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11:30 Solemn Mass & Special Music Programs
Performed by St. Dominic's Traditional Choir, Simon Berry, Director Music & Liturgy
Note: Those of you who would like to support the music program in a tangible way may sponsor the costs of our music making at a particular Mass. This may be done as a memorial or as a living testament to the glory of God in music. Such donations will be acknowledged in the music program of the day. You may even help select music that is particularly important to you or choose to support the funding or orchestral accompaniment.
May 22, 2022, Sixth Sunday of Easter |
Prelude: | The Rejoicing (From the Music for the Royal Fireworks) , G.F. Handel (1685-1757) |
Penitential Rite: | Vidi aquam, chant |
Gloria: | de angelis, chant |
Offertory: | O Taste and See, R. Vaughan Williams |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa aeterna Christi munera, Palestrina |
Agnus Dei: | Missa aeterna Christi munera, Palestrina |
Communion Motet: | Proper chant, chant |
Second Communion Motet: | O sacrum convivium!, Olivier Messiaen |
Postlude: | The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Solomon) , G.F. Handel (1685-1759) |
May 15, 2022, Fifth Sunday of Easter |
Prelude: | Concerto for Piccolo, Vivaldi |
Penitential Rite: | form 2, Guimant |
Gloria: | Missa Aeterna Christi munera, Palestrina |
Offertory: | I say down under his shadow, Bairstow |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa Aeterna Christi munera, Palestrina |
Agnus Dei: | Missa Aeterna Christi munera, Palestrina |
Communion Motet: | Proper chant, chant |
Second Communion Motet: | Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, Bairstow |
Postlude: | Procession, C.S. Lang |
May 8, 2022, Fourth Sunday of Easter |
Prelude: | Sheep may safely graze, Bach |
Penitential Rite: | Vidi aquam, chant |
Gloria: | de angelis, chant |
Offertory: | Terra tremuit, Byrd |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa Aeterna Christi munera, Palestrina |
Agnus Dei: | Missa Aeterna Christi munera, Palestrina |
Communion Motet: | Proper chant, chant |
Second Communion Motet: | The Lord is my shepherd, Rutter |
Postlude: | Processional , Matthias |
May 1, 2022, Third Sunday of Easter |
Prelude: | Visione , Rheinberger |
Penitential Rite: | type B, Guimant |
Gloria: | Missa aeterna Christi munera, Palestrina |
Offertory: | Pentatonic Alleluia, Craig Whitney |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa aeterna Christi munera, Palestrina |
Agnus Dei: | Missa aeterna Christi munera, Palestrina |
Communion Motet: | Terra Tremuit, Joseph Stillwell |
Postlude: | Alla Marcia, Rheinberger |
April 24, 2022, Divine Mercy Sunday |
Prelude: | Jesu joy of man's desiring, Bach |
Penitential Rite: | Vidi aquam, chant |
Gloria: | Gloria de Lourdes, |
Offertory: | Quia vidiste me Thomas? , Marenzio |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | de angelis, chant |
Agnus Dei: | de angelis, chant |
Communion Motet: | Mitte manum tuam, chant |
Second Communion Motet: | Panis angelicus, Palestrina |
Postlude: | An Easter Alleluia, Slater |
The section leaders of the choir will be singing today. |
April 14, 2022, Holy Thursday of the Lord's Supper |
Prelude: | If Ye Love Me, Gregorian chant introit, Tallis |
Penitential Rite: | Missa Ubi Caritas, Hurd |
Gloria: | Missa de Lourdes, arr Berry |
Offertory: | Ubi Caritas, chant |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa Ubi Caritas, Hurd |
Agnus Dei: | Missa Ubi Caritas, Hurd |
Communion Motet: | Gregorian proper, chant |
Second Communion Motet: | Ubi caritas & Tantum ergo, Duruflé |
