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 (soprano, alto, and bass) and men's schola.
Choir Registration Form (Google Form) & Audition Requirements (PDF)
Friday, November 1, 2024, All Saints
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa “O quam gloriosum" - Victoria
O quam gloriosum (motet) - Victoria
organ: Tierce en taille (Elévation) from Messe pour les couvents - Couperin
organ: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele - Brahms
Exsultate justi - Viadana
Adoro te devote - Bebenek
Salve Regina (simple tone) - chant
organ: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - attrib. Bach (pastor's request!)
November 3, 2024, Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (lasst uns erfreuen)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant (proportional rhythm)
Ordinary: Mass XI - chant
Credo I - chant
Non nobis, Domine - attrib. Byrd
organ: Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit - Reger
organ: Nun freut euch, liebe Christen g’mein - Bach
O salutaris hostia - Rheinberger
Salve Regina (simple tone) - chant
Heroes, When with Glory Burning - Handel
November 10, 2024, Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Faith of Our Fathers (st. catherine)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant (proportional rhythm)
Ordinary: Missa “O quam gloriosum" - Victoria (KSBA)
Gloria from Mass XI - chant
Credo I - chant
Laudate Dominum - Croft
organ: Largo from Sonata No. 2 in C Minor - Bach
O esca viatorum - attrib. M. Haydn
Salve Regina (simple tone) - chant
organ: Vivace from Sonata No. 2 in C Minor - Bach
November 17, 2024, Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Most Ancient of All Mysteries (st. flavian)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant (proportional rhythm)
Ordinary: Mass XI - chant
Credo I - chant
Offertory with verses - chant (proportional rhythm)
organ: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (manualiter), BWV 687 - Bach
Salve Regina (simple tone) - chant
organ: Dialogue sur les grands jeux (Suite du premier ton) - Clérambault
November 24, 2024, Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
O Jesus Christ, Remember (aurelia)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant (proportional rhythm)
Ordinary: Missa “O quam gloriosum" - Victoria (KSBA)
Gloria from Mass XI - chant
Credo I - chant
Offertory with verse - chant (proportional rhythm)
Oculi omnium - Wood
organ: Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein (Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich hiermit) - Bach
Salve Regina (Einsiedeln)
Salve Regina (simple tone) - chant
organ: Fugue in G Minor - Bach
December 1, 2024, First Sunday of Advent
Hark, a Herald Voice Is Calling (merton)
Asperges (ad libitum tone) - chant
Sanctissimus namque Gregorius (trope)
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass XVII - chant
Credo IV - chant
Alma Redemptoris Mater - C. Rossini
Domine, non sum dignus - C. Rossini
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
Friday, December 6, 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
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
Sunday, December 8, 2024, Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Mary (lourdes)
Asperges (ad libitum tone) - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa “Dixit Maria” - Hassler
Dixit Maria (motet) - Hassler
organ: Prière à Notre-Dame - Boëllmann
Tota pulchra es - Schumann
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
organ: Sortie sur l’hymne “Quid nunc in tenebris tristis aberras” - Guilmant
December 15, 2024, Third Sunday of Advent
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus (stuttgart)
Asperges (ad libitum tone) - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass XVII - chant
Credo IV - chant
organ: Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele - Drischner
organ: Prelude on winchester new - Lang
organ: Rorate caeli (Choral orné) - Demessieux
organ: Prelude on merton - Lang
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
organ: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme - Bach
December 22, 2024, Fourth Sunday of Advent
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (veni, veni emmanuel)
Asperges (ad libitum tone) - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis - Casciolini
Credo IV - chant
Veni, veni Emmanuel
Rorate caeli desuper - chant
Creator alme siderum - chant
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
Tuesday, December 24, 2024, Christmas Prelude Music
The Truth from Above - Vaughan Williams
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree - Poston
In the Bleak Mid-Winter - Darke
Selections from the following carols:
Angels We Have Heard on High
Away in a Manger
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
Joy to the World
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Once in Royal David's City
The First Nowell
Wednesday, December 25, 2024, Christmas Midnight Mass
Adeste fideles
Silent Night (stille nacht)
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa “O magnum mysterium” - Victoria
O magnum mysterium - Victoria
organ: Nun freut euch, liebe Christen g’mein - Bach
organ: Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen - Drischner
organ: Trio on “Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella” - Hegarty
Pueri concinite - Herbeck
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
organ: “Echo” Noel (Noël X, Grand jeu et duo) - Daquin
Wednesday, December 25, 2024, Christmas Day Mass
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass VIII - chant
Credo III - chant
Personent hodie - arr. Holst
organ: In dulci jubilo - Drischner
organ: In dulci jubilo (trio) - J. M. Bach
Puer natus in Bethlehem - chant
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
organ: In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 - Bach
December 29, 2024, Sunday within the Octave of Christmas
Joy to the World (antioch)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass VIII - chant
Credo III - chant
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant