Wetzel's Compositions

The Schola Cantorum of Vincent Ferrer - New York City
James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist

Kyrie from Chichester Mass
Richard Lloyd (1933-2021)

Recorded live during the Solemn Mass of the 125th Anniversary of Dominican Academy, 2022

Dominican Academy Mass, 2022

Lloyd, Richard: Chichester Mass; Kyrie

The Schola Cantorum of Vincent Ferrer - New York City
James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist

Solemn Dominican Tone of the Te Deum
The organ versets were improvised by James D. Wetzel

Te Deum laudamus:
te Dominum confitemur.
Te aeternum Patrem, 
omnis terra veneratur.
Tibi omnes angeli,
tibi caeli et universae potestates,
tibi Cherubim et Seraphim
incessabili voce proclamant:
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus
Dominus Deus Sabaoth.
Pleni sunt caeli et terra
majestatis gloriae tuae.
Te gloriosus apostolorum chorus,
te prophetarum laudabilis numerus,
te martyrum candidatus laudat exercitus.
Te per orbem terrarum
sancta confitetur Ecclesia,
Patrem immensae majestatis,
venerandum tuum verum et unicum Filium,
Sanctum quoque Paraclitum Spiritum.
Tu rex gloriae, Christe.
Tu Patris sempiternus es Filius.
Tu, ad liberandum suscepturus hominem,
non horruisti Virginis uterum.
Tu, devicto mortis aculeo,
aperuisti credentibus regna caelorum.
Tu ad dexteram Dei sedes, 
in gloria Patris.
Judex crederis esse venturus.
Te ergo, quaesumus, tuis famulis subveni,
quos pretioso sanguine redemisti.
Aeterna fac cum sanctis tuis 
in gloria numerari.

Salvum fac populum tuum, Domine,
et benedic hereditati tuae.
Et rege eos, 
et extolle illos usque in aeternum.
Per singulos dies benedicimus te.
Et laudamus nomen tuum 
in saeculum, et in saeculum saeculi.
Dignare, Domine, die isto 
sine peccato nos custodire.
Miserere nostri, Domine, miserere nostri.
Fiat misericordia tua, Domine, super nos,
quemadmodum speravimus in te.
In te, Domine, speravi:
non confundar in aeternum.

We praise you, O God:
we acknowledge you to be the Lord.
All the earth worships you, 
eternal Father.
To you all the angels, 
to you the heavens, and all the powers therein,
to you the Cherubim and Seraphim
proclaim with unceasing voice:
Holy, Holy, Holy 
Lord God of hosts.
Heaven and earth are full 
of the majesty of your glory.
The glorious company of the Apostles,
the laudable fellowship of the prophets,
the spotless army of martyrs praise you.
The holy Church throughout the world 
does acknowledge you,
the Father of infinite majesty,
your venerable, true, and only Son,
also the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
You are the King of glory, O Christ.
You are the everlasting Son of the Father.
You, when you become man to deliver man,
did not abhor the Virgin’s womb.
You, having overcome the sting of death, 
opened to all believers the kingdom of heaven.
You sit at the right hand of God 
in the glory of the Father.
We believe that you will come to be the Judge.
We beseech you, therefore, to help your servants,
whom you have redeemed with your precious blood.
Make them to be numbered with your Saints 
in glory everlasting.

Save your people, O Lord,
and bless your inheritance.
And govern them 
and extol them for ever.
Day by day we bless you.
And we praise your name 
for ever and ever.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, this day 
to keep us without sin.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us.
Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, 
as we have hoped in you.
In you, O Lord, have I hoped: 
let me never be confounded.

Recorded live during the Solemn Mass of Dedication at Saint Vincent Ferrer, 2019

Saint Vincent Ferrer, 2019

Solemn Te Deum in alternatum

Schola Cantorum of Saint Vincent Ferrer – New York City
James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist

Sicut cervus desiderat – Sitivit anima mea
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)

Sicut cervus desiderat ad fonte aquarum: 
ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus.  

Sitivit anima mea ad Deum vivum: 
quando veniam, et apparebo ante faciem Dei mei?  
Fuerunt mihi lacrimae meae panes die ac nocte, 
dum dicitur mihi per singulos dies: Ubi est Deus tuus?

As the hart pants after the fonts of water, 
so my soul pants after you, O God.  

My soul has thirsted for the living God: 
when shall I come and appear before the face of my God?  
My tears have been my bread day and night, 
while they say to me every day: Where is your God?
~Psalm 41 (42):2, 3, 4

Recorded live during the Easter Vigil at Saint Vincent Ferrer, 2019

Easter Vigil, 2019

Palestrina: Sicut cervus – Sitivit anima mea

Schola Cantorum of Saint Vincent Ferrer – New York City
James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist

Annunciation Carol (Nova, nova ave fit ex Eva)
Robert W. Lehman

Annunciation Carol
Nova, nova, ave fit ex Eva.    [News, news, ‘Ave’ has been made from ‘Eve’.]
Gabriel of high degree, 
He was sent from Trinity 
To Nazareth of Galilee. 

