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+  HOLY WEEK & EASTER MUSIC 2007  +

                                            PALM SUNDAY, April 1

                                                                  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 Luke's Gospel:  chant recitation in English

                                               Motet:  Christus factus est, Johann Ernst Eberlin

                                               Motet:  Improperium, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

                                               Motet:  Tristis est anima mea, Orlandus Lassus

HOLY THURSDAY, April 5

MASS OF THE LORD'S SUPPER (bilingual)  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:  Missa "Simile est regnum caelorum," Tomás Luis de Victoria

Motet:  Credidi propter quod (Psalm 116), Orlandus Lassus

Motet:  Pan divino, graçioso, sacrasancto, Francisco Guerrero

Motet:  Ave verum, Harvey Burgett  (from The Passion of Jesus Christ According to St. John, 

         commissioned by Music Before 1800, first performed at Corpus Christi Church March 23, 1997)

GOOD FRIDAY, April 6

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:  Passionsgebet, O Domine Jesu Christe,

                                                          Johann Hermann Schein

                                                       Motet:  Tenebrae factae sunt, Johannes Nucius

HOLY SATURDAY, April 7

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 (bilingual)  8:00 p.m.

               Gregorian chant:  Psalms & canticles, Easter proclamation Exsultet,

                  Antiphon Vidi aquam, Communion Pascha nostrum

               Agnus Dei:  Mass for five voices, William Byrd

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

               Motet:  Haec dies, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

               Motet:  Surrexit pastor bonus, Orlandus Lassus

EASTER SUNDAY, April 8

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

                                   Motets from the Gradualia, William Byrd:

                                      Pascha nostrum, Resurrexi, Haec dies, Terra tremuit

                                   Organ chorale preludes for Easter from the Orgelbüchlein,

                                      Johann Sebastian Bach