A review of music written using Latin texts in service of the liturgy of the Catholic Church encompassing music written in all periods with a concentration on contemporary composers.


Saturday, May 19, 2012

Weekend Roundup


Sunday, 20th of May, 2012.

At Leeds Cathedral (OF 1100) the Messe Solennelle of Louis Vierne. At Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (OF 1100) the Messe Solennelle of Jean Langlais. At S. George's Cathedral, Southwark (OF 1130) Norman Harper's Psallite Domino (premiere).

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Weekend Roundup

Sunday, 13th of May, 2012.


At Leeds Cathedral (OF 0930) Duggan's Missa brevis and (OF 1100) De Severac's Tantum ergo. At Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (OF1100) Durufle's Ubi caritas and at Vesper's (1500) Malcolm's Magnificat Tone VIII. At the Oxford Oratory (OF 1100) the Missa super Lux et Origo of Hermann Schroeder (1904-1990). At S. George's Cathedral, Southwark (OF 1130) Rubbra's Missa in honorem Sancti Dominici and Messiaen's O sacrum convivium. At S. James, Spanish Place, (OF 1030) Lennox Berkeley's Missa Brevis.

The London Festival of Contemporary Church Music runs from the 12th to the 20th of May and the programme may be found here



Saturday, May 5, 2012

Weekend Roundup


Sunday, 6th of May, 2012.

At the Birmingham Oratory (EF 1030) Flor Peeter's Mass of S. Joseph. At Farm Street (OF 1100) Zoltan Kodaly's Missa Brevis and motet Verbum caro. At Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (OF 1100) Colin Mawby's motet Caro mea.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Weekend Roundup

Sunday 29th of April, 2012.

At Brentwood Cathedral (OF 1130) Malcolm's Missa ad praesepe and Mawby's Ave Verum. At Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral (OF 1100) Langlais' Messe Solennelle. At Leeds Cathedral (OF 1100) Mawby's Ave Verum. At Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (OF 1100) Flor Peeter's Missa Laudis and Colin Mawby's Alleluia Christus Resurrexit. At Vespers (1500) Simon Biazeck's Magnificat Tone VIII. At the Oxford Oratory (OF 1100) Martin Dumler's Missa Salutis and Agatha Pfeiffer's O Filii et Filiae. At S. George's Cathedral, Southwark (OF 1130) and Westminster Cathedral (OF 1030) Langlais' Messe Solennelle.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Weekend Roundup

Sunday 22nd of April, 2012.

At Brentwood Cathedral (OF 1130) Ubi Caritas of Durufle and James Devor's Ave verum corpus. At Farm Street (OF 1100) Ives' Missa Brevis and Malcolm's Jesu dulcis memoria. At Leeds Cathedral (OF 1100) Arvo Part's Beatitudes. At the Oxford Oratory (OF 1100) the Missa Haec Dies of Joseph Vranken (1881-1961) and Bernard Huijbers' Qui sunt hi sermones?

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Weekend Roundup

Sunday 15th of April, 2012.

Nothing noted in the Contemporary Latin repertoire for this Sunday.

Friday, March 23, 2012

A temporary break in transmission..

I'm overseas at the moment and there have been problems with 'signing in' for the public weekly entries of 'Weekend Roundup'. These should get back to normal around the 14th of April. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.