for the washing of feet: Mandatum by Peter Latona |
April 3, 2022, Lent 5 |
Prelude: | none, |
Penitential Rite: | Missa adventus & quadrisimae (salve), chant |
Gloria: | none, |
Offertory: | Faithful Cross, Leo Nestor |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa adventus & quadrisimae (salve), chant |
Agnus Dei: | Missa adventus & quadrisimae (salve), chant |
Communion Motet: | Videns Dominus, James MacMillan |
Second Communion Motet: | Videns Dominus, chant |
Postlude: | none, |
March 27, 2022, Lent 4, Laetare Sunday |
Prelude: | none, |
Penitential Rite: | Kyrie, Messe solennelle, Vierne |
Gloria: | none, |
Offertory: | Locus Iste, Bruckner |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Messe solennelle, Vierne |
Agnus Dei: | Messe solennelle, Vierne |
Communion Motet: | Sicut cervus, Palestrina |
Second Communion Motet: | In paradisum, Hawley |
Postlude: | Rigaudon, Campra |
Today's music is dedicated in honor of John Holt, choir member since the 1970s, generous parishioner and friend. |
March 20, 2022, Lent 3 |
Prelude: | none, |
Penitential Rite: | Missa adventus & quadrisimae (salve), chant |
Gloria: | none, |
Offertory: | Help Us, O Lord, Aaron Copland |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa adventus & quadrisimae (salve), chant |
Agnus Dei: | Missa adventus & quadrisimae (salve), chant |
Communion Motet: | Libera nos, Sheppard |
Second Communion Motet: | Qui biberit aquam, chant |
Postlude: | none, |
March 13, 2022, Lent 2 |
Prelude: | none, |
Penitential Rite: | Missa adventus & quadrisimae (salve), chant |
Gloria: | none, |
Offertory: | I Sat Down Under His Shadow, E.C. Bairstow |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa adventus & quadrisimae (salve), chant |
Agnus Dei: | Missa adventus & quadrisimae (salve), chant |
Communion Motet: | Jesu, Grant Me This, I Pray, C. H. Kitson |
Second Communion Motet: | Visionem, chant |
Postlude: | none, |
March 6, 2022, Lent 1 |
Prelude: | none, |
Penitential Rite: | Missa Adventus et Quadragesimae, chant |
Gloria: | none, |
Offertory: | Exaltabo te, Casali |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa Adventus et Quadragesimae, chant |
Agnus Dei: | Missa Adventus et Quadragesimae, chant |
Communion Motet: | Angelis suis mandavit, Cardoso |
Second Communion Motet: | Scapulis suis, chant |
March 2, 2022, Ash Wednesday |
Prelude: | none, |
Penitential Rite: | none, |
Gloria: | none, |
Offertory: | Miserere mei, pt 1, Allegri |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa simplex, chant |
Agnus Dei: | Missa simplex, Hurd |
Communion Motet: | Miserere mei, pt 2, Allegri |
Postlude: | none, |
February 27, 2022, 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Prelude: | Rhosymedre, R. Vaughan Williams |
Penitential Rite: | Mass in G, Schubert |
Gloria: | Mass in G, Schubert |
Offertory: | Justorum Animae, C V Stanford |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Mass in G, Schubert |
Agnus Dei: | Mass in G, Schubert |
Communion Motet: | Ave Verum, Mozart |
Postlude: | Nun danket, Karg-Elert |
February 13, 2022, 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Prelude: | Andante Tranqillo, Percy Whitlock |
Penitential Rite: | Mass in G (No. 2) (with strings), Schubert |
Gloria: | De angelis, chant |
Offertory: | A New Song, James MacMillan |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Mass in G (No. 2) (with strings), Schubert |
Agnus Dei: | Mass in G (No. 2) (with strings), Schubert |
Communion Motet: | Laudate Dominum (with strings), Mozart |
Postlude: | Tuba Tune, Cocker |
February 6, 2022, 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Prelude: | Folk Tune, Percy Whitlock |
