The Recovering Choir Director

Courtesy of the Pope 2008 blog, below is the list of music for tomorrow’s Papal Mass for the Fifth Sunday of Easter at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, N.Y. Links, audio excerpts, sheet music sources and scriptural citations have been added for illustrative and educational purposes.

Update: Score for Brahms added; MP3 for Palestrina added; Victoria Agnus replaced with Schubert/Proulx; Communion proper added.

Yankee Stadium – Celebration of the Eucharist: April 20, 2008

• Dr. Jennifer Pascual, Director of Music/ Mass Conductor
• New York Archdiocesan Festival Chorale
• Cathedral of St. Patrick Choir
• Ulster County Vicariate Choir, Michael Sweeney, Director of Music
• Donald Dumler, Organist
• John Des Marais, Cantor
• Joe Simmons, Psalmist

Entrance of concelebrants:

• Symphony No. 9 in D minor – Ludwig van Beethoven
  • I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
  • II. Molto vivace

Entrance of the Holy Father:

• “Hymnus Pontificius” – Charles Gounod, arr. Alberico Vitalini
• “Dixit” from Vesperae Solennes de Confessore – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music for Mass:

• “Jesus is Risen/Cristo Jesús Resucitó” (LASST UNS ERFREUEN) – arr. John Rutter
• Tu es Petrus (Matthew 16:18) – Dom Lorenzo Perosi
• Kyrie eleison – from Litany of the Saints, adapt. Richard Proulx
• Gloria (Luke 2:14) from Missa O Magnum Mysterium – Tomás Luis da Victoria
  Score in PDF format
  [audio:http://www.upv.es/coro/victoria/mp3/GV-O_Magnum-2-Gloria.mp3]
• Psalm – Dr. Jennifer Pascual
• Alleluia (VICTORY) arr. Wm. Glenn Osborne
• Credo III – chant, Mode V
  [audio:http://www.christusrex.org/www2/cantgreg/cantus/credo_III.mp3]
• “Trilingual Intercessions” – Michael Hay, orch. Wm. Glenn Osborne
• “How Lovely is thy Dwelling Place”—Johannes Brahms
  score in PDF format
• Sanctus (Isaiah 6:3; Habakkuk 3:3; Revelation 4:8; Matthew 21:9; Mark 11:9-10; John 12:13) from German Mass – Franz Schubert, adapt. Richard Proulx
• Christ Has Died/ Amen—Franz Schubert, adapt. Richard Proulx
• Lord’s Prayer – chant
• Agnus Dei (John 1:29) from German Mass – Schubert, adapt. Proulx
• Ego sum vitis vera (Gregorian chant, Mode VIII)
  [audio:http://www.christusrex.org/www2/cantgreg/cantus/co_ego_sum_vitis_vera.mp3]
• Panis Angelicus – Cesár Franck, Marcello Giordani, Tenor, Metropolitan Opera
  CPDL scores
• Sicut Cervus (Psalm 42:2) – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  [audio:http://home.snu.edu/~bballweg/sicut/sicut.mp3]
  CPDL scores
• Ave Verum Corpus – Alexandre Guilmant, orch. Deborah Jamini
• “Amén. El Cuerpo de Cristo”—John Schiavone, orch. Carl MaultsBy
• “Let Us Break Bread Together” – arr. Carl MaultsBy
• “This is the Feast” – Richard Hillert, arr. Richard Kidd
• “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee/ Jubilosos te Adoramos” – from Hymn to Joy Fantasy – Bruce Saylor
• Symphony No. 9 in D minor – Ludwig van Beethoven
  • IV. Presto

SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES

Tu es Petrus

Matthew 16:18

18And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Gloria in excelsis Deo

Luke 2:14

14Glory to God in the highest; and on earth peace to men of good will.

Sanctus

Isaiah 6:3

3And they cried one to another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God of hosts, all the earth is full of his glory.

Habakkuk 3:3

3God will come from the south, and the holy one from mount Pharan: His glory covered the heavens, and the earth is full of his praise.

Revelation 4:8

8And the four living creatures had each of them six wings; and round about and within they are full of eyes. And they rested not day and night, saying: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.

Matthew 21:9

9And the multitudes that went before and that followed, cried, saying: Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.

Mark 11:9-10

9And they that went before and they that followed, cried, saying: Hosanna, blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

10Blessed be the kingdom of our father David that cometh: Hosanna in the highest.

John 12:13

13Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried: Hosanna, blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel.

Agnus Dei

John 1:29

29The next day, John saw Jesus coming to him, and he saith: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who taketh away the sin of the world.

Sicut cervus

Psalm 42:2

2As the hart panteth after the fountains of water; so my soul panteth after thee, O God.