Music for High Masses
Mater Misericordiae and
St. Edward the Confessor
Wedensday, January 1, 2025, Octave of Christmas (Morning Mass)
organ: Komm Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist - Pachelbel
Veni Creator Spiritus - Ravanello, with chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa “O magnum mysterium” - Victoria
Tollite hostias - Saint-Saëns
organ: Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich - Drischner
organ: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist - Bach
organ: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist - Distler
Sancta et immaculata - Wilton
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
organ: In dir ist Freude - Drischner
Friday, January 3, 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
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
Sunday, January 5, 2025, Holy Name of Jesus
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (grosser gott)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass VIII - chant
Credo III - chant
Laudate nomen Domini - Tye
Panis angelicus - Meurers
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
organ: Nun danket all und bringet Ehr - Liardon
Monday, January 6, 2025, 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 12, 2025, Holy Family
What Child Is This? (greensleeves)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa “O magnum mysterium” - Victoria (KSBA)
Gloria: Mass VIII - chant
Credo III - chant
Alma Redemptoris Mater - Palestrina
organ: O laufet, ihr Hirten - Drischner
Jesu, dulcis memoria - attrib. Victoria
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
organ: In dir ist Freude - Bach
January 19, 2025, Second Sunday after Epiphany
Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (st. george's windsor)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass XI - chant
Credo I - chant
organ: The Prince of Denmark’s March - Clarke
organ: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier - Bach
organ: Andante tranquillo from Sonata No. 3 - Mendelssohn
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
organ: Prelude to the Te Deum - Charpentier
January 26, 2025, Third Sunday after Epiphany
All Creatures of Our God and King (lasst uns erfreuen)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa “O magnum mysterium” - Victoria
Gloria & Agnus Dei from Mass XI - chant
Credo I - chant
Jubilate Deo - Mozart
organ: Voluntary in G - Purcell
organ: Adagio in F - Bennett
Tantum ergo No. 4 in A-Flat - Bruckner
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
organ: Fugue sur les jeux d’anches (Kyrie from Messe solemnelle à l’usage des paroisses) - Couperin
Sunday, February 2, 2025, Candlemas
Lauda Jerusalem - Darros
Proper of the Blessing of Candles, Procession, and Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass VIII - chant
Credo III - chant
Alma Redemptoris Mater - C. Rossini
organ: Sortie sur l’antienne “Lumen ad revelationem gentium” - Guilmant
organ: Offertoire sur l’antienne “Lumen ad revelationem gentium” - Guilmant
O salutaris hostia - Rheinberger
Alma Redemptoris Mater (simple tone) - chant
organ: Lobe den Herren - Drischner
Friday, February 7, 2025, 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
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
organ: Psalm 124 (123) - Mulder
February 9, 2025, Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (hyfrydol)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Missa brevis - Palestrina
Gloria from Mass XI - chant
Credo I - chant
Ave Regina caelorum - Rheinberger
organ: Largo from Sonata No. 2 in C Minor - Bach
Operatus est salutem - Tschesnokoff
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
organ: Hornpipe - Handel
February 16, 2025, Septuagesima Sunday
O God, Our Help in Ages Past (st. anne)
Asperges - chant
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass XI - chant
Credo I - chant
organ: Wo soll ich fliehen hin - Bach
organ: O Mensch, bewein dein’ Sünde groß - Bach
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
organ: Ach Gott und Herr - attrib. Bach
Saturday, February 22, 2025, Chair of St. Peter
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass III - chant
Credo de Archangelis - Tomaszycki
organ: Marche pontificale - Gounod
organ: Tierce en taille - Du Mage
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
organ: Grand jeu (Dialogue) - Du Mage
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
Tantum ergo - J. French
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
organ: Fugue in A Minor - Bach
March 5, 2025, Ash Wednesday
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
Immutemur habitu - Nunes Garcia
Friday, March 7, 2025, St. Thomas Aquinas
Proper of the Mass - chant
Ordinary: Mass III - chant
Auctor beate saeculi - chant
organ: Prelude on the Welsh Hymn Tune rhosymedre - Vaughan Williams
En ut superba - chant
Ave Regina caelorum (simple tone) - chant
organ: Basse et dessus de trompette ou de cornet separé, en dialogue (Suite du premier ton) - Clérambault
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: Deux strophes sur l’hymne “Ave maris stella” - Guilmant
organ: Sortie sur l’hymne “Quid nunc in tenebris tristis aberras” - 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