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Schedule of Choral Music

September 2011 - June 2012

Choral Music at Saint Thomas Aquinas Church
Avondale, Arizona
Solemn Mass at 10:45 am

September 4, 2011

Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

                  Anthem: Let There Be Peace On Earth - Mueller

                  Motet: O Sacrum Convivium – Msgr. Lorenzo Perosi

 

September 11, 2011

Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

                  Anthem: Song of Praise – M. Caldwell

                  Motet: Anima Christi – Robert Powell

 

September 18, 2011

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

                  Anthem: Exultate Justi – Lodovico Grossi da Viadana

                  Motet: The Eyes of All – Jean Berger

 

September 25, 2011

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

                  Anthem: Super Flumina Babylonis  a 5 – G.P. da Palestrina

                  Motet: In Nomine Jesu – Jacob Handl

 

October 2, 2011

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

                  Anthem: Jibilate Deo – Benjamin Britten

                  Motet: Cibavit Eos – William Byrd

 

October 8, 2011
White Mass, 5:00 p.m.
Most Reverend José H. Gómez, Archbishop of Los Angeles, Principal Celebrant
Saint Thomas Aquinas Choir, Schola Cantorum and Orchestra

 

Preludes to the Eucharist:

Laudate Dominum, KV 339 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Esto Les Digo – Kinley Lange

Awake the Harp (The Creation) –Franz Josef Haydn

Solemn Mass:

Hymn: Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow –
                     OLD HUNDRED LM,
Thomas Fielding, arr.

                           Ordinary: Missa de Angelis – Canto Gregoriano/ Domenico Bartolucci
                           Anthem: Jesu, the Very Thought is Sweet – Mack Wilberg
                           Motet: Anima Christi – K. Scott Warren
                           Hymn: To Be Your Presence -  ENGELBERG,
Matthew S. Sprinkle, arr.
                           Postlude: Hallelujah from “Mount of Olives” –
Ludwig von Beethoven

October 9, 2011

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

                  Anthem: Brother James’ Air – Gordon Jacob

                  Motet: O Sacrum Convivium – J. Vyverman

 

October 16, 2011

Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

                  Anthem: Glorious Everlasting – M. Thomas Cousins

                  Motet: Panis Angelicus – Camille Saint Saëns

 

October 23, 2011

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

                  Anthem: One Thing I Have Desired – Herbert Howells

                  Motet: Ubi Caritas – Maurice Duruflé

 

October 30, 2011

Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

                  Anthem: O Bless the Lord a8 – Giovanni Gabrieli

                  Motet: Adoro te Devote – Gary Penkala

November 1, 2011

Solemnity of All Saints

 

                  Introit: Litany of Saints – Canto Gregoriano

                  Anthem: Ye Slumb’ring Saints – William Byrd

                  Motet: Behold the Tabernacle of God – William Harris

 

November 6, 2011

Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

                  Anthem: Deep River – Rene Clausen

                  Motet: We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace – William Appling

 

November 13, 2011

Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

                  Anthem: De Profundis H.156 – Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    Motet: O Sacrum Convivium – Giovanni Croce

 

November 20, 2011

Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King

 

                  Anthem: Judge Eternal – Gerre Hancock

                  Motet: Sing My Soul – Ned Rorem

 

November 27, 2011

First Sunday in Advent

 

                  Anthem: Keep Your Lamps – André Thomas

                  Motet: A Spotless Rose – Herbert Howells

 

December 4, 2011

Second Sunday in Advent

 

                  Anthem: And the Glory of the Lord – G.F. Handel

                  Motet: Jerusalem Surge – Heinrich Isaac

 

December 8, 2011

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Solemn Mass 7:00 pm

 

                  Preludes to the Eucharist

                                    Dixit Maria – Hans Leo Hassler

                                    There is No Rose – Kevin Siegfried

                                    Ave Maria, Op. 145 – Camille Saint Saëns

                                    Salve Regina; Solemn Tone, Mode I – Canto Gregoriano

 

                  Solemn Celebration of Holy Eucharist

       Introit: Tota Pulchara es – Leo Nestor
       Anthem: Ave Maria – Morten Lauridsen

                                  Motet: Alma Redemptoris Mater – G.P. da Palestrina

                                  Hymn: Salve Regina; Simplex Mode V – Canto Gregoriano

 

December 11, 2011

Third Sunday in Advent – Gaudete Sunday

 

                  Anthem: This is the Record of John – Orlando Gibbons

                  Motet: E’en So Lord Jesus, Quickly Come – Paul Manz

 

