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The Tract for Good Friday: Domine exaudi orationem meam
Domine exaudi orationem meam is the tract for Good Friday. Here it is sung at the Vatican last year:This is not the same as the Tridentine tract; there were formerly two tracts sung on Good Friday:...
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The Offertory for Easter Day: Terra Tremuit ("The Earth Trembles")
Here's an interesting and beautiful chant for Easter Day:The text comes from Psalm (75/)76, vv 9-10:The earth trembled and was still, when God arose in judgment, Alleluia.Interestingly, only the...
View ArticleIn die resurrectionis meae, the first Alleluia for the Sunday after Easter
Here's a video of the beautiful Alleluia In die resurrectionis meae, the first Alleluia for the Sunday after Easter. It's sung, apparently, by the monastic choir at Solesmes:The text is from Matthew...
View ArticleSeen and heard today (4/27/14) at Divine Service: O Filii et Filiae (a hymn...
"O filii et filiae" ("Ye sons and daughters of the Lord") is a beautiful Easteride hymn; the second half of the hymn is the story of St. Thomas and the risen Jesus. For this reason, this hymn is...
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Cognoverunt discipuli: The First Alleluia for the Third Sunday in Easter
Here's a CCWatershed video of this very melismatic chant:Cognovérunt discípuli Dóminum Jesum in fractióne panis. from Corpus Christi Watershed on Vimeo.The text is quite simple, but profound:Alleluia....
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The First Alleluia for the Fourth Sunday of Easter: Redemptionem misit...
Here is this Alleluia; there's no information about the singers, but it sounds like the Solesmes choir to me:Allelúja, allelúja. Vs. Redemptiónem misit Dóminus pópulo suo. from Corpus Christi Watershed...
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The First Alleluia for the Fifth Easter Sunday: Dextera Dei ("The Right Hand...
Here's this chant, sung by the monks of St. Benedict's Monastery in São Paulo (Brazil):The text comes from Psalm (117/)118, vv. 15-16: The right hand of God has wrought strength; the right hand of the...
View Article"Genesis Chapters 1-11"
Here's a terrific video that showed up in my Twitter feed this morning; great animations and an excellent approach to interpretation:From the YouTube page:Published on May 19, 2014An animated walk...
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Surrexit Christus, et illuxit nobis ("Christ is risen, and has illumined us")...
Beautifully chanted by an unknown singer. There are two chants on this video: the first is Surrexit Christus, and the secondExivi a Patre. Surrexit is prescribed as the First Alleluia for Year A;...
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May 26: St. Augustine of Canterbury
Via JohnTheLutheran:England was converted to the faith when St Augustine of Canterbury arrived on the island of Thanet with forty companions. They might have offered service and they probably preached,...
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The Communion Song(s) for the Feast of the Ascension
There are three different Communion chants for the Feast of the Ascension - one for each year. I'll post all of them here.Year A's chant is Data est mihi ("All power is given to me"):The text is this...
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The Seventh Sunday in Easter: Alleluia. Non vos reliquam orphanos ("I will...
GREGORIAN ALLELUIA • Non Vos Relinquam (6221) from Corpus Christi Watershed on Vimeo.The text for this chant comes from John 14:18 and John 16:22b; both verses come from Christ's "Farewell Discourse."I...
View ArticleThe Pantheon on Pentecost
Who'll be doing this at their parish this year? It's a splendid practice, I think; listen for Veni Creator Spiritus in the background.From the YouTube page:Rome, May 23, 2010: Solemnity of Pentecost at...
View ArticleChant for Pentecost from Fontgombault Abbey
Here is the chant from the Vigil of Pentecost, the Mass of the Day of Pentecost, and Pentecost Vespers. Very pretty, all a capella; as far as I can tell, this comes from a 1993 CD, which may be a...
View ArticleThe Pentecost Troparion: "Blessed art Thou, O Christ our God"
This beautiful chant is Georgian: "K'urtkheul khar shen": From the YouTube page:Troparion of Pentecost, sung by the choir of the convent of Sameba-Jikheti. It can be found on their CD "Chant...
View Article"Laudate Dominum: Gregorian Chant By The Trappist Monks of the Abbey of...
The complete LP you see in the video above. Recorded in 1951.
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Anglican Chant XXXIII: Psalm 102 (Domine, exaudi)
A great chant (or two, or three), sung here beautifully by the Choir of Ely Cathedral: Here's what the YouTuber had to say at the page; the citation includes the words to the Psalm from the Coverdale...
View Article"Psalms 91/121, Prayer of Severus, Praise of Cherubim"
These are some very nice chants posted by "Malankara Syriac Orthodox" at YouTube; this one is actually part of a 22-video playlist, which is well worth listening to all the way through. The YouTuber...
View ArticleCompline: The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
From the YouTube page:A service of Compline, sung live by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, directed by Graham RossRecorded in Chapel of Clare College, Cambridge,...
View ArticleCluny: La Transfiguration - Chants de Pierre le Venerable
In anticipation of the upcoming Feast of the Transfiguration (August 6), here is a beautiful collection of 12th-century chants for the day. (Here's the Amazon.com page for this CD.)Some explanation...
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