MISSA CANTATA FOR THE FEAST OF THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY EXTRAORDINARY FORM OF THE ROMAN LITURGY Via livestream during the COVID-19 pandemic Rev. Fr. Vincent De Rosa, Celebrant St. Mary Mother of God Parish, Washington, DC Thursday, March 25, 2019, 7:30 p.m. Music of the Mass Byrd Mass for Four Voices Gregorian Chant Propers Marian motets of Palestrina, Josquin, Victoria, Guerrero, Handl, and Parsons sung by Chantry David Taylor, Music Director MUSIC OF THE MASS Prelude motets Alma Redemptoris Mater Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) Alma Redemptoris Mater, Kind Mother of the Redeemer, quae pervia caeli porta manes, et stella maris, thou who art the open door of heaven, and star of the sea, succure cadenti surgere qui curat populo: help thy people who have fallen yet strive to rise again: tu quae genuisti, natura mirante, thou who gavest birth, while nature marveled, tuum sanctum Genitorem, to thine own sacred Creator, Virgo prius ac posterius, Virgin before and afterwards, Gabrielis ab ore sumens illud ave, receiving that greeting from the lips of Gabriel, peccatorum miserere. have mercy on us sinners. Anonymous 12th century Votive Antiphon, one of the four great Marian Antiphons in the Roman Rite Ave Maria . Virgo serena Josquin Des Prez (c.1440-1521) Ave Maria, gratia plena; Hail Mary, full of grace; Dominus tecum, Virgo serena. the Lord is with thee, Virgin serene. Ave cujus conceptio, Hail thy Conception, solemni plena gaudio, which through festive joy coelestia, terrestria, heaven and earth nova replet laetitia. filleth with new rejoicing. Ave cujus nativitas, Hail thy Nativity, nostra fuit solemnitas, which was our day of celebration, ut lucifer lux oriens, thou who, a light arising like the morning star, verum solem praeveniens. arrivest before the true sun. Ave pia humilitas, Hail pious humility, sine viro foecunditas, made fecund without a man; cujus annunciatio thy Annunciation nostra fuit redemptio. was our redemption. Ave vera virginitas, Hail true virginity, immaculata castitas, immaculate chastity; cujus purificatio thy Purification nostra fuit purgatio. was our atonement. Ave praeclara omnibus Hail, resplendent with all angelicis virtutibus, angelic virtues; cujus fuit assumptio thy Assumption nostra glorificatio. was our glorification. O Mater Dei, O Mother of God, memento mei. Amen. remember me. Amen. Votive antiphon Ave cujus conceptio, framed by the first phrase of a 15th century sequence for the Feast of the Annunciation and a medieval form of petition to the Virgin Mary. Introit: Vultum tuum Plainchant (Mode II) Antiphon Antiphon Vultum tuum Thy face deprecabuntur omnes divites plebis: shall all the rich among the people entreat: adducentur regi virines post eam: the virgins of thy train shall be brought unto the King: proximae ejus adducentur tibi they are brought in to thee in laetitia et exsultatione. with joy and exsultation. Psalmum Psalm Eructavit cor meum verbum bonum: My heart is overflowing with a goodly theme: dico ego opera mea regi. I speak of the things which I have made unto the King. Versus Verse Gloria Patri et Filio, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, et Spiritui Sancto; and to the Holy Ghost; sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. world without end. Amen. Antiphon Antiphon Vultum tuum . Thy face . Introit of the Mass for the Feast of the Annunciation in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Kyrie: Mass for Four Voices William Byrd (c.1540-1623) Kyrie eleison Lord, have mercy upon us. Christe eleison. Christ, have mercy upon us. Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy upon us. Ordinary of the Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite Gloria: Mass for Four Voices William Byrd Gloria in excelsis Deo, Glory be to God in the highest, et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. and on earth peace, good will towards men. Laudamus te. Benedicimus te. We praise thee. We bless thee. Adoramus te. Glorificamus te. We adore thee. We glorify thee. Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam. We give thanks to thee for thy great glory. Domine Deus, Rex caelestis, O Lord God, heavenly King, Deus Pater omnipotens. God the Father Almighty. Domine Filii unigenite, Jesu Christe; O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ; Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris. O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father. Qui tollis peccata mundi, Thou that takest away the sins of the world, miserere nobis. have mercy upon us. Qui tollis peccata mundi, Thou that takest away the sins of the world, suscipe deprecationem nostram. receive our prayer. