Music for High Masses
Mater Misericordiae and
St. Edward the Confessor
Monday, January 1, 2024, Octave of Christmas
organ: Komm Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist - Pachelbel
Veni Creator Spiritus - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass VIII - chant
Credo III - chant
organ: Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich - Drischner
organ: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist - Bach
organ: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist - Distler
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
organ: In dir ist Freude - Drischner
Friday, January 5, 2024, Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass III - chant
Auctor beate saeculi - chant
organ: Herzlich tut mich verlangen - Brahms
En ut superba - chant
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
organ: Psalm 124 (123) - Mulder
Saturday, January 6, 2024, Epiphany
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass VIII - chant
Credo III - chant
Reges de Saba (from Puer natus in Bethlehem) - chant
organ: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern - Distler
organ: Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich - Bach
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
organ: March of the Kings - arr. Simone/Clément
Sunday, January 7, 2024, Holy Family
What Child Is This? (greensleeves)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass VIII - chant
Credo III - chant
Te Joseph celebrent - chant
organ: O laufet, ihr Hirten - Drischner
Jesu, dulcis memoria - chant
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
organ: In dir ist Freude - Bach
January 14, 2024, Second Sunday after Epiphany
Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (st. george's windsor)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis (“Trinitatis”) in F - Rheinberger (KSBA)
Gloria: Mass XI - chant
Credo I - chant
Operatus est salutem - Tschesnokoff
organ: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier - Bach
Ave verum corpus - Bach
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
organ: The Prince of Denmark’s March - Clarke
January 21, 2024, Third Sunday after Epiphany
All Creatures of Our God and King (lasst uns erfreuen/vigiles et sancti)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass XI - chant
Credo I - chant
Offertory with verses - chant (proportional rhythm)
organ: Voluntary in G - Purcell
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
organ: Fugue sur les jeux d’anches (Kyrie from Messe solemnelle à l’usage des paroisses) - Couperin
January 28, 2024, Septuagesima Sunday
O God, Our Help in Ages Past (st. anne)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis (“Trinitatis”) in F - Rheinberger (KSBA)
Credo I - chant
Media vita in morte sumus - Rheinberger
organ: Alle Menschen müssen sterben - Bach
organ: Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein (Orgelbüchlein) - Bach
Ave verum corpus - Byrd
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
organ: Ach Gott und Herr - attrib. Bach
Friday, February 2, 2024, Candlemas
Lauda Jerusalem - Darros
Blessing of Candles, Procession, and Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis - Casciolini
Gloria from Mass IX - chant
Credo III - chant
Offertory with verses - chant (proportional rhythm)
organ: Sortie sur l’antienne “Lumen ad revelationem gentium” - Guilmant
organ: The Canticle of Simeon - Bourgeouis
organ: Offertoire sur l’antienne “Lumen ad revelationem gentium” - Guilmant
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
organ: Lobe den Herren - Drischner
February 4 2024, Sexagesima Sunday
O Jesus, We Adore Thee (fulda melody)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass XI - chant
Credo I - chant
organ: Wo soll ich fliehen hin - Bach
organ: Andante from Sonata No. 4 in E Minor - Bach
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
organ: Prelude in A Minor - Bach
February 11, 2024, Quinquagesima Sunday
O God of Loveliness (st. elizabeth)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis (“Trinitatis”) in F - Rheinberger (KSBA)
Credo I - chant
Ubi caritas from Quatre Motets - Duruflé
organ: O Mensch, bewein dein’ Sünde groß - Bach
Laudate Dominum - Croft
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
organ: Grand jeu (Dialogue) - Du Mage
February 14, 2024, Ash Wednesday
Immutemur habitu - Nunes Garcia
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis - Anerio (adaptation of Missa pro defunctis)
Offertory with verses - chant (proportional rhythm)
Civitas sancti tui - Byrd
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
February 18, 2024, First Sunday in Lent
Parce Domine
Asperges (ad libitum tone) - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass XVII - chant
Credo IV - chant
Offertory with verses - chant (proportional rhythm)
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
