Music for High Masses
Mater Misericordiae and
St. Edward the Confessor
Unless noted otherwise, all Sunday selections are for the 11:00 a.m. High Mass at St. Edward's.
Please refer to the parish website for current Mass times and locations.
Our choral repertory list (PDF) is available here.
KSBA = Kyrie, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei
Chant is sung according to the Solesmes edition unless noted otherwise.
Public audio recordings (Google Drive)
Congregational chant recordings
We currently have openings for mixed choir (one soprano, two altos, two basses) and men's schola (three men).
Choir Registration Form (Google Form) & Audition Requirements (PDF)
February 23, 2025, Sexagesima Sunday
O Jesus, We Adore Thee (fulda melody)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis - Palestrina
Credo I - chant
Media vita in morte sumus - Rheinberger
organ: Alle Menschen müssen sterben - Bach
organ: Andante from Sonata No. 4 in E Minor - Bach
Ave verum corpus - Bach
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
organ: Prelude in A Minor - Bach
March 2, 2025, Quinquagesima Sunday
O God of Loveliness (st. elizabeth)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass XI - chant
Credo I - chant
Bonus est Dominus - Palestrina
organ: Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein (Orgelbüchlein) - Bach
organ: Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein (Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich hiermit) - Bach
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
organ: Fugue in A Minor - Bach
March 5, 2025, 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
Friday, March 7, 2025, St. Thomas Aquinas
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass III - chant
organ: Herzlich tut mich verlangen - Brahms
En ut superba - chant
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
organ: Psalm 124 (123) - Mulder
March 9, 2025, First Sunday in Lent
Parce Domine
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
March 16, 2025, Second Sunday in Lent
Forty Days and Forty Nights (heinlein)
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
Wednesday, March 19, 2025, St. Joseph
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass VIII - chant
Credo III - chant
Te Joseph celebrent - chant
organ: Plein jeu (Sanctus) from Messe pour les couvents - Couperin
organ: Tierce en taille (Elévation) from Messe pour les couvents - Couperin
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
organ: Dialogue sur les grands jeux (Dona nobis pacem) from Messe pour les couvents - Couperin
March 23, 2025, Third Sunday in Lent
Lord, Who throughout These Forty Days (st. flavian)
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)
Spem in alium - Jacquet
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
Tuesday, March 25, 2025, Annunciation
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis in D, K. 194 - Mozart
Ave Maria (Angelus Domini) - Biebl
organ: Sortie sur l’hymne “Quid nunc in tenebris tristis aberras” - Guilmant
organ: Deux strophes sur l’hymne “Ave maris stella” - Guilmant
Ave verum corpus - Mozart
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
organ: Prelude in A - Bach
March 30, 2025, 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
Voce mea ad Dominum clamavi - Aliseda
organ: Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ - Bach
organ: Herzlich tut mich verlangen - Bach
Benedicam Dominum - Lotti
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
organ: Adagio-Vivace from Sonata No. 4 in E Minor - Bach
Friday, April 4, 2025, 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
April 6, 2025, Passion Sunday
O Sacred Head, Surrounded (passion chorale)
Asperges (ad libitum tone) - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass XVII - chant
Credo IV - chant
Offertory with verses - chant (proportional rhythm)
Ave verum corpus - Bentivoglio
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
Friday, April 11, 2025, Seven Sorrows of Our Lady
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass IX - chant
Stabat Mater (mainz)
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
April 13, 2025, 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
April 17, 2025, Holy Thursday
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis - Palestrina (KGSBA1)
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
April 18, 2025, Good Friday
Proper of the Liturgical Action - chant
April 19, 2025, 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
Benedictus Deus Israel - fauxbourdon
Regina caeli (simple tone) - chant
organ: Incantation pour un jour saint - Langlais
April 20, 2025, Easter Sunday
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today (victimae paschali)
Vidi aquam - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass in the Dorian Mode - Howells
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