The Recovering Choir Director

Music for Mass, St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City

[The libretto may be found on the Vatican website (mostly in Italian). Other resources may be found on the Pontifical Council for Social Communications' unofficial website.

Noteworthy musical highlights and predictions:
- Most parts of the Mass will be sung.
- Mass VIII "De Angelis" will be employed, as will Credo III(!).
- Tu es Petrus will be sung by the choir (setting by Mons. Giuseppe Liberto).
- The Responsorial psalm, Offertory canticle, and Communion psalms will be taken from the Graduale Simplex.

This post will be updated as soon as I view a recording of this Mass.]

Update: PDF of the inauguration Mass—includes chant and music notation. Italian translation.

[Via Zadok the Roman]

Introit³: Laudes Regiae (chanted litany, Latin)
Sign of the Cross¹: chanted, Latin
Greeting¹: chanted, Latin
Kyrie²: chanted, Latin (conclusion of Laudes Regiae)
Gloria²: Mass VIII “De Angelis”, with polyphonic and homophonic embellishments [ gif | mp3 ]
Collect/Opening Prayer¹: chanted, Latin
First Reading³: spoken, English
Verbum Domini dialogue³: chanted, Latin
Psalm³: Confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus, alleluia (original setting)
Second Reading³: spoken, Spanish
Verbum Domini dialogue³: chanted, Latin
Gospel Acclamation³: Original setting, Tone VIII
Dialogue before the Gospel: chanted, Latin
Gospel Reading³: chanted, Latin
Verbum Domini dialogue¹: chanted, Latin
Dialogue before the Gospel: chanted, Greek
Gospel Reading³: chanted, Greek
Post-Gospel acclamation¹: chanted, Greek
Imposition of the Pallium: spoken, Latin
Acclamation: Manda, Deus, virtuti tuae; confirma, confirma hoc, Deus, quod operatus es in nobis (original setting)
Prayer: spoken, Latin
Amen: sung
Imposition of the Fisherman’s Ring: spoken, Latin
Acclamation: Manda, Deus, virtuti tuae; confirma, confirma hoc, Deus, quod operatus es in nobis (original setting)
Acclamation: “For many years, Holy Father.” (Greek)
Tu es Petrus: Mons. Giuseppe Liberto setting
Homily: [ link to text ]
Credo²: III [ mp3 ]
General Intercessions²: Audi nos et exaudi, Domine (original setting)
Offertory³: Maneant in nobis, fides, spes et caritas: maior autem horum est caritas. (original setting)
Orate fratres dialogue: spoken, Latin
Prayer over the Gifts: chanted, Latin
Preface dialogue¹: chanted, Latin
Preface¹: chanted, Latin
Sanctus¹: Mass VIII “De Angelis” [ gif | mp3 ]
Eucharistic Prayer: I, spoken Latin
Mysterium Fidei: chanted, Latin
Anamnesis: Salvator mundi, salva nos, qui per crucem et resurrectionem tuam liberasti nos. (original setting)
Per ipsum: chanted, Latin
Amen: chanted
Lord’s Prayer invitation:¹ chanted, Latin
Lord’s Prayer¹: chanted, Form A [ mp3 ]
“Deliver us, Lord”¹: chanted, Latin
Lord’s Prayer, embolism¹: chanted, Latin
Pax Domini¹: chanted, Latin
Agnus Dei²: Mass VIII “De Angelis” [ gif | mp3 ]
Communion Antiphons³:
Venite, prandete!” Sic ait Dominus, alleluia with Ps. 34(33): 2-11; Tu es Christus, Filius Dei vivi, alleluia with Ps. 23(22) (original settings)
Concluding prayer¹: chanted, Latin
Concluding dialogues: chanted, Latin
“Ite, missa est” dialogue¹: chanted, Latin (Mass VIII “De Angelis)
Marian Antiphon: Regina Caeli (Tone VI) [ mp3 ]
Organ Postlude: Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Bach, J. S.)