February 25, 2024, Second Sunday in Lent
Forty Days and Forty Nights (heinlein)
Asperges (ad libitum tone) - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis - Anerio (adaptation of Missa pro defunctis)
Credo IV - chant
Offertory with verses - chant (proportional rhythm)
O Jesu Christe - Jacquet
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
Friday, March 1, 2024, Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass III - chant
Auctor beate saeculi - chant
En ut superba - chant
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
March 3, 2024, Third Sunday in Lent
Lord, Who throughout These Forty Days (st. flavian)
Asperges (ad libitum tone) - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass XVII
Credo IV - chant
Offertory with verses - chant (proportional rhythm)
Attende Domine - chant
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
March 10, 2024, Fourth Sunday in Lent (Laetare)
The Glory of These Forty Days (erhalt uns, herr)
Asperges (ad libitum tone) - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis - Anerio (adaptation of Missa pro defunctis)
Credo IV - chant
Stabat Mater (Mainz)
organ: Tierce en taille - Du Mage
Spem in alium - Jacquet
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
organ: Adagio-Vivace from Sonata No. 4 in E Minor - Bach
March 17, 2024, Passion Sunday
O Sacred Head, Surrounded (passion chorale)
Asperges (ad libitum tone) - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis - Anerio (adaptation of Missa pro defunctis)
Credo IV - chant
Offertory with verses - chant (proportional rhythm)
Vexilla regis prodeunt - chant
O crux ave - Palestrina
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, St. Joseph
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis (“Trinitatis”) in F - Rheinberger (KSBA)
Gloria from Mass VIII - chant
Credo III - chant
Exsultate justi - Viadana
organ: Plein jeu (Sanctus) from Messe pour les couvents - Couperin
organ: Tierce en taille (Elévation) from Messe pour les couvents - Couperin
Te Joseph celebrent - chant
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
organ: Dialogue sur les grands jeux (Dona nobis pacem) from Messe pour les couvents - Couperin
March 24, 2024, Palm Sunday
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass XVII - chant
Credo IV - chant
Offertory with verse - chant (proportional rhythm)
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
March 28, 2024, Holy Thursday
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa “O quam gloriosum” - Victoria
Ubi caritas from Quatre Motets - Duruflé
Offertory with verses - chant (proportional rhythm)
Tantum ergo from Quatre Motets - Duruflé
Adoramus te, Christe from Les sept paroles du Christ - Dubois
March 29, 2024, Good Friday
Proper of the Liturgical Action - chant
March 30, 2024, Holy Saturday
Tenebrae Matins and Lauds - chant
Proper of the Easter Vigil - chant
Ordinary: Mass I - chant
organ: Variations sur le thème “O filii et filiae” (Offertoire sur les grands jeux pour la fête de Pâques) - Dandrieu
organ: Psalm XVIII - Marcello
organ: Little Preludes and Fugues in G, B-Flat, and F - attrib. Bach
Regina caeli (simple tone) - chant
organ: Incantation pour un jour saint - Langlais
March 31, 2024, Easter Sunday
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today (victimae paschali)
Vidi aquam - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis - Palestrina
Alleluja from Messias - Handel
organ: Prelude on easter hymn - Held
organ: Prelude on the Easter Sequence - Held
Sicut cervus - Palestrina
Regina caeli (simple tone) - chant
organ: Finale from Symphony No. 1 in D Minor - Vierne
April 5, 2024, Easter Friday
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass I - chant
Auctor beate saeculi - chant
organ: Elevation (Benedictus) from Mass in D - Dvořák
En ut superba - chant
Regina caeli (simple tone) - chant
organ: Little Prelude and Fugue in C - attrib. Bach
April 7, 2024, Low Sunday
Ye Sons and Daughters (o fiilii et filiae)
Vidi aquam - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass I
Credo III - chant
O filii et filiae - chant
organ: Variations sur le thème “O filii et filiae” (Offertoire sur les grands jeux pour la fête de Pâques) - Dandrieu
Regina caeli (simple tone) - chant
organ: Toccata on “O filii et filiae” - Farnam
Monday, April 8, 2024, Annunciation (transferred)
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass IX - chant
Credo de Archangelis - Tomaszycki
organ: Sortie sur l’hymne “Quid nunc in tenebris tristis aberras” - Guilmant
organ: Deux strophes sur l’hymne “Ave maris stella” - Guilmant
Regina caeli (simple tone) - chant
organ: Prelude in A - Bach
April 14, 2024, Second Sunday after Easter
The King of Love My Shepherd Is (st. columba)
Vidi aquam - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis - Palestrina (KSBA1)
Gloria from Mass I - chant
