The fourth Sunday of Advent 2016.
Today’s liturgy continues to await the coming of the Messiah. The Rorate Mass is known from the first words of the Introit:
℣ Rorate coeli desuper et nubes pluant justum
(Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the just)℟ Aperiatur terra et germinet salvatorem”
(Let the earth be opened and send forth a Saviour”).
A reminder for instrumentalists that during this season, musical instruments are not too be used (except the organ to support the choir’s singing as necessary) – with the Advent exception coming today, when the discipline is relaxed.
At St. Mary Magdalen chapel, this is our final Sunday in the season singing the mass ordinary setting of Missa XVII supplemented with Credo V.
Listed today are the choral selections which our choir will sing for this Sunday’s liturgy – Fourth Sunday of Advent 2016.
- Veni Veni Emmanuel
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Creator Alme Siderum – Video sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHbNjSc0JHg
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Rorate Coeli
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Ave Maris Stella
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People Look East
Choir direction by Andrew Petracca at St. Mary Magdelen Catholic Church, Camarillo, California. Traditional Latin Mass.
Consider the following CD for your Christmast music library: Acquitania: Christmas Music from Acquitanian Monasteries
Latest updates from the TLM community in Camarillo California found at the following link: http://tlm-smm.blogspot.com/
Arthur Dobrucki, CAGO
Azure Hills Music