A Year of Music at the
Basilica of the National Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception

Dr. Peter Latona, Director of Music

Fall Ordinary Time (B) to Assumption (C)

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC is a large complex with two churches (upper, seating 6000; and lower seating 400) and many side chapels dedicated to the Blessed Mother under her various titles, such as "Our Lady of Knock," "Our Lady of Czestochowa," and "Our Mother of Good Counsel."

The fine music program at the Shrine is worthy of so noble an edifice. The Shrine Choir, a professional resident chorus, sings for the Noon Mass on Sundays, for solemnities and feasts in the liturgical calendar, and for other liturgies of significant importance throughout the year. Here's a year of their repertoire:

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mass for the Blessing of Human Labor

• Piccolo: Canterbury Mass
• Friedell: Draw Us in the Spirit's Tether
• Palestrina: Sicut cervus
   

Exaltation of the Holy Cross – September 14

• Near: Communion Service
• Nanino: Adoramus te, Christe
• Anerio: Christus factu est
   

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• di Lasso: Missa Pilons pilons l'orge
• Stanford: Beati quorum via
• Viadana: Exsultate justi
   

Saturday Diocesan Pilgrimage

• Shenk: Modal Mass
• Marenzio: Magnificat á 8
• Victoria: Gaude Maria Virgo
• Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin
   

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• Batten: Dorian Mode Service
• Palestrina: Super flumina Babylonis
• Batten: When the Lord Turned Again the Captivity of Zion
   

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• How: Communion Service
• Walton: Set Me As a Seal
• Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria
   

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• Bárdos: Missa tertia
• Byrd: Teach Me, Lord
• Victoria: Gaude Maria Virgo
   

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mass in Celebration of the Beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta

• Palestrina: Missa Æterna Christi munera
• Sigfried: Gentle Words
• Rorem: O Deus, ego amo te
   

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mass in Thanksgiving for the 25th Anniversary of the Election of Pope John Paul II

• Latona: Missa Personent
• Noyon: Christus vincit
• Palestrina: Tu es Petrus
   

Solemnity of All Saints – November 1

• Palestrina: Missa Æterna Christi munera
• Marenzio: Gaudent in cælis
• Palestrina: Salvator mundi
   

Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls) – November 2

• Fauré: from Requiem – Introit, Kyrie, Pie Jesu, Agnus Dei, Lux æterna
• Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
   

Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome – November 9

• Leighton: Service in D
• Marenzio: Jubilate Deo
• Bruckner: Locus iste
   

Memorial of Saint Leo the Great – November 10 – Plenary Assembly of the USCCB

• di Lasso: Missa Pilons pilons l'orge
• Stanford: Beati quorum via
• Walton: Set Me As a Seal
• Palestrina: Tu es Petrus
• Rorem: O Deus, ego amo te
   

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

• Albrechtsberger: Missa in D
• Mozart: Benedictus sit Deus; Jubilate Deo
• Mozart: Ave verum corpus
   

Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King

• Matthews: Missa brevis
• Rorem: Praise the Lord, O My Soul
• Campbell: Sing We Merrily unto God Our Strength
   

1st Sunday of Advent

• Darke: Communion Service in A Minor [Kyrie, Agnus]
• Palestrina: Alma redemptoris mater
• Manz: E'en So Lord Jesus, Quickly Come
   

The Annual Christmas Concert

• Ugolini: Beata es Virgo Maria
• Mulet: Ave Maria
• Latona: Behold a Mystical Rose
• Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria
• Latona: Away in a Manger
• Korte: Lullay, Litel Child
• Billings: Methinks I See an Heav'nly Host
   

2nd Sunday of Advent

• Batten: Dorian Service
• Batten: When the Lord Turned Again the Captivity
• Victoria: Ne timeas Maria
   

3rd Sunday of Advent [Gaudete]

• Doppelbauer: Kleine Messe in F
• anonymous: Rejoice in the Lord Always
• Carter: Mary's Magnificat
   

4th Sunday of Advent

• Victoria: Missa Salve
• Latona: The Annunciation Carol
• Rachmaninov: Rejoice, O Virgin
   

Christmas: Mass at Night [with Basilica Chamber Orchestra]

• Handel: Dixit Dominus
• Bennett: Sweet Was the Song – sung at the crèche
• Albrechtsberger: Missa in D
• Latona: Today Is Born Our Savior
• Albrechtsberger: Jubilemus salvatori
• Bach: from Magnificat – Magnificat anima mea; Gloria Patri
   

