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 27, 2012

Weekend Roundup


Sunday, 28th of October, 2012.

At Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (OF 1100) Lauridsen's Ubi caritas and Gorecki's Totus tuus.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Weekend Roundup


Sunday, 21st of October, 2012.

At S. Anne's Cathedral, Leeds (OF 0930) Andriessen's Tantum ergo. At Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Vespers (1500) Durufle's Ubi caritas. At S. George's Cathedral, Southwark (OF1130) O'Neill's Missa Seria and Ives' O Sacrum Convivium. At the London Oratory (OF 1100) Howells' Salve Regina.

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Weekend Roundup


Sunday, 14th of October, 2012.

At Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (OF 1100) Mawby's Ave verum corpus. At Vespers (1500) Cousins' Ave Maria. At the Oxford Oratory Vespers (1700) Edward de Rivera's Magnificat Quinti Toni. At S. Etheldreda's, Ely Place, (OF 1100) Dupre's Laudate Dominum. At S. George's Cathedral, Southwark, (OF 1130) Flor Peeters' Missa In Honorem Sancti Iosephi and Laloux's Tantum ergo. At the London Oratory (OF 1100) Vaughan Williams Mass in G minor.

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Weekend Roundup


Sunday, 7th of October, 2012.

At Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (OF 1100) Durufle's Messe Cum Jubilo, and the motets Ego sum panis vivus and Ave verum corpus of Grayston Ives. At Vespers (1500) Speravi in te by Chris Hutchings (first performance). At S. Etheldreda's, Ely Place, (OF 1100) the first performance of Lloyd's Asperges me. At Westminster Cathedral Vespers (1530) the St Patrick's Magnificat of James MacMillan.

Saturday evening at 1930 the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Choir gives a concert containing many works from the recent Latin repertoire including; 

Cantate (Colin Mawby), Lux arumquae (Eric Whitacre), Ubi caritas (Morten Lauridsen), O sacrum convivium (Gabriel Jackson), Te lucis ante terminum (Humphrey Clucas), Ave Maria (Igor Stravinsky), Sedebit Rex & In splendoribus (James MacMillan).