Easter Sunday 2026
Processional Hymn: Jesus Christ is Ris’n Today, 843
Recessional hymn: At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing, 848
Kyriale: Mass in F major, K192, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Offertory Antiphon: Terra Tremuit, William Byrd (c. 1540–1623)
Motet after Offertory: Resurrexi, Msgr. Marco Frisina (b. 1954)
Communion Antiphon: Pascha Nostrum, William Byrd
Hymn at Communion: Ave Verum Corpus, Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
The Mass in F major by W. A. Mozart was composed in 1775. It is also called the Kleinecredomesse or “Little Credo Mass” because Mozart a two bar Credo figure throughout the titular movement of the Mass. As is common for Masses of this time, Mozart uses soloists in contrast to full choir to give variety to the composition and bring attention to the text of the prayer. The Agnus Dei uses this contrast by having a soloist introduce the first part of the prayer and the chorus sings the miserere nobis then the whole movement shifts character for the dona nobis pacem with a move to a vibrant triple meter and major key.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period and perhaps the most widely celebrated in the history of Western music. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works including Masses, symphonies, operas, and chamber works.