, Director, Simon Thomas Jacobs, Associate Director
Evening Service in E-Flat - Edward Bairstow (1874-1946)
Tantum Ergo - Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
March 21 - THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT
Missa Canonica by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Geistliches Lied, Op. 30 - Brahms
March 25 - THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Organ recital, 5:30 PM
James Kennerley, organist and music director
At the Mass, 6:00 PM
Cantus Missae (Messe in Es-dur), Opus 109 - Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Ave Maris stella - Edward Grieg (1843-1907)
March 28 - THE SUNDAY OF THE PASSION: PALM SUNDAY
Missa in die tribulationis - McNeil Robinson (b. 1943)
At Solemn Evensong and Benediction:
Evening Canticles in G minor - Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Tantum Ergo - Allen Hill
April 1 - MAUNDY THURDAY
Missa brevis, Opus 50 - Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
Ubi Caritas et amor - Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
April 2 - GOOD FRIDAY (Two services)
Reproaches - John Sanders (1933-2003)
April 3 - EASTER EVE: THE GREAT VIGIL OF EASTER
Communion Service in E (“Collegium Regale”) - Harold Darke (1888-1976)
Ye choirs of new Jerusalem - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924).
April 4 - THE SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION: EASTER DAY
Krönungsmesse, K. 317 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Regina coeli - Iain Quinn (b. 1973) (world première)
Organ recital, 4:30 PM (N.B. earlier time)
James Kennerley
Festive music by Bach, Franck and Murrill.
At Solemn Evensong and Benediction:
Music today is sung by the professional choir.
Magnificat - Giles Swayne (b. 1949)
Nunc dimittis - Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
O Salutaris Hosatia - Edward Elgar
Tantum Ergo - Charles-Marie Widor
April 11 - THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
Music at Solemn Mass is sung by the choir of St. John’s College, Oxford University, UK, directed by Richard Moore
Missa Brevis in G, KV 49 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Since by man came death from Messiah - George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Organ recital, 4:40 PM
Eugene Lavery (New York, NY)
April 18 - THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa Brevis in B-Flat, K. 275 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Ave Maria - Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Organ recital, 4:40 PM
Mark Trautmann (New Brunswick, NJ)
Solemn Evensong is sung by the choristers of St. Paul's, Chestnut Hill and St. Thomas, Whitemarsh, Philadelphia, directed by Zachary Hemenway
April 25 - THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa paschalis - Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Maria Magdalene - Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Organ recital, 4:40 PM
Jessica French (Bronxville, NY)
May 2 - THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Missa Ave Maria coelorum - Tomas Luis de Victoria (c. 1548-1611)
Regina Coeli - Victoria
Organ recital, 4:40 PM
Stephen Kerr (Melbourne, Australia)
May 9 - THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Messe pour le samedy des pasques - Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1943-1704)
Exultate justi - Ludovico Viadana (1560-1627)
Organ recital, 4:40 PM
James Wetzel (New York, NY)
May 13 - ASCENSION DAY
Organ recital, 5:30 PM
Frederick Teardo (New York, NY)
At the Mass, 6:00 PM:
Mass - Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Coelos ascendit hodie - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
May 16 - THE SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Music today is sung by the choir of Saint Paul's Parish, K Street, Washington, DC, Robert McCormick, Music Director
Communion Service in D major - Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
O thou sweetest source - Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Organ recital, 4:40 PM
Nathan Taylor (New York, NY)
May 23 - THE DAY OF PENTECOST: WHITSUNDAY
Missa octo vocum - Hans Leo Hassler (1512-1562)
Dum complerentur - Victoria
Organ recital, 4:40 PM
James Kennerley, organist and music director
May 30 - TRINITY SUNDAY
Communion Service “Collegium Regale” - Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Libera nos - John Sheppard (c. 1515-1559/60)
Te Deum “Collegium Regale” - Howells
Organ recital, 4:30 PM
Christopher Creaghan (New York, NY)
Solemn Evensong and Benediction, 6:00 PM
Music today is sung by the combined professional choir and the Saint Mary’s Singers
Evening Service in C Major - Charles Villiers Stanford
I was glad - C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918)
SOLEMN EVENSONG AND THE SUNDAY ORGAN RECITAL SERIES RESUME ON THE FIRST SUNDAY IN OCTOBER
June 6 - THE CELEBRATION OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST: CORPUS CHRISTI
Messe solennelle, Opus 16 - Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Ave verum - Peter Philips (1561-1628).
O sacrum convivium - Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
O salutaris hostia - Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
Tantum Ergo - Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
THE PROFESSIONAL CHOIR SINGS FROM OCTOBER TO CORPUS CHRISTI. DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, SOLEMN MASS IS SUNG BY A CANTOR, SMALL CHOIR, OR A VISITING CHOIR. Details of visiting choirs are provided below.
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June 20 - THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF PENTECOST
Solemn Mass is sung by the choir of St. John’s Church, Tampa, FA, Simon Morley, director.
Missa Brevis - Simon Preston (b. 1938)
O vos omnes - Pablo Casals (1876-1973)
July 4 - THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF PENTECOST
Solemn Mass is sung by the choir of Downing College, Cambridge University, UK, Camilla Godlee, Senior Organ Scholar.
Mass in G, D 167 - Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Beati quorum via - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
August 15 - THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Missa Brevis in C Major (“Organ Solo”), KV 259 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)