Credo III - chant
Bone pastor (contrafactum of If Ye Love Me) - Tallis
organ: Preludes on st. columba and dominus regit me - Lang
organ: Adagio e dolce from Sonata No. 3 - Bach
Ecce panis angelorum - chant
Regina caeli (simple tone) - chant
organ: Toccata in F - Buxtehude
April 21, 2024, Third Sunday after Easter
At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing (salzburg)
Vidi aquam - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass I
Credo III - chant
Ad coenam Agni providi - chant (proportional rhythm)
organ: Christ lag in Todesbanden - Bach
organ: Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist - Buxtehude
organ: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele - Brahms
Regina caeli (simple tone) - chant
organ: Christ lag in Todesbanden - Held
April 28, 2024, Fourth Sunday after Easter
Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain (gaudeamus pariter)
Vidi aquam - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis - Palestrina (KSBA1)
Gloria from Mass I - chant
Credo III - chant
Regina caeli - Lotti
organ: Lento from Sonata No. 6 in G - Bach
Cantate Domino - Hassler
Regina caeli (simple tone) - chant
organ: Prelude on gaudeamus pariter - Held
Wednesday, May 1, 2024, St. Joseph the Workman
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis - Casciolini
Gloria: Mass VIII - chant
Credo III - chant
Te Joseph celebrent - chant
organ: Prelude on the Welsh Hymn Tune rhosymedre - Vaughan Williams
Regina caeli (simple tone) - chant
organ: Basse et dessus de trompette ou de cornet separé, en dialogue (Suite du premier ton) - Clérambault
Friday, May 3, 2024, Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass III - chant
Auctor beate saeculi - chant
organ: Herzlich tut mich verlangen - Brahms
En ut superba - chant
Regina caeli (simple tone) - chant
organ: Psalm 124 (123) - Mulder
May 5, 2024, Fifth Sunday after Easter
Be Joyful, Mary (regina caeli, jubila)
Vidi aquam - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass I
Credo III - chant
organ: Regina caeli - Callahan
organ: Prière à Notre-Dame (from Suite gothique) - Boëllmann
organ: Voluntary in C - Purcell
Regina caeli (simple tone) - chant
organ: Menuet gothique (from Suite gothique) - Boëllmann
Thursday, May 9, 2024, Ascension of Our Lord
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa “O quam gloriosum” - Victoria
Ascendit Deus - Schaller
Regina caeli (solemn tone) - chant
organ: O Welt, ich muss dich lassen - Brahms
O esca viatorum - Isaac
Regina caeli (simple tone) - chant
organ: Allegro assai vivace from Sonata No. 1 - Mendelssohn
May 12, 2024, Sunday after Ascension
Crown Him with Many Crowns (diademata)
Vidi aquam - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa “O quam gloriosum” - Victoria (KSBA)
Gloria from Mass I - chant
Credo III - chant
Exsultate Deo - Palestrina
organ: Adagio from Sonata No. 1 - Mendelssohn
Operatus est salutem - Tschesnokoff
Regina caeli (simple tone) - chant
organ: Fugue in A - Bach
Saturday, May 18, 2024, Confirmation & First Communion Mass
Ecce sacerdos - chant
Veni Creator Spiritus - chant
Veni Sancte Spiritus - chant (proportional rhythm)
organ music during Confirmation, as needed:
Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist - Buxtehude
Komm Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist - Dupré
Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott - Dupré
Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott - Pachelbel
movements from Messe pour les couvents - Couperin
movements from Deutsche Messe - Schubert
Confirma hoc - chant
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (grosser gott)
Komm Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist - Pachelbel
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass I
Offertory with verses - chant (proportional rhythm)
Panis angelicus - Franck
organ: Tierce en taille (Elévation) from Messe pour les couvents - Couperin
Regina caeli (simple tone) - chant
Veni Creator “en taille” - de Grigny
Sunday, May 19, 2024, Pentecost
organ: Komm Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist - Pachelbel
Veni Creator Spiritus - chant
Vidi aquam - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass I
Sequence in proportional rhythm - chant
Credo III - chant
organ: Veni Creator “en taille” - de Grigny
organ: Komm Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist - Dupré
organ: Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott - Dupré
organ: Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott - Pachelbel
Regina caeli (simple tone) - chant
organ: Toccata from Symphony No. 5 in F - Widor
Sunday, May 26, 2024, Trinity Sunday
O God, Almighty Father (gott vater sei gepriesen)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis (“Trinitatis”) in F - Rheinberger (KSBA)
Gloria from Mass VIII - chant
Credo III - chant
Gloria Patri - Palestrina
