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, October 29, 2011

Weekend Roundup

Sunday, 30th October 2011.

At Brentwood Cathedral (OF 1130) the Messe Solenelle of Louis Vierne. At Leeds Cathedral (OF 0930) the Messe d'Escalquens of Langlais and Simon Lindley's Ave Maria (OF 1100) Missa in honorem S. Dominici of Edmund Rubbra. At Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Vespers (1500) Colin Mawby's Magnificat. At the Oxford Oratory (OF 1100) the Mass of Our Lady of Victories by Joseph Wardale (1893-1971). At Westminster Cathedral (OF 1030) Herbert Howells' Salve Regina.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Weekend Roundup

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011.

At Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (OF 1100) the Messe Cum Jubilo of
Durufle and at Vespers (1500) In pace and Ego sum panis vivus of Grayston Ives and the Salve Regina of Cousins. At the Oxford Oratory (OF 1100) the Messe a deux voix egales and Cantate Domino by Alexander Grechaninov (1865-1956). At Sacred Heart Wimbledon (OF 1115) the Mass of St Joseph by Flor Peters and Durufle's Ubi caritas.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Sunday, 16th of October 2011.

At Brentwood Cathedral (OF 1130) the Missa Benedicamus Domino  of Perosi. At Leeds Cathedral (OF 0930) Langlais' Tantum ergo and at the same place (OF 1100) parts of an unidentified Mass setting by Durufle possibly the Requiem. At the Oxford Oratory (OF 1100) Missa Cogitationes Cordis of Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981) and at Vespers (1700) Tantum ergo sacramentum by Dom Gregory Murray. At St Etheldreda's Ely Place (OF 1100) the Missa in honore  Jeanne d'Arc of Henri Nibelle (1883-1966).

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Weekend Roundup

Sunday, 9th of October, 2011.

At Brentwood Cathedral (OF 1130) the Missa Brevis of Lennox Berkeley. At Farm Street (OF 1100) Gabriel Jackson's Missa Sanctae Margaretae. At Leeds Cathedral (OF 0930) the Missa in simplicitate of Jean Langlais and (1100 OF) De Severac's Tantum ergo. At the Oxford Oratory (OF 1100) the Gloria 'de angelis' of Domenico Bartolucci (b. 1917).

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Weekend Roundup

Sunday, 2nd of October, 2011.

At Brentwood Cathedral (OF 0930) the Agnus Dei from George Malcolm's Missa ad praesepe. At Farm Street (OF 1100) the Salve Regina of Francis Poulenc. At Leeds Cathdral (OF 0930) Tantum ergo by Andriessen and (OF 1100) the Messe Solonnelle of Louis Vierne and the Tantum ergo of Maurice Durufle. At the Oxford Oratory (OF 1100) the Salve Regina of Sidney Peine Waddington (1869-1953). At Sacred Heart, Wimbledon (OF 1115) De Severac's Tantum ergo.