Choral music in honor of the Most Blessed Sacrament as sung by the Schola Cantorum of Saint Vincent Ferrer - New York City, James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist

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Choral music from American composers including Morten Lauridsen, Leo Nestor, and Ola Gjeilo as sung by the Schola Cantorum of Saint Vincent Ferrer - New York City, James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist

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Sound track- The Passion Of The Christ

the passion of the christ(I am here)

Byzantine orthodox christian chant, on the Holy Friday

Great and Holy Friday - The Lord's Lamentations

Orthodox Christian Jesus Prayer Chant

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

Jesu dulcis memoria, Op. 78, No. 2
Pierre Villette (1926-1998)

Jesu dulcis memoria
dans vera cordis gaudia:
sed super mel et omnia
ejus dulcis praesentia.

Nil canitur suavius,
nil auditur jucundius,
nil cogitatur dulcius,
quam Jesus Dei Filius.

Sis, Jesu, nostrum gaudium,
qui es futurus praemium:
sit nostra in te gloria,
per cuncta semper saecula.  
Amen.
Jesus, sweet remembrance,
giving true joy to the heart;
but more than honey and all things
is his sweet presence.

Nothing more delightful is sung,
nothing more pleasing heard,
nothing sweeter thought,
than Jesus, the Son of God.

May, O Jesus, you be our joy,
who is our future reward;
may our glory be in you
throughout all eternity.
Amen.
~Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)

Recorded live during the Solemn Mass of the Lord's Supper of Maundy Thursday at Saint Vincent Ferrer, 2019

Maundy Thursday, 2018

Villette: Jesu dulcis memoria, Op. 78, No. 2

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

Ubi caritas
Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)

Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.  
Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor.
Exsultemus et in ipso jucundemur.
Timeamus et amemus Deum vivum.
Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero.

Where charity and love are, God is there.  
The love of Christ has gathered us into one.  
Let us rejoice and be glad in him.  
Let us fear and love the living God.  
And let us love one another with a sincere heart. 
~I John 2-4 

Recorded live during the Solemn Mass of the Lord's Supper of Maundy Thursday at Saint Vincent Ferrer, 2019

Maundy Thursday, 2019

Gjeilo: Ubi caritas

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

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

Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Sir Edward C. Bairstow (1874-1946)

Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
and stand with fear and trembling,
and lift itself above all earthly thought.
For the King of kings and Lord of lords,
Christ our God, cometh forth to be our oblation,
and to be given for food to the faithful.
Before him come the choirs of angels,
with every principality and power;
the Cherubim with many eyes, and winged Seraphim,
who veil their faces as they shout exultingly the hymn: Alleluia.
~Cherubic hymn, Divine Liturgy of Saint James, 4th century
trans. Gerard Moultrie (1829-1885)

Recorded live during the annual Solemn Mass of the Stillman Foundation at Saint Vincent Ferrer, 2016

Stillman Mass, 2016

Bairstow: Let all mortal flesh keep silence

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

To rise beyond the stars (No. 1 from 'Two Hymns to the Virgin')
Leo Nestor (1948-2019)

To rise beyond the stars
Not braids of gold, nor beauty in thy eyes,
Nor queenly dress, nor winsome maiden grace,
Nor youthfulness, nor music’s melody,
Nor loveliness of angel in thy face,
Could draw the King of Heaven from sovereign place
To this our land of guild and sordidness
To be made flesh in thee, Mary, Mother of Grace,
Mirror of Joy and all our happiness.

But thy humility, so great in thee,
It broke the ancient barrier of wrath
Twixt God and us, to open heaven’s bars.
Then of thy virtue, lend to us that we may follow,
Holy Mother, in thy path unwavering, 
To rise beyond the stars.
~Giovanni Boccaccio (d. 1375)

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

Christmas Eve, 2018

Corpus Christi, 2014

Lasso: Ave verum corpus

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

Virtue: Sweet day, so cool (No. 5 from 'Spiritual Songs')
Kenneth Jennings (1925-2015)

Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, 
The bridal of the earth and sky; 
The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, 
For thou must die. 

Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave 
Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye; 
Thy root is ever in its grave, 
And thou must die. 

Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, 
A box where sweets compacted lie; 
My music shows ye have your closes, 
And all must die. 

Only a sweet and virtuous soul, 
Like seasoned timber, never gives; 
But though the whole world turn to coal, 
Then chiefly lives.
~George Herbert (1593-1633)
“Virtue” from The Temple, first published 1633

Recorded live during a service at Saint Vincent Ferrer, 2019

Jennings: Virtue (Sweet Day, So Cool, So Calm)

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

Caro mea 
Giovanni Bassano (c. 1558-1617)

Caro mea vere est cibus:
et sanguis meus vere est potus: 
qui manducat meam carnem, 
et bibit meum sanguinem, 
in me manet, et ego in eo, alleluia.

My flesh is food indeed,
and my blood is drink indeed.
He who eats my flesh 
and drinks my blood, 
abides in me, and I in him, alleluia.
John 6:56, 57

Recorded live during the Solemn Mass of Sunday III at Saint Vincent Ferrer, 2020

Sunday 3, 2020

Bassano: Caro mea

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

O magnum mysterium
Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)

O magnum mysterium
et admirabile sacramentum,
ut animalia viderent Dominum natum 
jacentem in praesepio.

O beata Virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt
portare Dominum Jesum Christum, alleluia.

O great mystery
and wonderful sacrament,
that animals should see the new-born Lord 
lying in a manger.

O blessed Virgin, whose womb was worthy 
to bear the Lord Jesus Christ, alleluia.

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

Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium

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

O quam suavis est á 7
Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554-1612)

O quam suavis est, Domine, Spiritus tuus, 
qui ut dulcedinem tuam in filios demonstrares
pane suavissimo de caelo praestito,
esurientes reples bonis, 
fastidiosos divites dimittens inanes.

O how sweet, Lord, is your Spirit, 
who, to show your kindness to your children, 
has given the sweetest bread of heaven,
fills the hungry with good things,
[and] sends the haughty rich away empty.
~Wisdom 16:20, 21; Luke 1:52

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

Sunday 31, 2019

Gabrieli: O quam suavis est a 7

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

My first try to compose something for my own.

The Coffee and the Fruit Tea

Mariage d'Amour

lilbabygrand remix of Dakiti by Bad Bunny 🔥🔥🙏🙏

Dakiti (lilbabygrand remix).wav

Another Side

damaged in the brain
damaged in the brain
damage from the fall
see it in my face
im bruised from it all

damage in my brain
im hurting dnt u know
im hurting dont u know:)!!

save me

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

Lent I, 2021

Wetzel: O salutaris hostia

arcade // duncan laurence - epic orchestra

"Piano music for your sweet wines!" - @yu_su

Yu Su 'Piano Wine' Mix For B.P.T.

Maia

A great ballad and appropriate for the concert that took place in the Spring of 1971. This Rogers & Hart song is perfect for the3/14 Marr & Colton Theatre Organ, State Theatre, Toledo, Ohio.

Wetzel: O salutaris hostia

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