The Recovering Choir Director

Ordo musicae in Dominica Resurrectionis

April 12, 2009 by Michael E. Lawrence — 0 comments.

St. Peter’s Church, Merchantville, NJ
Easter Sunday
Mass in the Traditional Roman Rite

Vidi aquam: chant
Propers:  from the Graduale Romanum
Kyrie:  from Mass I (Lux et origo)
Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus:  Thomas Tallis Mass for Four Voices (for ATTB)
Communion motet:  Palestrina:  Sicut cervus
On the organ:

J.S. Bach:  Christ lag in Todesbanden (prelude)
Two improvisations on the Victimae paschali laudes (at the procession, and [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized.
Tags: Alexandre Guilmant; Easter Sunday; Graduale Romanum; Gregorian Chant; Johann Sebastian Bach; Olivier Messiaen; Palestrina; Roman Gradual; Roman Rite (Extraordinary Form; Usus Antiquior); St. Peter's (Merchantville); Thomas Tallis.

SMTV Vol. II, No. 2.2 – O Sacrum Convivium (Messiaen)

February 13, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 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: [...]

Filed under: Contemporary Religious Music; Devotional Music; Recordings; Videos.
Tags: Antony Walker; Cantillation; Olivier Messiaen; Saint Thomas Aquinas; YouTube.

Music for Fr. Richard Cipolla’s 25th Anniversary Mass, Feb. 1

February 2, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

Church of Saint Mary
Norwalk, Connecticut
Concert of Sacred Music, 3:00 PM
“Ich habe genug,” BWV 82 (Johann Sebastian Bach)*
“Dear Lord and Father of Mankind,” vv. 1-5 (J.G. Whittier/C.H.H. Parry)
Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532 (J.S. Bach)**
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (external solemnity), 3:30 PM
[All selections in Gregorian chant unless otherwise noted.]
Procession: Organ improvisation [...]

Filed under: Devotional Music.
Tags: Anton Bruckner; Ave Maria; David J. Hughes; Gregorian Chant; Hymnody; Johann Sebastian Bach; Joshua Copeland; Olivier Messiaen; Sacred polyphony; Scott Turkington; Solemn High Mass (Missa Solemnis); William Byrd.

O Sacrum Convivium

May 22, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 1 comment.

O sacrum convivium!
in quo Christus sumitur:
recolitur memoria passionis ejus:
mens impletur gratia:
et futurae gloriae nobis pignus datur.
Alleluia.
Here is a YouTube slideshow featuring Olivier Messiaen’s setting of St. Thomas Aquinas’ text:

And an English translation from Wikipedia:
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 [...]

Filed under: Videos.
Tags: Olivier Messiaen; Thomas Aquinas; YouTube.