Christmas Eve (Thursday, December 24): 5:00 and 10:30 PM
Christmas Day (Friday, December 25): 9:00 and 11:15 AM
Our brass trio (which I affectionately dub, "The Plumbers", explanation to follow) will be on hand at all four Masses, along with our choir (quartet, actually). There will be some singing in English, Latin, and Italian beginning roughly 20 minutes before each Mass.
OK: EXPLAIN "THE PLUMBERS"!
The name was inspired by an interview on CBS Sunday Morning that I watched featuring the great trumpeter Herb Alpert. Herb explained that his trumpet teacher used to tell him, "Hey man, you're playing a piece of plumbing!" Our brass trio consists of two trumpets and a French horn. Three really good instrumentalists, but they play some serious plumbing, especially the French horn. That thing is like a maze of tubing like you wouldn't believe. Thus, "The Plumbers".
MUSIC BEFORE HOLY MASS:
1. Tu Scendi dalle Stelle, traditional Italian
2. Coventry Carol, English carol, arr. Martin Shaw
3. Bel Bambino, traditional Italian, arr. C. Alexander Peloquin
4. Tollite Hostias, Camille Saint-Saëns
5. La Pastorale di Couperin, Antonio Allegra
MUSIC AT HOLY MASS:
Entrance hymn: Adeste Fideles (v. 1) and O Come, All Ye Faithful (vv. 1-4), arr. David Willcocks
Gloria: Mass of the Shepherds, Pietro Yon
Psalm 96: Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord, Richard Proulx (response) and Joseph Gelineau (versicles)
Alleluia: Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium" (Mode V, adapted by BMP)
Offertory hymn: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing, "Mendelssohn", arr. David Willcocks
Sanctus: Mass of the Shepherds
Elevation fanfares: Fanfare in B-flat, John Ferguson
Memorial Acclamation: Mortem tuam annuntiamus, Domine, chant
Amen: Dresden, arr. Theodore Marier
Agnus Dei: Mass of the Shepherds
Communion anthem: Hallelujah!, from "Messiah", G.F. Handel
Post-Communion hymn: Silent Night, "Stille Nacht"
Recessional hymn: Joy to the World, "Antioch"
HOLY FAMILY (Sunday after Christmas)
MUSIC AT HOLY MASS:
Sanctus: Mass of the Shepherds (except 7:30: Sanctus XVIII)
Memorial Acclamation: Mortem tuam annuntiamus, Domine, chant
Amen: Dresden, arr. Theodore Marier
Agnus Dei: Mass of the Shepherds (except 7:30: Agnus XVIII)
Communion anthem: Of the Father's Love Begotten, Mode V
Post-Communion hymn: What Child Is This, "Greensleeves"
Recessional hymn: Angels We Have Heard on High, "Gloria" (trad. French)
Merry and blessed Christmas!
BMP
Sanctus: Mass of the Shepherds
Elevation fanfares: Fanfare in B-flat, John Ferguson
Memorial Acclamation: Mortem tuam annuntiamus, Domine, chant
Amen: Dresden, arr. Theodore Marier
Agnus Dei: Mass of the Shepherds
Communion anthem: Hallelujah!, from "Messiah", G.F. Handel
Post-Communion hymn: Silent Night, "Stille Nacht"
Recessional hymn: Joy to the World, "Antioch"
HOLY FAMILY (Sunday after Christmas)
MUSIC AT HOLY MASS:
Entrance hymn: Once in Royal David's City, "Irby"
Gloria: Mass of the Shepherds, Pietro Yon (except 7:30: Gloria VIII)
Psalm 84: Blessed are they who dwell in your house, O Lord, BMP
Alleluia: Alleluia "Divinum Mysterium" (Mode V, adapted by BMP)
Offertory hymn: While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night, "Winchester Old"Sanctus: Mass of the Shepherds (except 7:30: Sanctus XVIII)
Memorial Acclamation: Mortem tuam annuntiamus, Domine, chant
Amen: Dresden, arr. Theodore Marier
Agnus Dei: Mass of the Shepherds (except 7:30: Agnus XVIII)
Communion anthem: Of the Father's Love Begotten, Mode V
Post-Communion hymn: What Child Is This, "Greensleeves"
Recessional hymn: Angels We Have Heard on High, "Gloria" (trad. French)
Merry and blessed Christmas!
BMP
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