December 18, 2011

Fourth Sunday in Advent

 

                  Introit: Rorate Caeli Desuper – Canto Gregoriano

                  Anthem: Ave Maria – Louis Vierne

                  Motet: Tota Pulchra Es – Leo Nestor

 

December 24, 2011

Solemnity of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ

Solemn Mass at Midnight

 

                  Preludes to the Eucharist

                                    Ave Maria – Morten Lauridsen

                                    Away in a Manger – Traditional; Sir David Wilcocks

                                    Cantique de Noel – Adolphe Adam

                                    Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – Traditional; Sir David Wilcocks

                                    Love Came Down at Christmas – Leo Sowerby

 

                  Solemn Mass at Midnight

                                    Introit: Dominus Dixit ad Me –  Canto Gregoriano

                                    Processional: O Come All Ye Faithful – Traditional; Sir David Wilcocks

                                    Proclamation: Proclamation of the Birth of Christ – Canto Gregoriano

                                    Gloria: Messe de Minuit pour Noel – Marc-Antoine Charpentier

                                    Psalmody: Psalm 96: Today is Born – Matthew S. Sprinkle

                                    Anthem: What Sweeter Music – John Rutter

                                    Ordinary: Missa de Angelis – Canto Gregoriano

                                    Communio: In Splendoribus – Canto Gregoriano

                                    Motet: O Nata Lux – Morten Lauridsen

                                    Hymn: Silent Night – Traditional

                                    Motet: Lux Aurumque – Eric Whitacre

                                    Anthem: Still, Still, Still – Mark Shepherd

 

December 25, 2011

Solemn Mass for Christmas

Schola Cantorum

 

                  Introit: Hodie Christus Natus est – Healy Willan
                 
Processional: Hark! The Herald Angles Sing –Traditional; Sir David Wilcocks
                 
Psalmody: Psalm 98: All the Ends of the Earth – Sam Schmitt
                  Anthem: What Sweeter Music – John Rutter
                 
Motet: Gesu Bambino – Pietro Yon

 

January 1, 2012

Solemnity of Mary, The Mother of God

 

                  Ordinary: Missa de Angelis – Canto Gregoriano/Orlando di Lasso

                  Anthem: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly – Gerre Hancock

                  Motet: Alma Redemptoris Mater – Matthew S. Sprinkle

January 8, 2012

Solemnity of the Epiphany (Transferred)

 

                  Introit: Arise, Shine – Donald Pearson

                  Ordinary: Missa de Angelis – Canto Gregoriano/Orlando di Lasso

                  Anthem: Three Kings of Orient – John Rutter

                  Motet: O Nata Lux – Morten Lauridsen

 

January 15, 2012

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

                  Anthem: Behold the Lamb of God – G.F. Handel

                  Motet: O Salutaris Hostia – Edward Elgar

 

January 22, 2012

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

                  Choir Holiday
                  Solemn Mass will be celebrated with organ and cantor

 

January 29, 2012

Solemnity of the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas

Solemn Mass at 10:45 am

St. Thomas Aquinas Choir and Orchestra

 

                  Preludes to the Eucharist

                                    Serve the Lord with Gladness – G.F. Handel

                                    Ave Verum Corpus, S.44 – Franz Liszt

 

                  Solemn Mass

                                    Ordinary: Missa de Angelis – Canto Gregoriano                                  

                                    Anthem: O Salutaris Hostia – Marcos Portugal

                                    Motet: Anima Christi – Warren K. Scott

                                    Processional: Pange Lingua et Tantum Ergo – Thomas Fielding

 

February 5, 2012

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

                  Anthem: All That Hath Life and Breath Praise Ye the Lord – René Clausen

                  Motet: There is a Balm in Gilead – René Clausen


February 12, 2012

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

                  Anthem: Come Let Us Sing Unto the Lord – Morten Lauridsen

                  Motet: Jesu Dulcis Memoria – Leo Nestor

 

February 19, 2012

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

                  Anthem: Hymn of Praise: All Ye That Cried Unto the Lord – Felix Mendelssohn

                  Motet: There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy – Maurice Bevan

 

February 22, 2012

Ash Wednesday

Mass at Seven O’clock in the Evening

 

                  Introit: Misereris Omnium – Canto Gregoriano

                  Anthem: Exaltabo te – G.P. de Palestrina

                  Distribution of Ashes: Miserere Mei – Gregorio Allegri

                  Motet: Immutemur Habitu – José Maurício Nunes Garcia

                  Hymn: Parce Domine – Canto Gregoriano

 