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, Thou that sittest at the right hand of the Father, miserere nobis. have mercy upon us. Quoniam tu solus sanctus; tu solus Dominus; For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; tu solus Altissimus, Jesu Christe; thou only art most high, Jesus Christ; cum Sancto Spiritu, with the Holy Ghost, in gloria Dei Patris. Amen. in the glory of God the Father. Amen. Ordinary of the Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite Gradual: Diffusa est gratia Plainchant (Mode V) Diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis: Grace is poured out upon thy lips: propterea benedixit te Deus in aeternum. thus God hath blessed thee forever. Propter veritatem, By reason of truth, et mansuetudinem, et justitiam: and mercy, and justice, et deducet te mirabiliter dextera tua. may thy right hand show thee wonders. Psalm 44:3, 5. Gradual of the Mass for the Feast of the Annunciation in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Credo: Mass for Four Voices William Byrd Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipotentum, I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, factorem caeli et terrae, maker of heaven and earth, visibilium omnium et invisibilium: and of all things visible and invisible: Et in unum Dominum Jesum Christum, And in one Lord Jesus Christ, Filium Dei Unigenitum, the only-begotten Son of God, et ex Patre natum ante omnia saecula; begotten of his Father before all worlds; Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine, God of God, light of light, Deum verum de Deo vero, very God of very God, genitum, non factum, begotten, not made, consubstantialem Patri, being of one substance with the Father, per quem omnia facta sunt; by whom all things were made; qui propter nos homines who for us men et propter nostram salutem and for our salvation descendit de caelis; came down from heaven; Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost ex Maria Virgine, of the Virgin Mary, et homo factus est; and was made man; Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato; And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate, passus, et sepultus est; he suffered and was buried; et resurrexit tertia die, and the third day he rose again, secundum Scripturas, according to the Scriptures, et ascendit in caelum, and ascended into heaven, sedet at dexteram Patris; and sitteth on the right hand of the Father; et iterum venturus est cum gloria and he shall come again with glory judicare vivos et mortuos, to judge both the quick and the dead, cujus regni non erit finis: whose kingdom shall have no end: Et in Spiritum Sanctum, And [I believe] in the Holy Ghost, Dominum et vivificantem; the Lord and giver of life; qui ex Patre Filioque procedit; who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, qui cum Patre et Filio who with the Father and the Son simul adoratur et conglorificatur; together is worshipped and glorified; qui locutus est per prophetas. who spake by the prophets: Et unam, sanctam, Catholicam, Catholicam And [I believe] one, holy, Catholic, Catholic et Apostolicam Ecclesiam: and Apostolic Church: Confiteor unum baptisma I acknowledge one baptism in remissionem peccatorum: for the remission of sins: Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum, And I look for the resurrection of the dead, et vitam venturi saeculi. Amen. and the life of the world to come. Amen. Ordinary of the Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite Offertory: Ave Maria Plainchant (Mode VIII) Ave Maria, gratia plena; Hail Mary, full of grace; Dominus tecum: the Lord is with thee: benedicta tu in mulieribus, blessed art thou among women, et benedictus fructus ventris tui. and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. St. Luke 1: 28, 42. Offertory at Mass for the Feast of the Annunciation in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Offertory motets Ne timeas, Maria Tomás Luis de Victoria (c.1548-1611) Ne timeas, Maria: Fear not, Mary in venisti enim gratiam apud Dominum: for thou hast found favour with God: ecce concipies in utero, and, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, et paries filium, and bear a son, et vocabitur altissimi filius. and he shall be called the Son of the Highest. St. Luke 1:30-32. Ave Virgo sanctissima Francesco Guerrero (1528-1599) Ave, Virgo sanctissima, Hail, O Virgin most holy, Dei Mater piissima, Mother of God most loving, maris stella clarissima; brightest star of the sea; salve, semper gloriosa, hail, ever glorious one, margarita pretiosa, pearl most precious, sicut lilium formosa, like a fair lily, nitens olens velut rosa. glittering, sweet-smelling as a rose. Anonymous, medieval, non-liturgical devotional poem. Sanctus: Mass for Four Voices William Byrd Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, Holy, holy, holy, Dominus Deus Sabaoth; Lord God of Hosts; Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua: Heaven and earth are full of thy glory: Osanna in excelsis. Hosanna in the highest. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Osanna in excelsis.