Penitential Rite: | de angelis, chant |
Gloria: | Missa secunda, Hassler |
Offertory: | Sweet Canaan, arr. Martha Shaffer |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa secunda, Hassler |
Agnus Dei: | de angelis, chant |
Communion Motet: | And as they came down from the Mountain, Alan Hovhaness |
Postlude: | In Modo Dorico, C.V. Stanford |
January 30, 2022, 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Prelude: | Méditation , Maurice Duruflé (1902-86) |
Penitential Rite: | Missa secunda, Hassler |
Gloria: | de angelis, chant |
Offertory: | Ubi caritas, Maurice Duruflé (1902-86) |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa secunda, Hassler |
Agnus Dei: | Missa secunda, Hassler |
Communion Motet: | Tantum ergo, Maurice Duruflé (1902-86) |
Postlude: | Carrilon, Herbert Murrill (1909-52) |
January 23, 2022, 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Prelude: | Fugue in B minor (Corelli), J.S. Bach |
Penitential Rite: | de angelis, chant |
Gloria: | Missa secunda, Hassler |
Offertory: | Ubi Caritas, Ola Gjello |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | de angelis, chant |
Agnus Dei: | Missa secunda, Hassler |
Communion Motet: | Ave Verum, Colin Mawby |
Postlude: | Fugue in G minor, J.S. Bach |
January 16, 2022, 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Prelude: | Air and Gavotte, C. Wesley |
Penitential Rite: | Missa secunda, Hassler |
Gloria: | de Angelis, chant |
Offertory: | Exsultate Justi, Viadana |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa secunda, Hassler |
Agnus Dei: | de angelis, chant |
Communion Motet: | Beati quorum via, Stanford |
Postlude: | Choral Song & Fugue, S.S. Wesley |
January 9, 2022, The Solemnity of The Baptism of The Lord |
Prelude: | Voluntary No. 2 in G , William Waland (c.1725-70) |
Penitential Rite: | Asperges, Casciolini/chant |
Gloria: | Missa Johannes de Deo, Haydn |
Offertory: | The Crown of Roses, Tchaikovsky |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | de angelis, chant |
Agnus Dei: | Missa O magnum mysterium, Victoria |
Communion Motet: | The Shepherds' Farewell, Berlioz |
Postlude: | Voluntary No. 5 in G , William Waland (c.1725-70) |
January 2, 2022, The Solemnity of The Epiphany of the Lord |
Prelude: | O Little Town of Bethlehem , Gordon Phillips |
Penitential Rite: | Missa O magnum mysterium, Victoria |
Gloria: | Misa Sancte Joannes de deo, Haydn |
Offertory: | The Three Kings, Cornelius |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | de angelis, Victoria |
Agnus Dei: | Missa O magnum mysterium, Victoria |
Communion Motet: | The Wise Men and the Star, Oliver Tarney |
Postlude: | God rest ye merry, gentlemen, Gordon Phillips |
December 25, 2021, Christmas Day, Solemn Mass 11:00 a.m. - not 11:30 am |
Prelude: | Cassation (for Toy Instruments), |
Penitential Rite: | Missa In dulci jubilo, Byron Adams |
Gloria: | Missa Brevis (Little organ Mass), Haydn |
Offertory: | Still, Still, Still & Joy to the World, Arr Philip Ledger & Handel |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa In dulci jubilo, Byron Adams |
Agnus Dei: | Missa In dulci jubilo, Byron Adams |
Communion Motet: | O Magnum Mysterium & Bethlehem Down, Victoria & Warlock |
Second Communion Motet: | Silent Night, arr SCB |
Postlude: | Toccata on Adeste Fideles, Page Long |
The music will include strings, brass, organ and choir. |
December 24, 2021, Midnight Mass of Christmas |
Prelude: | Vivaldi Gloria with scripture readings interspersed, |
Penitential Rite: | Missa In dulci jubilo, Byron Adams |
Gloria: | Missa Brevis (Little Organ Mass), Haydn |