February 26, 2012

First Sunday of Lent

 

                  Introit:

                  Anthem: We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace – William Appling

                  Motet: Scapulis Suis – Johann Kaspar Aiblinger

 

March 4, 2012

Second Sunday of Lent

 

                  Introit: Tibi Dixit -  Canto Gregoriano

                  Anthem: Elijah: Cast thy Burden – Felix Mendelssohn

                  Motet: Anima Christi – Robert Powell

 

March 11, 2012

Third Sunday of Lent

 

                  Introit: Oculi Mei – Canto Gregoriano

                  Anthem: Jesus and the Traders – Zoltáns Kodály

                  Motet: Ave Verum Corpus – Colin Mawby

 

March 18, 2012

Fourth Sunday of Lent – Laetare Sunday

 

                  Introit: Rejoice Jerusalem – Plainsong New, Leo Nestor

                  Anthem: What Wondrous Love is This – Michael J. Oczko

                  Motet: O Saviour of the World – John Goss

 

March 25, 2012

Fifth Sunday of Lent

 

                  Introit: Judicas Me Deus – Canto Gregoriano

                  Anthem: Schaffe in Mir, Gott – J. Brahms

                  Motet: Crucifixus – Ramio Real

 

April 1, 2012

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion

 

                  Introit: Hosanna Filio David – Canto Gregoriano/T.L. da Victoria

                  Procession: An Hosanna Fanfare – Leo Nestor

                  Hymn: All Glory Laud and Honor - ???

                  Responsorial: Ingrediente – Russell Woollen

                  Ordinary: Missa Orbis Factor – Canto Gregoriano

                  Anthem: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross – Gilbert Martin

                  Motet: O Vos Omnes – Pablo Casals

 

The Paschal Triduum of the Death, Burial, and Resurrection of the Lord

 

April 5, 2012

Holy Thursday

 

                  Introit: Glory in the Cross – Stephen Janco

                  Psalmody: Leo Nestor

                  Anthems during the Washing of Feet:

                                    Mandatum novum – Canto Gregoriano

                                    Ubi Caritas – Morten Lauridsen

                  Ordinary: Missa Orbis Factor – Canto Gregoriano

                  Anthem: Ave Verum – Domenico Bartalucci

                  Motet: O Sacrum Convivium – Oliver Messia

                  Procession: Pange Lingua – Canto Gregoriano/William Byrd

 

April 6, 2012

Good Friday

 

                  Psalmody: Ps.31: Father, I Put My Life in Your Hands – Howard Hughes

    Anthems At the Veneration of the Cross:

                                      Popule Meus (The Reproaches) – Thomás Luis de Victoria

                                      Crux Fideles – R. Kühnel

                                      In Manus Tuas – Juan Pujol

                                      Were You There – Traditional

                                      Faithful Cross – Leo Nestor

                  Anthem: Christus Factus Est- Anton Bruckner

                  Motet: Anima Christi – Ryan Cayabyab

 

April 6, 2012

Service of the Burial of the Lord

 

                  Ordinary: Missa Orbis Factor – Canto Gregoriano

                  Anthem: Go to Dark Gesthemane – T. Tertius Noble

                  Procession: Jesus, Remember Me – Leo Nestor

                  Anthems during Veneration of the Body of Christ:

                                     Adoramus te, Jesu Christe a8 – Jacob Gallus

                                     Saw Ye My Savior – Leo Nestor

                                     My Song in the Night – Paul Christiansen

                                     Vinea Mea Electa – Francis Poulenc

 

April 7, 2012

The Great Easter Vigil

 

                  Proclamation: Exultet – Canto Gregoriano

                  Acclamation: Psalm 118: Give thanks to the Lord- Leo Nestor

                  Litany: Litany of Saints – Canto Gregoriano

                  Acclamation: Springs of Water – Plainsong; Richard Proulx

                  Antiphon: I Saw Water – Leo Nestor

                  Motet: Confirma Hoc – Canto Gregoriano/William Byrd

                  Anthem: A Song to the Lamb – Gerre Hancock

                  Communio: Christ Our Pasch

                  Motet: Alleluia – Ralph Manuel

  

April 8, 2012

Easter Sunday: The Resurrection of the Lord

Solemn Mass at 10:00 am and Noon

St. Thomas Aquinas Choir and Orchestra

 

                  Preludes to the Eucharist

                                    A Song to the Lamb – Gerre Hancock

                                    Surrexit a Mortuis – Charles-Marie Widor

                 