organ: Allein Gott in der Höh’ sie Ehr’ - J. S. Bach
organ: Largo from Sonata No. 5 in C - Bach
Sanctus Dominus - Lotti
organ: Allein Gott in der Höh’ sie Ehr’ - J. C. Bach
Salve Regina (simple tone) - chant
organ: Magnificat VI - Gloria Patri - Dupré
Sunday, June 2, 2024, Corpus Christi (external solemnity)
O Jesus, We Adore Thee (fulda melody)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass VIII - chant
Credo III - chant
Panis angelicus - Franck
organ: Offertoire sur le chant de l’hymne “Adoro te devote” - Guilmant
organ: Ecce panis Angelorum - anonymous
O salutaris hostia (werner)
Pange lingua - chant
Aeterne Rex altissime - chant
Verbum supernum - chant
Sacris solemniis - chant
Te Deum (solemn tone) - chant
Tantum ergo (st. thomas)
Adoremus in aeternum - chant
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (grosser gott)
organ: Strophe sur l’hymne “Pange lingua gloriosi” - Guilmant
Friday, June 7, 2024, Sacred Heart of Jesus
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass III - chant
Credo de Archangelis - Tomaszycki
Auctor beate saeculi - chant
organ: Herzlich tut mich verlangen - Brahms
En ut superba - chant
Salve Regina (simple tone) - chant
organ: Psalm 124 (123) - Mulder
Sunday, June 9, 2024, Sacred Heart of Jesus (external solemnity)
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (hyfrydol)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis (“Trinitatis”) in F - Rheinberger (KSBA)
Gloria: Mass VIII - chant
Credo III - chant
Cor Jesu - Schultes
organ: Herzlich tut mich verlangen - Brahms
O sacrum convivium - Remondi
Salve Regina (simple tone) - chant
organ: Prelude on the Welsh Hymn Tune hyfrydol - Vaughan Williams
Tuesday, June 11, 2024, Anniversary Requiem Mass for Fr. Kenneth Walker
Missa pro defunctis - G. F. Anerio
Proper of the Mass - chant & polyphony (Anerio)
Ave verum corpus - Byrd
In paradisum - chant
June 16, 2024, Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest (lambillotte)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass XI - chant
Credo I - chant
Salve Regina (simple tone) - chant
June 23, 2024, Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
I Sing the Mighty Power of God (ellacombe)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass XI - chant
Credo I - chant
organ: Adagio in F - Bennett
organ: Tierce en taille, Récit de cornet, Plein jeu (Sanctus), Agnus Dei, Petit plein jeu (Messe pour les couvents) - Couperin
Salve Regina (simple tone) - chant
organ: Dialogue sur les grands jeux - Couperin
Monday, June 24, 2024, Nativity of St. John the Baptist
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass VIII - chant
Credo III - chant
Ut queant laxis - chant
organ: Beata nobis gaudia - L. Couperin
organ: Tierce en taille - Du Mage
Salve Regina (simple tone) - chant
organ: Grand jeu (Dialogue) - Du Mage
Sunday, June 30, 2024, Ss. Peter & Paul (external solemnity)
Who Are These, Like Stars Appearing? (all saints)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis (“Trinitatis”) in F - Rheinberger (KSBA)
Gloria: Mass VIII - chant
Credo III - chant
Sancte Petre Apostole
organ: Fantasia and Chromatic Fugue in D Minor - Pachelbel
Ave verum corpus - Elgar
Tu es Petrus from Quatre Motets - Duruflé
Salve Regina (simple tone) - chant
organ: Marche pontificale - Gounod
Monday, July 1, 2023, Precious Blood
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass III - chant
Credo III - chant
organ: Little Prelude and Fugue in A Minor - attrib. Bach
organ: excerpt from Chorale No. 3 in A Minor - Franck
Salve Regina (simple tone) - chant
organ: Ach Gott und Herr - attrib. Bach
Friday, July 5, 2024, Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass III - chant
Auctor beate saeculi - chant
organ: Herzlich tut mich verlangen - Brahms
En ut superba - chant
Regina caeli (simple tone) - chant
organ: Psalm 124 (123) - Mulder
July 7, 2024, Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King (christus rex)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass XI - chant
Credo I - chant
organ: Andante from Sonata No. 3 in D Minor - Bach
organ: Adagio from Symphony No. 5 in F - Widor
Salve Regina (simple tone) - chant
organ: Little Prelude and Fugue in E Minor - attrib. Bach
July 14, 2024, Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
All Creatures of Our God and King (lasst uns erfreuen/vigiles et sancti)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass XI - chant
Credo I - chant
Salve Regina (simple tone) - chant
July 21, 2024, Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Sing Praise to God, Who Reigns Above (mit freuden zart)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass XI - chant
Credo I - chant
Offertory with verses - chant (proportional rhythm)
organ: Andante tranquillo from Sonata No. 3 in A - Mendelssohn
Salve Regina (simple tone) - chant
organ: Little Prelude and Fugue in G - attrib. Bach