He met a maiden in that place, 
There he knelt before her face, 
And said: Hail, Mary, full of grace. 

When the maiden heard his song 
She was filled with trouble strong, 
And feared that she had done a wrong. 

Then said the angel: Fear not thou, 
For thou shalt conceive in great virtue 
The Savior thou shalt call Jesu. 

There are yet but six months gone 
Since Elizabeth conceived John 
To be the herald of God’s Son.

Then said the maiden: 
Verily, I am thy servant right truly; 
Ecce ancilla Domini.     [Behold the handmaid of the Lord.]
~Anonymous, 15th century

Recorded live during the Service of Marian Lessons and Carols at Saint Vincent Ferrer, 2018

Marian Lessons and Carols, 2018

Lehman: Annunciation Carol

Schola Cantorum of Saint Vincent Ferrer – New York City
James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist

There is no rose of such virtue
Simon Preston (b. 1938)

There is no rose of such virtue
as is the rose that bare Jesu:
Alleluia.

For in this rose contained was
heaven and earth in little space:
Res miranda.     [Wondrous thing.]

By that rose we may well see
that he is God in persons three:
Pari forma.     [Equal in form.]

The angels sungen the shepherds to:
Gloria in excelsis Deo:     [Glory be to God on high.]
Gaudeamus.     [Let us rejoice.]

Leave we all this worldly mirth,
and follow we this joyful birth:
Transeamus.     [Let us follow.]
~Anonymous, c. 1420

Recorded live during the Office of Readings and Solemn Mass of Christmas Eve at Saint Vincent Ferrer, 2018

Christmas Eve, 2018

Preston: There is no rose of such virtue

Schola Cantorum of Saint Vincent Ferrer – New York City
James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist

Scapulis suis
George Malcolm (1917-1997)

Scapulis suis obumbrabit tibi Dominus
et sub pennis ejus sperabis:
scuto circumdabit te veritas ejus.

The Lord will overshadow you with his shoulders, 
and under his wings shall you trust;
his truth shall compass you with a shield.
Psalm 90 (91):4, 5

Recorded live during the Solemn Mass of Lent I at Saint Vincent Ferrer, 2019

Lent I, 2019

Malcolm: Scapulis suis

Schola Cantorum of Saint Vincent Ferrer – New York City
James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist

Attende, Domine
James D. Wetzel (b. 1987)

Attende Domine, et miserere, quia peccavimus tibi.

Ad te Rex summe,
omnium Redemptor,
oculos nostros
sublevamus flentes:
exaudi, Christe,
supplicantum preces.

Dextera Patris,
lapis angularis,
via salutis,
janua caelestis,
ablue nostri
maculas delicti.

Rogamus, Deus,
tuam majestatem:
auribus sacris
gemitus exaudi:
crimina nostra
placidus indulge.

Tibi fatemur
crimina admissa:
contrito corde
pandimus occulta:
tua, Redemptor,
pietas ignoscat.

Innocens captus,
nec repugnans ductus;
testibus falsis
pro impiis damnatus
quos redemisti,
tu conserva, Christe.

Hearken, O Lord, and have mercy, for we have sinned against you.

To you, highest King,
Redeemer of all,
do we lift up our eyes
in weeping;
hear, O Christ, the prayers
of your servants.

Right hand of the Father,
corner-stone, 
way of salvation,
gate of heaven,
wash away our 
stains of sin.

We beseech you, O God,
in your great majesty:
hear our groans
with your holy ears;
calmly forgive
our crimes.

To you we confess
our consented sins;
with a contrite heart
we reveal the things hidden;
in your mercy, O Redeemer,
forgive them.

The Innocent, seized,
not refusing to be led;
condemned by false witnesses
because of impious men,
keep safe those
whom you have redeemed, O Christ.

Recorded live during the Solemn Mass of Lent V at Saint Vincent Ferrer, 2019

Lent I, 2022

Wetzel: Attende Domine

Schola Cantorum of Saint Vincent Ferrer – New York City
James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist

The Lord bless you and keep you
James D. Wetzel (b. 1987)

The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face to shine upon you 
and be gracious unto you;
the Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you 
and give you peace. 
Amen.
~Numbers 6:24-26

Recorded live during the Opening Prayer Service of the General Session of the United Nations at the Church of the Holy Family, 2019

Wetzel: The Lord Bless You and Keep You

Schola Cantorum of Saint Vincent Ferrer – New York City
James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist

O salutaris hostia
James D. Wetzel (b. 1987)

O salutaris hostia, 
quae caeli pandis ostium: 
bella premunt hostilia, 
da robur, fer auxilium.

Uni trinoque Domino 
sit sempiterna gloria, 
qui vitam sine termino 
nobis donet in patria.  Amen.

O saving Victim, 
who opens the gate of heaven, 
hostile wars press on us:
your strength bestow, your aid supply.

To the Lord One in Three, 
may there be sempiternal glory; 
for life without end 
he gives to us in our homeland.  Amen.
~Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Recorded live during the Solemn Mass of Lent I at Saint Vincent Ferrer, 2021

Wetzel: Attende Domine

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