                  Solemn Mass

                                    Hymn: Easter Hymn – David Cherwin

                                    Psalmody: Psalm 118: This is the Day – Matthew S. Sprinkle

                                    Sequence: Victimæ Paschal: Laudes – Canto Gregoriano

                                    Acclamation: Globet Sei Gott – M. Vulpius/Matthew S. Sprinkle

                                    Acclamation: I Saw Water – Leo Nestor

                                    Anthem: I Was Glad – Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry

                                    Ordinary: Missa de Angelis – Canto Gregoriano

                                    Communio: Christ Our Passover – Richard Dirksen
                                   
Hymn: Gift of Finest Wheat – BICENTENNIAL, Robert Kreutz,
                                                                                                                    Thomas Fielding, arr.

         Motet: Alleluia – Ralph Manuel

                                    Hymn: Thaxted – Matthew S. Sprinkle

 

April 15, 2012

Divine Mercy Sunday

 

                  Prelude: Maria Magdalene – Santino Cara

                  Anthem: Christo Resurgenti  - François Couperin

                  Motet: Maria Magdalene – Francisco Guerrero

 

April 22, 2012

Third Sunday of Easter

 

                  Anthem: Jubilate Deo - Guillaume Bouzignac

                  Motet: Lauda Anima Mea – G.P. da Palestrina

 

April 29, 2012

Fourth Sunday of Easter

 

                  Anthem: Sheep May Safely Graze – J.S. Bach

                  Motet: Surrexit Pastor Bonus – Michael Haller

 

May 6, 2012

Fifth Sunday of Easter

 

                  Anthem: Now Glad of Heart – Keaton Lee Scott

                  Motet: Regina Coeli – Romuald Twardowski

 

May 13

Sixth Sunday of Easter

 

                  Anthem: O Be Joyful in the Lord – John Rutter

                  Motet: Thy Perfect Love – John Rutter (OEA)

                  Motet: I will Not Leave You Comfortless – William Byrd

 

May 20, 2012

Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord

 

                  Preludes to the Eucharist

                                    God is Gone Up With A Merry Noise – William Croft

                                    Cœlos Ascendit Hodie; Op.38 No.2 – Charles Villiers Stanford

 

                  Solemn Mass

                                    Anthem: O Clap Your Hands – Orlando Gibbons

                                    Motet: Ascenden Christus – T.L. de Victoria

                                    Choral Postlude: Creation: The Heavens are Telling –
                                                                                                                                  Franz Joseph Haydn

 

May 27, 2012

The Solemnity of Pentecost

 

                  Preludes to the Eucharist

                                    Holy Spirit Truth Divine – Andrew Carter

                                    Confirma Hoc Deus – Antonio Salieri

 

                  Solemn Mass

                                    Introit: Spiritus Domini – Plainsong New 2011; Matthew S. Sprinkle

                                    Hymn: Concertato on Holy Spirit – Matthew S. Sprinkle, arr.

                                    Psalmody: Psalm 104: Lord, Send Out Your Spirit – Leo Nestor

                                    Sequence: Pentecost Sequence: Come, Holy Spirit –
                                                                                                                                Christopher Wilcock

                                    Anthem: The Apostles Opus 49 – Edward Elgar

                                    Prologue: The Spirit of the Lord is Upon Me

                                    Motet: Grieve Not the Holy Spirit of God – T. Tertrius Noble

                                    Hymn: Fire of God, Titanic Spirit –
                                                                                                       Ode to Joy, Matthew S. Sprinkle, arr.

 

June 3, 2012

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

 

                  Anthem: I Saw the Lord – Sir John Stainer

                  Motet: Honor, Virtus et Potestas – Thomas Tallis

 

June 10, 2012

Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

 

                  Preludes to the Eucharist

                                    Jesu Dulcis Memoria – G.P. da Palestrina

                                    O Sacrum Convivium – Dominico Bartolucci

 

                  Solemn Mass

                                    Introit: Cibavit Eos – William Byrd

                                    Hymn: Festival Canticle: Worthy is Christ – Richard Hillert

                                    Sequence: Ecce Panic Angelorum – Oscar Santos                               
                                   Anthem: Anima Christi – Ryan Cayabyab
                                   Motet: Domine, Non Sum Dignus - Thomas Louis de Victoria
                                   Hymn: Sweet Sacrament Divine – F. Stanfield/ Matthew S Sprinkle, arr.
                                   Motet: Tantum Ergo, Opus 10 –Maurice Durufé
                                   Hymn: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus – HYFRODOL, Matthew S. Sprinkle, arr.

 

 

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