Mary, Mother of God (January 1)

Falls on a Sunday this year!  Masses are the regular Sunday schedule (Saturday at 5 PM; Sunday at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM).  Brass and singers are off.  I will be leading the singing from the console this weekend.

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Ordinary: Mass VIII (Gl); Mass XVIII (S, Ag); Mortem Tuam; Dresden Amen
Psalm 67: R./ May God bless us in his mercy (Owen Alstott)
Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium" (Mode V, adapt. BMP) (PDF)

Voluntaries:
Prelude: improvised variations on Forest Green
Elevations: hybrid improvisations on two Ave Maria settings (Mode I and Victoria)
Postlude: Hallelujah (from "Messiah"/Handel) (organ solo reduction)

Hymns, etc.:
While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Maroon hymnal, #13, first tune)
The first Nowell (Maroon hymnal, #30)
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) (key of C for this basso profundo)
In the bleak midwinter (Maroon hymnal, #44)
Angels we have heard on high (Maroon hymnal, #42)

Side note: I was reading in a thread on one of the Facebook pages I frequent that some church (Catholic) used Angels we have heard on high in place of the Gloria.  Let me emphasize this: Angels we have heard on high is NOT the Gloria.  It is simply a Christmas carol with the line Gloria in excelsis Deo incorporated within.  It is perfectly appropriate as a hymn, but never in place of the Gloria or any Mass Ordinary.  Here endeth the rant.

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

Christmas (The Nativity of Our Lord)

The Christmas Mass schedule is as follows:

Saturday (Christmas Eve): 5 and 10 PM

Sunday (Christmas Day): 9 and 11:15 AM (no 7:30 Mass)

Brass trio will be on hand at all Masses.

There will be a prelude of sung sacred Christmas music starting approximately 20 minutes before all Masses!

PRELUDE:

1. Bel Bambino (traditional Italian, arr. by Rhode Island's own Alexander Peloquin)
2. Gaudete! Christus est Natus (Piae Cantationes, 1582, arr. BMP)
3. Tollite Hostias (Camille Saint-Saëns)
4. Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light (Johann Schop, arr. Johann Sebastian Bach)
5. La Pastorale di Couperin (Antonio Allegra)

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS:

Ordinary: Mass of the Shepherds (Pietro Yon)
Psalm 96: R./ Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord (Richard Proulx/Joseph Gelineau)
Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium" (Mode V, adapt. BMP) (PDF)

Voluntaries (both with brass):
Elevations: Fanfare in B-flat (John Ferguson)
Postlude: Nöel Suisse (Louis Claude Daquin)

Hymns, etc:
O come, all ye faithful (Worship hymnal, #392) (verse 1 in Latin, followed by verses 1-4 in English)
Hark! the herald angels sing (Worship hymnal, #387)
- The first two hymns listed here will be sung as arranged by Sir David Willcocks)
Hallelujah (George Frederick Handel, from Messiah)
Silent Night (Worship hymnal, #379)
Joy to the World (Worship hymnal, #399)

Best wishes to all parishioners and visitors to Sacred Heart for a merry and blessed Christmas!

Peace!
BMP

IV Advent and a Concert

On Sunday, December 18, at 2 PM, there is a Christmas concert, dubbed The Joyful Sounds of the Season, at St. Matthew Church in Cranston, RI. St. Matthew's choir, along with some professionals, an orchestra, and Sacred Heart's own Brian Michael Page at the organ, conducted by Kyle Jameson, will perform works of Rutter, Mozart, Holst, and Willcocks, as well as selections from Handel's Messiah.  If you're in the area, come and listen!  Admission is free!

But not before the Masses for the Fourth Sunday of Advent at Sacred Heart...

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Ordinary: Mass XVIII (S, Ag); Mortem Tuam; Amen based on Sanctus VIII
Psalm 24: R./ Let the Lord enter; he is King of glory (R./ Richard Proulx / V./ Joseph Gelineau, SJ)

Alleluia "Conditor Alme Siderum" (Mode IV/BMP)

Voluntaries:

Prelude: improvisation on Es ist ein' Ros 

Elevations: improvisation on Rorate Caeli (Mode I)

Postlude: improvisation on Veni, Emmanuel (Mode I)

Hymns, etc.:

O come, O come, Emmanuel (Worship hymnal, #357)

Joseph, be our guide and pattern (Worship hymnal, #693)

Alma Redemptoris Mater (Samuel Webbe)

- Some may be familiar with the hymn Come, ye disconsolate.  The tune is the same, but with some minor alterations.

Lo! how a rose e'er blooming (Worship hymnal, #374)

O come, Divine Messiah (Worship hymnal, #367)

Quod scripsi, scripsi!
BMP

Immaculate Conception and III Advent

MUSIC FOR HOLY MASS

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION
Thursday, XII-8-16 at 9 AM and 7 PM

Ordinary: Mass VIII (G); Mass XVIII (S, Ag); Mortem Tuam; Amen based on Sanctus VIII
Psalm 98: R./ Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous deeds (R./ J. Robert Carroll / V./ Joseph Gelineau, SJ)
Alleluia "Conditor Alme Siderum" (Mode IV/BMP)

Voluntaries:
Prelude: improvisation on Es Ist Ein Ros
Elevations: hybrid improvisation on two Ave Maria settings (Mode I and Victoria)
Postlude: improvisation on Woodlands

Hymns, etc.:
Immaculate Mary (Worship hymnal, #708)
The angel Gabriel from heaven came (Worship hymnal, #695)
Ave Maria (Franz Schubert)
Lo! how a rose e'er blooming (Worship hymnal, #374)
Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord (Worship hymnal, #534) (Listen)

Third Sunday of Advent
Saturday, XII-3-16, 5 PM; Sunday, XII-4-16, 7:30, 9, and 11:15 AM

Ordinary: Mass XVIII (S, Ag); Mortem Tuam; Amen based on Sanctus VIII
Psalm 146: R./ Lord, come and save us (BMP) (PDF)
Alleluia "Conditor Alme Siderum" (Mode IV/BMP)

Voluntaries:

Prelude and Postlude: various improvisations on Geneva 42

- The tune Geneva 42 is the tune used for today's offertory hymn, as well as a hymn paraphrase on the Magnificat, O be glad, my soul rejoice, found in the Pius X Hymnal (1953) and Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Canticles (1984)

Elevations: improvisation on the Magnificat of Ciro Grassi

Hymns, etc:
On Jordan's Bank, (Worship hymnal, #356)
Comfort, comfort, O my people (Worship hymnal, #370) (Listen)
Magnificat (Tone 8/Ciro Grassi)
The King shall come when morning dawns (Worship hymnal, #373)
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Worship hymnal, #357)

Peace,
BMP