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+  HOLY WEEK & EASTER MUSIC 2006  +

                                            PALM SUNDAY, April 9

                                                                  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 Mark's Gospel:  chant recitation in English

                                                  with polyphonic responses by Tomás Luis de Victoria

                                               Motet:  Christus factus est, Felice Anerio

                                               Motet:  Crucifixus, Antonio Lotti

                                               Motet:  O vos omnes, Tomás Luis de Victoria

                                               Motet:  In monte Oliveti, Jackson Hill

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

HOLY THURSDAY, April 13

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:  Domine non sum dignus, Tomás Luis de Victoria

Motet:  O Domine Jesu Christe, Tomás Luis de Victoria

GOOD FRIDAY, April 14

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:  Adoramus te Christe, Harvey Burgett

                                                       Motet:  Quid commisisti, Harvey Burgett

                                                                                        (from The Passion of Jesus Christ According to St. John, commissioned in 1997

                                                                                         by Music Before 1800, first performed at Corpus Christi Church)

                                                       Motet:  Nolo mortem peccatoris, Thomas Morley

HOLY SATURDAY, April 15

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  8:00 p.m.

               Gregorian chant:  Psalms & canticles, Easter proclamation Exsultet,

                  Antiphon Vidi aquam, Communion Pascha nostrum

               Agnus Dei:  Missa brevis, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

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

               Motet:  Surrexit Dominus, Jacob Handl

               Motet:  Surrexit pastor bonus, Orlandus Lassus

EASTER SUNDAY, April 16

MASS FOR EASTER SUNDAY  11:15 a.m.

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

                                   Agnus Dei:  Missa "Ad majorem Dei gloriam," André Campra

                                   Motet (Sequence):  Victimae Paschali, Eustache du Caurroy

                                   Motet:  Ardens est cor meum, Tomás Luis de Victoria

                                   Motet:  Surrexit pastor bonus, Tomás Luis de Victoria

                                   Organ chorale preludes for Easter from the Orgelbüchlein,

                                      Johann Sebastian Bach