Song of the Wander (Dan Forrest)

A beautiful piece by the contemporary choral composer, Dan Forrest

 

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God of the Sparrow (Craig Courtney)

God of the Sparrow is a beautiful new choral anthem. Published in 2019, the text is by Jonathan Cook, music by Craig Courtney.

 

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‘Ne Irascaris Domine’ and ‘Civitas Sancti Tui’ (William Byrd)

VOCES8 performs William Byrd’s double motet ‘Ne Irascaris Domine’ and ‘Civitas Sancti Tui’ in the Gresham Centre in London.

Text

Ne irascaris, Domine, satis

et ne ultra memineris iniquitatis nostrae.

Ecce, respice, populus tuus omnes nos.

Civitas sancti tui facta est deserta.

Sion deserta facta est, Jerusalem desolata est.

(Isaiah 64 v. 9)

Translation

Be not angry, O Lord, still,

neither remember our iniquity for ever.

Behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

The holy cities are a wilderness.

Sion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

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A Tribute to the Notre Dame Cathedral

From the YouTube site:

"...Notre-Dame de Paris (meaning "Our Lady of Paris"), often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, was a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral was considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. Its innovative use of the rib vault and flying buttress, its enormous and colorful rose windows, and the naturalism and abundance of its sculptural decoration set it apart from the earlier Romanesque style...

"Track List:
00:00 - 06:10 | Pange Ligua Gloriosi
06:11 - 12:37 | Ave Maria (Franz Biebl) - Riga Chamber Choir Ave Sol
12:38 - 18:34 | Introit Antiphons
18:35 - 21:04 | Adoremus in Aeternum
21:05 - 22:27 | O Salutaris Hostia
22:28 - 25:51 |Ave Verum Corpus
25:52 - 33:20 | Hymn of the Cherubim, Tchaikovsky"

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Black Christ of the Andes (Mary Lou Williams)

In 1962, jazz pianist virtuoso Mary Lou Williams composed Black Christ of the Andes. The choral work was written in honor of the newly canonized Peruvian brother of the Dominican Order, Martin de Porres. St. Martin de Porres was the son of a freed slave and a Spanish gentleman. A barber by trade, as a Dominican lay brother he was known for his nonjudgmental care for the sick in the infirmary. Today he is the patron saint of mixed-race people, barbers, innkeepers, public health workers, and all those seeking racial harmony.

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Silent Devotion and Response, by Ernest Bloch

This is performed by students at Eastern New Mexico University, but I went searching for it because I heard it at Southside Baptist Church this morning as they recounted their interfaith partnership with with Temple Emanu-El.
It is Jewish sacred choral music by Ernest Bloch. The words are from Psalm 19, and they are words I often heard as the benediction by Rev Murray Seay at Dadeville First Baptist Church when I was a kid: "Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer."

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O Bone Jesu (Palestrina)

Palestrina's "O Bone Jesu"

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O Magnum Mysterium (Victoria)

The You Tube video does not tell who the singers are, but his sounds like a recording by the Sixteen Christophers. The musical score is by 16th century Spanish composer, Tomás Luis de Victoria.

 

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Ave Maria

Beautiful music from Prima Luce

Ave Maria by Jacques Arcadelt (1507-1568)

Amazing Grace: A New Composition