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+  HOLY WEEK & EASTER MUSIC 2008  +

                                            PALM SUNDAY, March 16

                                                                  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, Felice Anerio

                                               Motet:  O vos omnes, Tomás Luis de Victoria

                                               Motet:  In monte Oliveti, Jackson Hill (from Three Motets,

                                                    commissioned by Corpus Christi Church in 1977)

MUSIC BEFORE 1800 CONCERT  4:00 p.m.

"Musique varié":

The Choir of Corpus Christi Church, conducted by Louise Basbas,

and instrumentalists Margaret Panofsky, viola da gamba, and Edward Brewer, harpsichord,

perform French Renaissance and Baroque motets for Holy Week and Easter

by Bouzignac, Du Caurroy, Du Mont, and Moulinié

and instrumental music by Marais, Caix d'Hervelois, and Rameau.

Information and tickets: 212-666-9266 or www.mb1800.org.

HOLY THURSDAY, March 20

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 "In illo tempore," Claudio Monteverdi

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

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, March 21

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:  O vos omnes, Richard Deering

                                                       Motet:  Tenebrae factae sunt, Johannes Nucius

HOLY SATURDAY, March 22

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)  7:30 p.m.

               Gregorian chant:  Psalms & canticles, Easter proclamation Exsultet,

                  Antiphon Vidi aquam, Communion Pascha nostrum

               Agnus Dei:  Missa V, super "Ecce quam bonum," Hans Leo Hassler

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

               Motet:  Surrexit Christus hodie, Melchior Vulpius

               Motet:  Surrexit Dominus, Jacob Handl

EASTER SUNDAY, March 23

MASS FOR EASTER SUNDAY  11:15 a.m.

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

                                   Agnus Dei:  Missa quatuor vocum, Domenico Scarlatti

                                   Motet (Sequence):  Victimae Paschali, Eustache du Caurroy

                                   Motet:  Haec dies, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

                                   Motet:  Christ being raised from the dead, John Blow

                                   Organ chorale preludes for Easter from the Orgelbüchlein,

                                      Johann Sebastian Bach