Offertory: | Still, Still, Still & Ding Dong, Merrily on High, arr Philip Ledger & trad. |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa In dulci jubilo, Byron Adams |
Agnus Dei: | Missa In dulci jubilo, Byron Adams |
Communion Motet: | O Magnum Mysterium & Bethlehem Down, Victoria & Warlock |
Second Communion Motet: | Silent Night, arr SCB |
Postlude: | Tocata on Adeste Fideles, Page Long |
A carol service starts at 11:15 p.m. and Mass at Midnight.The music will include music for strings, trumpets, organ and choir. |
December 19, 2021, 4th Sunday of Advent |
Prelude: | Come, Redeemer of Our Race, J.S. Bach |
Penitential Rite: | Misssa Adventus et quadragesimae , Chant |
Gloria: | none, |
Offertory: | O Radiant Dawn, James MacMillan |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Misssa Adventus et quadragesimae , Chant |
Agnus Dei: | Misssa Adventus et quadragesimae , Chant |
Communion Motet: | Song of the Virgin, Hildegarde |
Postlude: | Magnificat, J.S. Bach |
December 12, 2021, 3rd Sunday of Advent |
Prelude: | Come redeemer of our race, Bach |
Penitential Rite: | Misssa Adventus et quadragesimae , chant |
Gloria: | none, |
Offertory: | Mañanitas a la Virgen de Guadalupe, trad arr Moroney |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Misssa Adventus et quadragesimae , chant |
Agnus Dei: | Misssa Adventus et quadragesimae , chant |
Communion Motet: | Populus zion, chant |
Second Communion Motet: | Rejoice in the Lord Alway, Anon attrib Redford |
Postlude: | Blessed be thou Jesus Christ, Bach |
December 5, 2021, 2nd Sunday of Advent |
Prelude: | A Rose Breaks into Blossom, Brahms |
Penitential Rite: | Misssa Adventus et quadragesimae , chant |
Gloria: | none, |
Offertory: | The Truth from Above, arr R. Vaughan Williams |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Misssa Adventus et quadragesimae , chant |
Agnus Dei: | Misssa Adventus et quadragesimae , chant |
Communion Motet: | Virga Jesse, Anton Bruckner |
Postlude: | Ich ruf’ zu dir Herr Jesu Christ, J.S.Bach |
November 28, 2021, 1st Sunday of Advent |
Prelude: | O God thou faithful God, Brahms |
Penitential Rite: | Misssa Adventus et quadragesimae , chant |
Gloria: | none, |
Offertory: | Adam lay y-bounden, Warlock |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Misssa Adventus et quadragesimae , Chant |
Agnus Dei: | Misssa Adventus et quadragesimae , Chant |
Communion Motet: | O nata lux, Thomas Tallis |
Postlude: | Veni Emmanuel, Clifford Harker |
November 14, 2021, 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Prelude: | Voluntary IV , opus 6 , John Stanley (1713-86) |
Penitential Rite: | Kyrie 'Piccolomini Mass', W.A. Mozart (1756-91) |
Gloria: | de angelis, chant |
Offertory: | God be in my head, H. Walford Davies (1869-1941) |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | 'Piccolomini Mass', W.A. Mozart (1756-91) |
Agnus Dei: | 'Piccolomini Mass', W.A. Mozart (1756-91) |
Communion Motet: | Beatus Vir (pt 1), Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) |
Postlude: | Toccata: Songs of Praise , Herbert Chappell (1934-2019) |
November 7, 2021, 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Prelude: | Adagio & Siciliana from Violin sonata I, BWV 1001, J.S. Bach (Played by Diego de la Cruz) |
Penitential Rite: | Messe en style ancien, Langlais |
Gloria: | de angelis, chant |
Offertory: | Thou knowest Lord, Henry Purcell |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Messe en style ancien, Langlais |
Agnus Dei: | Messe en style ancien, Langlais |
Communion Motet: | For Remembrance, Paul Drayton |
Postlude: | Nimrod, Edward Elgar |