Christmas: Mass during the Day [with Washington Symphonic Brass]

• Carol: Behold, the Wonder of Christmas
• Latona: Away in a Manger – sung at the crèche
• Latona: Missa personent hodie
• Carol: Joy to the World
• Latona: Hodie Christus natus est
   

Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph

• Piccolo: Canterbury Mass
• Bennett: Sussani
• Bennett: Sweet Was the Song
   

Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God [with Washington Symphonic Brass]

• Shenk: Modal Mass
• Bennett: There Is No Rose
• Rachmaninov: Rejoice, O Virgin
   

Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord

• Piccolo: Canterbury Mass
• Mathias: A Babe Is Born
• Billings: Methinks I See an Heav'nly Host
   

Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

• Albrechtsberger: Missa in D
• Marenzio: Jubilate Deo
• Viadana: Exsultate justi
   

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

• Palestrina: Missa Æterna Christi munera
• Monteverdi: Cantate Domino
• Palestrina: Sicut cervus
   

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

• Henderson: Missa brevis II
• Atwood: Teach Me, O Lord
• Byrd: Ave verum corpus
   

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• Leighton: Service in D
• Walton: Set Me As a Seal
• Duruflé: Ubi caritas
   

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• di Lasso: Missa Pilons pilons l'orge
• Victoria: Ave Maria
• Powell: Anima Christi
   

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• Palestrina: Missa Æterna Christi munera
• Marenzio: Jubilate Deo
• Byrd: Be unto Me, Lord
   

7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• Shenk: Modal Mass
• Haßler: Laudate Dominum
• Marenzio: Magnificat à 8
   

1st Sunday of Lent

• Lotti: Missa a 4 vocem
• Byrd: Miserere mei Deus
• Rorem: Sing, My Soul, His Wondrous Love
   

2nd Sunday of Lent

• Batten: Communion Service
• Tallis: O nata lux de lumine
• Farrant: Call to Remembrance, Lord
   

3rd Sunday of Lent

• Howells: Collegium regale
• Rorem: O Deus, ego amo te
• Tallis: Verily, Verily, I Say unto You
   

4th Sunday of Lent [Laetare]

• Palestrina: Missa brevis
• Olsson: Ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi
• Palestrina: Sicut cervus
   

Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord

• Batten: Dorian Service
• Rorem: Oratio Patris Condren: O Jesu vivens in Maria
• Latona: The Annunciation
   

Day of the Unborn Child (Annunciation)

• Victoria: Missa Salve
• Latona: The Annunciation
• Ugolini: Beata es Virgo Maria
• Victoria: Ave Maria
   

5th Sunday of Lent

• Kelly: Emmanuel Eucharist
• Palestrina: Super flumina Babylonis
• Batten: When the Lord Turned Again the Captivity of Zion
   

Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion

• Weelkes: Hosanna to the Son of David
• Anerio: Christus factus est
• Sumison: There Is a Green Hill Far Away
• Kelly: Lamb of God from Emmanuel Eucharist
   

Holy Thursday: Mass of the Lord's Supper

• Billings: Twas on That Dark, That Doleful Night
• Sumison: There Is a Green Hill Far Away
• Hurd: Love Bade Me Welcome
• Harris: The Holy Communion
• Howells: Like As a Hart
• Messiaen: O sacrum convivium!
• Stravinsky: Pater noster
   

Good Friday: The Lord's Passion

• Palestrina: Salvator mundi
• Palestrina: Super flumina Babylonis
• di Lasso: Adoramus te Christe
• Agostini: Adoramus te Christe
• Monteverdi: Adoramus te Christe
• Victoria: Eram quasi agnus
• Couperon: from Troisième léçon à deux voix
• Anerio: Christus factus est
• Nestor: Father, I Put My Life in Your Hands
• Nanino: Adoramus te Christe
• Latona: Bend Your Bough, O Tree of Glory
• Lotti: Crucifixus à 8
• Walton: A Litany
   

The Great Easter Vigil

• Mozart: Gloria from Missa brevis in C, K.220
• Hancock: Alleluia Psalm on Christus vincit
• Nestor: I Saw Water
• Latona: My Hope Is Arisen
• Mozart: Dona nobis pacem from Missa brevis in C, K.220
• Bach: Et resurrexit from Mass in b minor
   

