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The Introit for the Feast of the Transfiguration (August 6): Tibi dixit cor...
I've written a bit about this Introit, Tibi dixit cor meum quaesivi vultum tuum, before, but here's a full post about it. This is one of the few instances of the duplication of an Introit; this is...
View ArticleO Frondens Virga (Hildegard von Bingen 1098-1179)
Chanticleer shared this video on their socmed feeds this past week:Here are the Latin words of the antiphon:O frondens virga,In tua nobilitate stans,sicut aurora procedit.Nunc gaude et laetare et nos...
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"Mass of the Assumption: Fontgombault"
In honor of the August 15 Feast of Saint Mary the Virgin, the Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, here's another very pretty recording from Fontgombault (a daughter-abbey of Solesmes); this video...
View ArticleBogoroditse Devo (Sergey Khvoshchinsky)
Here's a simply stunning Bogoroditse Devo; the choir is "From Age to Age," and they are quite wonderful here.Bogoroditse Devo is the Eastern version of the Ave Maria; here's the original language with...
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The Communion Song for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross: Per...
Per signum crucis is the Communion song for this day; it's short but quite beautiful: TPL says this about the text:From the Roman Breviary. It recalls Phil. 3:18, "For many, as I have often told you...
View ArticleNew York Polyphony sings Beata progenies (Lionel Power d. 1445)
This video was offered by NYP in its social media feeds this morning:Here's the Latin text from CPDL; English translation "by The St. Ann Choir, directed by William Mahrt." The text is described there...
View Article"Compline: A Spiritual Awakening"
Here's a short video about Sunday Compline at St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle. The service "hasn't changed in 57 years."From the YouTube page:Every Sunday evening at 9:30 p.m. in the nave of Saint...
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The Feast of St. Michael and All Angels (September 29): Benedicite Dominum...
Benedicite Dominum is the name of both the Introit and the Gradual for this feast day. The text for both is taken from Psalm 102:20 (103:20 in the Anglican reckoning), followed by the wonderful Verse...
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"Hail true body, born of Mary": Plainsong from the Guildford Cathedral Choir
I just became aware of "Archives of Sound," a YouTube channel apparently completely dedicated to videos (which are actually audio files along with still images) from the "Guildford Cathedral Choir...
View ArticleNew York Polyphony: Nesciens mater (Byttering)
NYP offered this beautiful video in its socmed feeds today: CPDL says the text is taken from a Christmastide antiphon:Nesciens mater virgo virumpeperit sine doloresalvatorem saeculorum.Ipsum regem...
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The Gradual for the Solemnity of All Saints: Timete Dominum omnes sancti ejus...
That's the first piece on this video, which I believe is sung by the Chœur Grégorien de Paris. (The video itself seems to be a visual tour of the St. Trophime Cathedral in Arles, France; the chant...
View ArticleMissa pro Defunctis: Kyrie Eleison (Kyrie from the Mass for the Dead)
For All Souls' Day, here is the Kyrie from the Mass for the Dead, sung here by the Alfred Deller Consort. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.Here's Durufle's beautiful composed...
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J.S. Bach's Kantata BWV 61: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland ("Now come, Savior...
Very likely from the same splendid concert at which the Bach Magnificat was recorded, here's a video of this Advent Cantata:About the piece:BWV 61 is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He...
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The Advent I Alleluia: Ostende nobis Domine ("Show us thy mercy, O Lord")
The text is a very familiar one, taken from Psalm 85:7 (84:8 in the Vulgate): Show us thy mercy, O Lord : and grant us thy salvation. Here's the full chant score: Here are all the chants for the day,...
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The Advent 2 Offertory: Deus, tu convertens ("God, wilt Thou not turn again?")
Here's a video of the Offertory for today; no word on who the singers are here:Here's another version, sung by a member of "The Schola Cantorum, The Catholic Parish of St Canice, 28 Roslyn Street,...
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The Advent 3 Offertory: Benedixisti, Domine terram tuam ("Lord, thou hast...
An aptly celebratory Offertory for Gaudete Sunday, the third Sunday in Advent:The text comes from Psalm 85, vv. 1 and 2 (Psalm 84:2-3 in the Vulgate reckoning):Psalm 84:2Douay-Rheims 1899 American...
View ArticleDecember 16: O Sapientia
O Sapientia is the Antiphon upon Magnificat on December 16 (in the English Church; it's December 17 elsewhere), and the first of the eight Great "O" Antiphons sung during the week before Christmas....
View ArticleDecember 17: O Adonai
O Adonai is the Antiphon upon Magnificat on December 17 (in the English Church; December 18 elsewhere). It's the second of the eight Great "O" Antiphons sung during the week before Christmas. These...
View ArticleDecember 18: O Radix Jesse
O Radix Jesse is the Antiphon upon Magnificat sung by Anglicans before and after the Magnificat at Vespers on December 18 (December 19 in the Roman Catholic Church). It's the third of the eight Great...
View ArticleDecember 19: O Clavis David
Anglicans sing O Clavis David as the Antiphon upon Magnificat at Vespers on December 19; It's the fourth of the eight Great "O" Antiphons sung during the week before Christmas. Here's an English...
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