November 2, 2021, Solemn Requiem for All Souls Day |
Prelude: | Requiem, Fauré |
Penitential Rite: | Kyrie Eleison, Fauré |
Gloria: | none, |
Offertory: | Offertorium, Fauré |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Sanctus, Fauré |
Communion Motet: | Communio, Fauré |
Postlude: | In Paradisum, Fauré |
To commemorate the Holy Souls we will sing Fauré's Requiem. The Schola cantorum, joined by San Francisco Choral Artists, will be accompanied by The Festival Ensemble. |
October 31, 2021, 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Prelude: | Voluntary VI, Op 6, John Stanley |
Penitential Rite: | de angelis, chant |
Gloria: | de angelis, chant |
Offertory: | Ave Maria, Robert Parsons |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | de angelis, chant |
Agnus Dei: | Mass in Four Parts, Thomas Tallis |
Communion Motet: | Cibavit eos, William Byrd |
Postlude: | Voluntary VII, Op 6, John Stanley |
October 30, 2021, 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Prelude: | Recitation of the rosary, |
Penitential Rite: | Messe en style ancien, Jean Langlais |
Gloria: | de angelis, chant |
Offertory: | Ave Maria, Igot Stravinsky |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | de angelis, chant |
Agnus Dei: | Messe en style ancien, Jean Langlais |
Communion Motet: | Pilgrims' Hymn, Stephen Paulus |
Postlude: | Improvised Toccata on the Hymn to St. Jude (Bonitas), |
October 21, 2021, 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Prelude: | Adagio and Largo from Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005 , J.S. Bach |
Penitential Rite: | Messe en style ancien, Langlais |
Gloria: | de angelis, chant |
Offertory: | Dixit Maria, Hassler |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Messe en style ancien, Langlais |
Agnus Dei: | Messe en style ancien, Langlais |
Communion Motet: | O quam gloriosum, Victoria |
Postlude: | Toccata and Fugue in D minor, J.S. Bach |
October 17, 2021, 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Prelude: | Lobe den Herren (Praise to the Lord) , J.G. Walther (1684-1748) |
Penitential Rite: | de angelis, chant |
Gloria: | Mass for four voices, Tallis |
Offertory: | Ave Maria, Ave Maria Attributed to Giulio Caccini (1551-1618) |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Mass for four voices, Tallis |
Agnus Dei: | Mass for four voices, Tallis |
Communion Motet: | O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit, Tallis |
Postlude: | God be praised, Healey Willan |
October 3, 2021, Rosary Sunday |
Prelude: | Aria, Flor Peeters |
Penitential Rite: | type 2, guimant & Missa Orbis factor |
Gloria: | de Lourdes, arr Berry |
Offertory: | Ave Maria, Victoria |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Mass in four voices, Tallis |
Agnus Dei: | Mass in four voices, Tallis |
Communion Motet: | Ave Maria (Angelus), Biebl |
Postlude: | Priere a Notre Dame, Boellmann |
September 26, 2021, 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Prelude: | Voluntary I, op 6, John Stanley |
Penitential Rite: | Missa orbis factor, chant |
Gloria: | Missa de angelis, chant |
Offertory: | Super flumina Babylonis, Palestrina |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Mass in four voices, Tallis |
Agnus Dei: | Mass in four voices, Tallis |
Communion Motet: | O sacrum convivium, Stephanie Martin |
Postlude: | Voluntary III, Op 6, John Stanley |
September 19, 2021, 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Prelude: | Larghetto & Siciliana, (organ concerto in F), Handel |
Penitential Rite: | Missa quarti toni, Victoria |
Gloria: | de angelis, chant |
