User:Richard Mix/David of Wales

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General resources

St. David's Day, March 1, has a number of proper chants in the mid-14c Penpont Antiphonal, National Library of Wales Ms. 20541 E (edited in Owain T. Edwards, Matins, Lauds and Vespers for St David’s Day, Cambridge, 1990) The saint's miracles are described in RhygyvarchLink to the English Wikipedia article's Life of St David.

  1. Dictus est Patricio (birth foretold) Psalm xcii Dominus regnavit
  2. Instructoris oculos (sight to blind) c Jubilate Deo
  3. Missis ultro feminis (temptation of monks) lxii Deus, deus, meus
  4. Toxicate torte panis (attempted poisoning) Benedicite, Daniel 3
  5. Ut attendat populus (sermon from the hill) Psalm 148 Laudate Dominum
  6. ad Magnificat (both mode i):
    1. O desiderabilis (Vespers I)
    2. (O pie) Ope juva (Vespers II)

Also usable are the chants from the Common of Confessors (LU pp. 1001-1009):

  1. Deus in adjutorium
  2. Ecce sacerdos magnus/Dixit (vii) (Salmi vespertini (Giovanni Bernardino Nanino))
  3. Non est inventus/Confitebor (vii)
  4. Ideo jurejurando/Beatus vir (viii)
  5. Sacerdotes Dei/Laudate pueri (vii)
  6. Serve bone/Memento Domine David (iii) ([[Memento (Giovanni Gastoldi)|Gastoldi for SATTB; Freddi a 4 + bc; Anerio SATTB even; Willaert antiphonal)
  7. Iste confessor (Dufay)
  8. Sacerdos et Pontifex (1st Vespers, Gabrieli, Morales, Trent 98 a 3) or
    1. Dum esset summus (2nd Vespers, Marenzio a 4, Porta or V-SP 80B) Magnificat i toni
    2. (Trent 88 odd or even a 3?)
  9. Ave Regina caelorum

The Welshman Thomas Tomkins sets an English Mag. in his First Service.

I have grave doubts about a traditional dress code, though.

2025 at St. David's Richmond Calif.

Rehearsal 5:00 in Rectory garage (5641 Esmond Ave, Richmond CA 94805, across the street from chuch's front); Vespers at 6:10 following Saturday Mass in the church.

  1. Dictus est Patricio (birth foretold) Psalm xcii Dominus regnavit
  2. Instructoris oculos (sight to blind) Jubilate Deo
  3. Missis ultro feminis (temptation of monks) lxii Deus, deus, meus
  4. Toxicate torte panis (attempted poisoning) Benedicite, Daniel 3 maybe we'll substitute Benedicite omnia opera Domini (Orlando di Lasso) 6vv or?
  5. Ut attendat populus (sermon from the hill) Psalm 148 Laudate Dominum
  1. ad Magnificat (mode i): (O pie) Ope juva (Vespers II) & Tomkins' Magnificat from the First Service.

Here is the program: File:StDavidsDay2025.pdf

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