The Recovering Choir Director

Here is the list of choral music presented during last night’s Pontifical High Mass, celebrated at St. Jean Baptiste Catholic Church in Manhattan—Bishop Fernando Arêas Rifan, celebrant and homilist.

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  St. Jean Baptiste Church, New York City (photo: Society of St. Hugh of Cluny)

  Introit: Cogitatiónes Córdis éjus (Gregorian chant, mode V)

• Kyrie: Missa Pange Língua (Josquin Des Prez)
• Gloria: Missa Pange Língua (Josquin Des Prez)
• Gradual: Dúlcis et réctus Dóminus (Gregorian chant, mode I)
• Alleluia: Tóllite júgum méum (Gregorian chant, mode III)
• Credo: III (Mode V)
• Offertory: Impropérium exspectávit (Gregorian chant, mode VIII)
• Motet: Sícut cérvus (Palestrina)
• Sanctus: Missa Pange Língua (Josquin Des Prez)
• Benedictus: Missa Pange Língua (Josquin Des Prez)
• Agnus Dei: Missa Pange Língua (Josquin Des Prez)
• Communion: Únus mílitum (Gregorian chant, mode VII)
• Motet: Jésu Dúlcis Memória (Victoria)
• Motet: Áve vérum Córpus (Byrd)

(Pictures of this Mass have just been posted at the website of the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny; more pictures are expected on other sites. Audio may not be readily available; I can say, however, that the execution of the chants from the sanctuary as well as the music from the loft was top notch, and matched the quality of the homily delivered by Bishop Rifan on the Sacred Heart of Jesus.)