Easter Sunday

• Mozart: Kyrie & Gloria from Missa brevis in C, K.220
• Pederson: Victimæ paschali laudes
• Hancock: Alleluia Psalm on Christus vincit
• Latona: My Hope Is Arisen
• Mozart: Dona nobis pacem from Missa brevis in C, K.220
• Dirksen: Christ Our Passover Has Been Sacrificed
   

2nd Sunday of Easter – Divine Mercy Sunday [with Orchestra of the 17th Century]

• Gabrieli: Canzona à 10 per sonare col organo
• di Lasso: Missa quinti toni
• Marenzio: Jubilate Deo à 8
• Monteverdi: Cantate Domino
• Gabrieli: Canzona à 10 per sonare col organo
   

3rd Sunday of Easter

• Albrechtsberger: Missa in D
• Handel: Worthy Is the Lamb
• Handel: Sing unto God
   

4th Sunday of Easter

• Piccolo: Canterbury Mass
• Haller: Surrexit pastor bonus
• Thomson: My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
   

5th Sunday of Easter

• Matthews: Glory to God in the Highest
• MacMillan: A New Song
• Casciolini: Panis angelicus
• Leighton: Hymn to the Virgin
   

6th Sunday of Easter

• Leighton: Service in D
• Rorem: Praise the Lord, O My Soul
• Tallis: If Ye Love Me
• Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria
   

7th Sunday of Easter: The Ascension of the Lord

• Near: Communion Service
• Gallus: Ascendit Deus
• Stanford: Cœlus ascendit
   

Solemnity of Pentecost [with Washington Symphonic Brass]

• Shenk: Modal Mass
• Schalk: Creator Spirit, Heavenly Dove
• Schalk: Be Known to Us, Lord Jesus
• Palestrina: Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes
• Near: Spiritus Domini
• Tallis: If Ye Love Me
   

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

• Caesar: Missa brevis
• Mozart: Benedictus sit Deus; Jubilate Deo
• Mozart: Ave verum corpus
   

Solemnity of Corpus Christi [Mass with Eucharistic Procession and Choral Meditation]

• Palestrina: Missa brevis
• Franck: Panis angelicus
• Howells: Like As a Hart
• Powell: Anima Christi
• Palestrina: Sicut cervus
• Hurd: Love Bade Me Welcome
• Duruflé: Tantum ergo
• Harris: Holy Eucharist
   

12th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• Speller: Mass of Saint Louis
• Stevens: God Is My Strong Salvation
• Berger: The Eyes of All
   

Opus Dei Mass

• Palestrina: Missa Æterna Christi munera
• Rorem: O Deus, ego amo te
• Mozart: Ave verum corpus
   

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• Piccolo: Canterbury Mass
• Vaughan Williams: The Call
• Ippolitov-Ivanov: Bless Thou the Lord, My Soul
   

Episcopal Ordination [with Washington Symphonic Brass]

• Buxtehude: Fanfare and Chorus
• Gabrieli: Canzona primi toni
• Marenzio: Gaudent in cælis
• Gabrieli: Canzona septimi toni, No.1
• Palestrina: Salvator mundi
• Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin
• Viadana: Exsultate justi
• Andriessen: Entrata
• Hymn God, We Praise You (arr. Nestor)
• Near: Spiritus Domini
• Nanino: Diffusa est
• Vaughan Williams: O How Amiable
• Schalk: Be Known to Us
• Palestrina: Sicut cervus
• Mozart: Ave verum corpus
• Hymn God of Our Fathers (arr. Brubaker)
   

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• Matthews: Glory to God in the Highest
• Hancock: Judge Eternal
• Vaughan Williams: O How Amiable
   

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• Doppelbauer: Kleine Messe in F
• Stanford: Beati quorum via
• Rorem: Sing, My Soul, His Wondrous Love
   

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• Bárdos: Missa tertia
• Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
• Byrd: Ave verum corpus
   

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• Palestrina: Missa brevis
• Haßler: Laudate Dominum
• Stravinsky: Pater noster
   

Mass bestowing Papal Honors on a New Monsignor

• Chant: Missa de angelis
• Vaughan Williams: O How Amiable
• Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria
   

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• Darke: Communion Service in A Minor
• Friedell: Draw Us in the Spirit's Tether
• Powell: Anima Christi
   

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

• How: Communion Service
• Viadana: Exsultate justi
• Hurd: Love Bade Me Welcome
   

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – August 15

• Doppelbauer: Kleine Messe in F
• Villa-Lobos: Ave Maria
• Palestrina: Assumpta est Maria in cælum