Offertory: | Exultate jubilate, Viadana |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa quarti toni, Victoria |
Agnus Dei: | Missa quarti toni, Victoria |
Communion Motet: | O sacrum convivium, Viadana |
Postlude: | Allegro & Presto, (organ concerto in F) , Handel |
September 12, 2021, 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Prelude: | tba, |
Penitential Rite: | type 2, Guimant |
Gloria: | Missa quarti toni, Victoria |
Offertory: | Gaudent in ceolis, Victoria |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa quarti toni, Victoria |
Agnus Dei: | de angelis, chant |
Communion Motet: | Verleih uns frieden, Mendelssohn |
Postlude: | tba, |
September 5, 2021, 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Prelude: | Master Tallis's Testament , Herbert Howells |
Penitential Rite: | de angelis, chant |
Gloria: | Missa quarti toni, Victoria |
Offertory: | Tota pulchra es Maria, Bruckner |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | de angelis, chant |
Agnus Dei: | Missa quarti toni, Victoria |
Communion Motet: | Jesu, dulis memoria, Victoria/chant |
Postlude: | Grand Jeu, Pierre du Mage |
August 29, 2021, 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Prelude: | This is the day, the Lord hath made , Sigfrid Karg-Elert Op. 65 (1877-1933) |
Penitential Rite: | Missa Dixit Maria , Hassler |
Gloria: | Missa Dixit Maria, Hassler |
Offertory: | Ave Maria, Victoria |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa Dixit Maria, Hassler |
Agnus Dei: | Missa Dixit Maria, Hassler |
Communion Motet: | Christus factus est, Bruckner |
Postlude: | Antiphon 'I thank thee, dearest Lord', Sigfrid Karg-Elert Op. 65 (1877-1933) |
August 22, 2021, 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Prelude: | Canzona God's Time is the Best, Karg Elert |
Penitential Rite: | type 2, De angelis |
Gloria: | Missa Dixit Maria, Hassler |
Offertory: | Ave Maria, Bruckner |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa Dixit Maria, Hassler |
Agnus Dei: | de angelis, chant |
Communion Motet: | O Taste and See, John Goss |
Postlude: | Nun Danket, Karg Elert |
August 8, 2021, Solemnity of Holy Father Dominic |
Prelude: | Toccatina, Pietro A Yon |
Penitential Rite: | Missa aeterna Christi munera, Palestrina |
Gloria: | Missa aeterna Christi munera, Palestrina |
Offertory: | Locus isate, Bruckner |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa aeterna Christi munera, Palestrina |
Agnus Dei: | Missa aeterna Christi munera, Palestrina |
Communion Motet: | Os justi, Bruckner |
Postlude: | Sortie in E flat, Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wely |
Today's music includes the chants (and Sequence Hymn) in the Dominican chant tradition. |
August 1, 2021, Solemnity of the Dedication of the Church |
Prelude: | Psalm prelude, set 1, # 3, Herbert Howells |
Penitential Rite: | Asperges, chant |
Gloria: | de angelis, |
Offertory: | Locus iste, Bruckner |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa aeterna Christi munera, Palestrina |
Agnus Dei: | Missa aeterna Christi munera, Palestrina |
Communion Motet: | Pange lingua, Bruckner |
Postlude: | Prelude, Fugue & Chaconne in C, Buxtehude |
July 25, 2021, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Prelude: | Psalm Prelude set 1, number 1, Herbery Howells |
Penitential Rite: | Missa aeterna Christi munera, Palestrina |
Gloria: | de angelis, chant |
Offertory: | O Taste and See, R. Vaughan Williams |
Eucharistic Acclamations: | Missa aeterna Christi munera, Palestrina |
Agnus Dei: | Missa aeterna Christi munera, Palestrina |
Communion Motet: | Tantum ergo, Howells |
Postlude: | Tocaata & Fugue in F, Buxtehude |