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"The Lord himself is signified" - Augustine's Christological reading of the...
A great post from catholicity and covenant today. He's referring to the Church of Ireland here, but TEC has the same Daily Office reading today. Sometimes Augustine's allegorical readings get on my...
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Veni, Sancte Spiritus (Dufay)
Here's a wonderful recording of Guilliaume Dufay's (ca. 1400-1474) setting of the exquisite Pentecost Sequence hymn, Veni, Sancte Spiritus. It's sung here, I believe, by La Capella Reial de...
View ArticleO ignis Spiritus Paracliti (Hildegard von Bingen)
For Pentecost, "O fire of the Spirit, the Comforter," by Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179); this is among my favorite texts. The original Latin, with an English translation, is below the video. O...
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Choir Books, at the Biblioteca Nacional de España
Here's something interesting from a page at the National Library of Spain (Spanish language page here); a Chantblog reader just pointed it out to me:Choir booksThe collection of choir books belonging...
View ArticleLearning about Gregorian Chant, from Solesmes
From the YouTube page:Do you want to learn more about Gregorian chant? This highly pedagogical presentation by a monk of Solesmes, Dom Daniel Saulnier, is read by Sarah Moule and gives the amateur...
View ArticleFor Trinity Sunday: Te Deum
Sung by Schola Bellarmina:Te Deum laudamus:te Dominum confitemur.Te aeternum Patremomnis terra veneratur.Tibi omnes Angeli;tibi caeli et universae Potestates;Tibi Cherubim et Seraphimincessabili voce...
View Article"New York Polyphony: Early music. Modern sensibility"
Here's a new NYP video - nice! It includes one of the entries from their recent Remix project. That's the Church of St. Mary the Virgin there, at the end.From the YouTube page:Praised for a "rich,...
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"Open-church night spreads" in Austria
From The Tablet: In Austria more than a third of a million people flocked to a spectacular array of late evening events staged on Friday night in hundreds of churches across the country.Co-ordinators...
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The Feast of the Nativity of S. John the Baptist (June 24)
Here are the hymns for the upcoming feast day of one of my favorite of all Christian saints, from Hymn Melodies for the Whole Year from the Sarum Service-Books: :On the Feast of the Nativity of S. John...
View Article"King of glory, King of peace"
We sang this hymn today - and they had it at St. Thomas, too, for some reason; perhaps it's one of those recommended for this day. Here's a video of it sung at Washington National Cathedral, on...
View ArticleLaudate dominum: O Praise Ye the Lord! (Parry)
Charles Hubert H. Parry: O Praise ye the Lord!The YouTube page says this is from "the National Service of Thanksgiving to Celebrate The Diamond Jubilee Of Her Majesty The Queen, St Paul's Cathedral,...
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The Feast of SS. Peter & Paul (June 29)
From Hymn melodies for the whole year from the Sarum Service-books:On the Feast of SS. Peter & Paul, (June 29) & during the 8ve (when the Service is of the Feast) : Ev. & Matt: Áurea...
View ArticleNew York Polyphony: "If ye love me"
NYP sings Thomas Tallis in Länna kyrka in Bergshamra, Sweden; gorgeous. "New York Polyphony will release 'Times go by Turns' Summer 2013, the highly anticipated follow-up to their acclaimed BIS Records...
View ArticleCompline for the Eve of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
From the St. Mark's Seattle Compline Choir, here's an mp3 of Compline for the Eve of St. John the Baptist. Here's the order of the music:The Office of Compline for June 23, 20135th Sunday after...
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On the Feast of S. Mary Magdalene (July 22)
From Hymn melodies for the whole year from the Sarum Service-books:On the Feast of S. Mary Magdalene (July 22) :1st Evensong: Collaudemus Magdalene ... ... ... 45Mattins: Estimavit hortolanum ......
View ArticleO Sacrum Convivium VI: Tomás Luis de Victoria
O sacrum convivium is the Antiphon upon Magnificat at Second Vespers of Corpus Christi; it's a beautiful, mystical hymn in praise of the Blessed Sacrament. St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) wrote the...
View Article"And I saw a New Heaven"
Edward Bainton's composition is sung here by the choir of King's College Cambridge. This passage from Revelation is one of the Daily Office readings for today, Independence Day in the United States....
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"The New Jerusalem"
Here's one of Derek's old articles I was reading again recently; the portion of Revelation cited in the piece follows immediately today's Daily Office New Testament reading. The article's so beautiful...
View ArticleO adiutor omnium seculorum
The YouTube page says that this is "medieval chant from Codex Calixtinus," and offers also the following information:Title: "Graduale" (codex calixtinus f. 110v, 217-217v)Service: Missa Sancti...
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Gaudeamus: For the Feast of St. Benedict of Nursia (July 11)
Gaudeamus has been and is used as the Introit for the Mass on many saints' days, beginning, apparently, with St. Agatha's. It's now associated in the Proper of Saints with both All Saints' Day and the...
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