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+  HOLY WEEK & EASTER MUSIC 2005  +

 

 

                                            PALM SUNDAY, March 20

                                                                  BLESSING & PROCESSION OF PALMS,

MASS OF PALM SUNDAY  11:00 a.m.

                                               Gregorian chant:  Antiphon Hosanna, Communion Pater, si non potest

                                               Passion of Christ from Matthew's Gospel:  chant recitation in English

                                                  with polyphonic responses by Tomás Luis de Victoria

                                               Motet:  Christus factus est, Felica Anerio

                                               Motet:  O vos omnes, Tomás Luis de Victoria

                                               Motet:  Ecce vidimus, Jackson Hill

                                                   (from Three Motets, commissioned in 1977 by Corpus Christi Church)

 

HOLY THURSDAY, March 24

MASS OF THE LORD'S SUPPER  7:30 p.m.

Gregorian chant:  Introit Nos autem; Antiphons Postquam surrexit Dominus; Ubi caritas;

   Domine, tu mihi lavas pedes; Mandatum novum do vobis; Maneant in vobis;

   Communion  Hoc corpus; chant hymn during final procession Pange lingua

Agnus Dei:  Mass for Four Voices, William Byrd

Motet:  Credidi propter quod locutus sum, ŕ 8, Claudio Monteverdi

Motet:  Christe, adoramus te, Claudio Monteverdi

Motet:  Ave verum corpus, William Byrd

 

GOOD FRIDAY, March 25

TENEBRAE SERVICE  10:00 a.m.

                                                       Following the monastic Offices of Matins & Lauds for Good Friday

                                                      A traditional and ancient service with Gregorian chant antiphons,

                                                          psalms, lessons (Lamentations of Jeremiah)

                                                       Motets:  Ludovico Viadana, Marc'Antonio Ingegnieri

CELEBRATION OF THE LORD'S PASSION:
THE SOLEMN LITURGY  3:00 p.m.

                                                       Gregorian chant:  Gradual Christus factus est

                                                       Passion of Christ from John's Gospel:  chant recitation in English

                                                          with choral responses by William Byrd

                                                       Improperia:  Popule meus, quid feci tibi? (The Reproaches),

                                                          Tomás Luis de Victoria

                                                       Motet:  Vere languores, Tomás Luis de Victoria

                                                       Motet:  Tristis est anima mea, Jackson Hill

                                                                                        (from Three Motets, commissioned in 1977 by Corpus Christi Church)

 

HOLY SATURDAY, March 26

TENEBRAE SERVICE  10:00 a.m.

Following the monastic Offices of Matins & Lauds for Holy Saturday

A traditional and ancient service with Gregorian chant antiphons,

   psalms, lessons (Lamentations of Jeremiah)

Motets:  Ludovico Viadana

               THE EASTER VIGIL  7:00 p.m.

               Gregorian chant:  Psalms & canticles, Easter proclamation Exsultet,

                  Antiphon Vidi aquam, Communion Pascha nostrum

               Agnus Dei:  Missa "Ab initio et ante saecula creata sum," Frei Manuel Cardoso

               Anthem:  Salve festa dies (Hail thee, festival day!), Ralph Vaughan Williams

               Anthem:  Christ Rising Again from the Dead, Thomas Tomkins

 

EASTER SUNDAY, March 27

MASS FOR EASTER SUNDAY  11:15 a.m.

                                   Gregorian chant:  Introit Resurrexi; Gloria & Sanctus, Missa VIII "De angelis"

                                   Agnus Dei:  Missa "In illo tempore," Claudio Monteverdi

                                   Motet (Sequence):  Victimae Paschali, Eustache du Caurroy

                                   Motets from the Gradualia William Byrd:

                                      Pascha nostrum, Resurrexi, Haec dies, Terra tremuit

                                   Organ chorale preludes for Easter from the Orgelbüchlein,

                                      Johann Sebastian Bach