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Gregorian chant and polyphony from the CMAA Pilgrimage to the National Shrine

September 27, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 21 comments.

Below are the chant and polyphony files from yesterday evening’s Solemn High Mass according to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, celebrated in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. at the conclusion of the CMAA Fall [...]

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Tags: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception; Church Music Association of America; Fr. Franklin M. McAfee; Fr. John Fritz; Fr. Paul Scalia; Gregorian Chant; Palestrina; Peter Latona; Roman Rite (Extraordinary Form; Usus Antiquior); Scott Turkington; Solemn High Mass (Missa Solemnis); Washington D.C.; William Byrd.

Choral music list for Pontifical High Mass, Sacred Heart, NYC

June 20, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 1 comment.

Here is the list of choral music presented during last night’s Pontifical High Mass, celebrated at St. Jean Baptiste Catholic Church in Manhattan—Bishop Fernando Arêas Rifan, celebrant and homilist.

Introit: Cogitatiónes Córdis éjus (Gregorian chant, mode V)
Kyrie: Missa Pange Língua (Josquin Des Prez)
Gloria: Missa Pange Língua (Josquin Des Prez)
Gradual: Dúlcis et réctus Dóminus (Gregorian chant, mode [...]

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Tags: Bishop Fernando Areas Rifan; Gregorian Chant; Josquin; Missa Pange Lingua (Josquin); Palestrina; St. Jean Baptiste Church (New York City); Tomas Luis de Victoria; William Byrd.

Monteverdi in Merchantville

March 10, 2009 by Michael E. Lawrence — 0 comments.

Here is the Ordo Musicae for this Sunday at St. Peter’s in Merchantville, NJ:

Monteverdi: Messa della Cappella (1641)
Chant propers from the Graduale Romanum
Byrd: Ave Verum Corpus
Lord, Who Throughout (St. Flavian)
Audi, benigne conditor
Ave Regina caelorum

We’ve hired professional singers to do this repertoire for us. I first floated this idea with the pastor back in August, who [...]

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Tags: Audi benigne conditor; Ave Regina Caelorum; Ave Verum Corpus; Claudio Monteverdi; Graduale Romanum; Gregorian Chant; Roman Gradual; Sacred polyphony; St. Peter's (Merchantville); Sung Mass (Missa Cantata); William Byrd.

SMTV Vol. II, No. 3.1 – Playing Elizabeth’s Tune: The Life of William Byrd

March 6, 2009 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 1 comment.

(This entry is part 14 in the series “Sacred Music Television, Vol. II.”)

Filed under: Recordings; Uncategorized; Videos.
Tags: Google Video; Peter Phillips; Sacred polyphony; Tallis Scholars; Thomas Tallis; William Byrd.

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.

Juventutem 2008 CD now available on CafePress

December 22, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

Just in time for the gift-giving holiday of…Epiphany, members of Juventutem Australia have just issued a CD of selected Gregorian chants, motets, and organ pieces that were employed during last summer’s World Youth Day and affiliated events leading up to it. At the time of this post, it is priced at $18.99 USD on CafePress.
The [...]

Filed under: Announcements; Recordings.
Tags: Felice Anerio; George Cardinal Pell; Gregorian Chant; Liturgy of the Hours; Missa Brevis (Palestrina); Palestrina; Sacred polyphony; Solemn High Mass (Missa Solemnis); William Byrd; World Youth Day 2008; YouTube.

SMTV Vol. II, No. 0.1 – Vigilate (Byrd)

December 5, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 0 comments.

(This entry is part 1 in the series “Sacred Music Television, Vol. II.”)

Vigiláte,
néscitis enim quando dóminus domus véniat,
sero, an média nocte,
an gallicántu, an mane.
Vigiláte ergo,
ne cum vénerit repénte,
invéniat vos dormiéntes.
Quod autem dico vobis,
ómnibus dico:
vigiláte.
[Watch ye therefore —
for you know not when the lord of the house cometh,
at even, or at midnight,
or at the cock crowing, [...]

Filed under: Concerts; Recordings; Videos.
Tags: Bob Chilcott; Sacred polyphony; Taipei; Taipei Chamber Singers; William Byrd; YouTube.

Unwritten memo to composers: “Set the propers”

September 24, 2008 by Aristotle A. Esguerra — 1 comment.

In light of all of the liturgical music reform verbiage coming from diverse places like official Church organs and bloggers like myself, and as a result of reading Jeffrey Tucker’s recent reflections on William Byrd’s settings of the Mass propers, it seems that there is an implied directive to today’s and tomorrow’s composers of sacred [...]

Filed under: Contemporary Religious Music; Liturgical Reform.
Tags: Fr. Carlo Rossini; General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM); Jeffrey Tucker; Pope Paul VI; Propers; Roman Catholic Church; Sacrosanctum Concilium; Second Vatican Council; William Byrd; World Youth Day 2002; World Youth Day 2005; World Youth Day 2008.