Category: “Contemporary Religious Music” (25 posts)
SMTV Vol. II, No. 4.3 – As One Who Has Slept (Tavener)
April 17, 2009 by — 1 comment.
(This entry is part 20 in the series “Sacred Music Television, Vol. II.”)
As one who has slept
the Lord has risen.
And rising he has saved us.
Alleluia.
Composer: John Tavener
Choir: The Choir
Conductor: James Whitbourne
Venue: Hagia Sophia
Texts: From the Liturgy for Great and Holy Saturday
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Contemporary Religious Music; Recordings; Videos.
SMTV Vol. II, No. 4.2 – “Seven Last Words of Christ,” no. 3 (MacMillan)
April 10, 2009 by — 1 comment.
(This entry is part 19 in the series “Sacred Music Television, Vol. II.”)
(Ecce Lignum Crucis
in quo salus mundi pependit:
Venite adoremus.)
(Behold the Wood of the Cross
on which The Saviour of the world was hung
Come let us adore him.)
Verily, I say unto thee, today thou shalt be with me in Paradise.
Composer: James MacMillan
Choir: Polyphony
Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia
Conductor: Stephen [...]
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Contemporary Religious Music; Devotional Music; Recordings; Videos.
A sung illustration of the Chabanel Psalms
March 18, 2009 by — 2 comments.
(This entry is part 2 in the series “Imagining the Future of Sacred Music Publishing.”)
Jeff Ostrowski — who may be as indefatigable as Jeff Tucker in advancing the cause of authentic liturgical music — has put together a sung illustration of what one of his endeavors, the St. Noel Chabanel Psalm Project, can offer to the [...]
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Contemporary Religious Music; Liturgical Reform.
“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”
March 14, 2009 by — 1 comment.
Fr. Dwight Longenecker, a convert from Anglicanism, provides this reflection on church music. While not claiming to know everything there is about it, he does make some points that have been made by others before him.
What we must do is trying to choose liturgical music is sort out some basic questions: First of all, what [...]
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Contemporary Religious Music; Devotional Music.
Theology’s aural side
March 12, 2009 by — 2 comments.
Scelata highlights a recent ZENIT Letter to the Editor:
A response to: Theology’s Visual Side
When one reads this article I believe you could easily replace the words “icon/iconography” with “liturgical music” and the same principles should apply. The principles described in this article are so often lacking when it comes to the arrangement and visual side [...]
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Catholic Punditry; Contemporary Religious Music; Devotional Music.
SMTV Vol. II, No. 2.2 – O Sacrum Convivium (Messiaen)
February 13, 2009 by — 3 comments.
(This entry is part 11 in the series “Sacred Music Television, Vol. II.”)
O sacrum convivium!
in quo Christus sumitur:
recolitur memoria passionis ejus:
mens impletur gratia:
et futurae gloriae nobis pignus datur.
Alleluia.
O sacred banquet!
in which Christ is received,
the memory of his Passion is renewed,
the mind is filled with grace,
and a pledge of future glory to us is given.
Alleluia.
Hymn Writer: [...]
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Contemporary Religious Music; Devotional Music; Recordings; Videos.
“Dad, that song’s weird.”
January 11, 2009 by — 0 comments.
So begins a father-son conversation about a inexplicably popular piece of contemporary folk hymnody.
Priests and liturgy/music committees: when you use the propers of the Mass in Latin or vernacular, you sidestep the issues that both father and son address. If you employ the vernacular, you must contend with potential translation issues, but at least in [...]
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Contemporary Religious Music.
The Propers of the Mass: The Neglected Handmaid of the Liturgy
December 21, 2008 by — 9 comments.
Whenever I see debates about Church music, they are generally about stylistic issues, instrumentation, and the like. These debates usually center around music selection — which hymns to select and why. It’s been this way for at least as long as I’ve been involved in church music (13 years). I wish to change the terms [...]
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Contemporary Religious Music; Liturgical Reform.
SMTV Vol. I, No. 10.4 – Totus Tuus (Gorecki)
October 22, 2008 by — 0 comments.
(This entry is part 12 in the series “Sacred Music Television, Vol. I.”)
Maria!
Totus Tuus sum, Maria,
Mater nostri Redemptoris,
Virgo Dei, Virgo pia,
Mater mundi Salvatoris.
Totus Tuus sum, Maria!
Mary!
I am completely yours, Mary,
Mother of our Redeemer.
Virgin Mother of God, blessed virgin,
Mother of the world’s Savior.
I am completely yours, Mary!
Composer: Henryk Górecki
Choir: University of Nottingham Music Society
Conductor: Nick Bridgman
Location: [...]
Filed under:
Concerts; Contemporary Religious Music; Devotional Music; Recordings; Videos.
SMTV Vol. I, No. 10.1 – Angele Dei (Balsamo)
October 2, 2008 by — 2 comments.
(This entry is part 9 in the series “Sacred Music Television, Vol. I.”)
Angele Dei, qui custos es mei.
Me tibi commissum pietate superna.
(Hodie, Hac nocte) illumina, custodi, rege et guberna.
Amen.
[Angel of God, my guardian dear,
To whom his love commits me here;
Ever this (day, night) be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide.
Amen.]
Composer: [...]
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Contemporary Religious Music; Devotional Music; Recordings; Spirituality; Videos.
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