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.


Thursday, November 29, 2012

MacMillan profile

The Catholic World Report provides a profile of James MacMillan in the latest edition which may be read here. H/T to the Catholic Herald.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Weekend Roundup

Sunday, 25th of November, 2012.

At Farm Street (OF 1100) Eric Thiman's O panis dulcissime. At S. Anne's Cathedral, Leeds (OF 1100) Vierne's Messe Solennelle. At Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (OF 1100) MacMillan's Sedebit Dominus Rex and at Vespers (1500) Durufle's In paradisum. At the Oxford Oratory (OF 1100) Edward de Rivera's Acclamationes Oratorianae. At S. George's Cathedral, Southwrk (OF 1130), Langlais Messe Solennelle and Britten's Regis regum. At Westminster Cathedral (OF 1030) Langlais' Messe Solonnelle and Macmillan's Sedebit Dominus Rex and at Vespers (1530) Macmillan's Christus Vincit.

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Weekend Roundup

Sunday, 18th of November, 2012.

At Leeds Cathedral (OF 1100) Henryk Gorecki's Totus tuus. At the Oxford Oratory (OF 1100) Eham's De Profundis clamavi and Biener's Venite ad me omnes. At S. Etheldreda's, Ely Place, (OF 1100) and S. George's Cathedral, Southwark, (OF 1130) Langlais' Missa Salve Regina. At Sacred Heart, Wimbledon, (OF 1115) Langlais' Missa in Simplicitate. At Westminster Cathedral (OF 1030) Jonathan Dove's Missa Brevis and at Vespers (1530) Pizzetti's De profundis.

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Weekend Roundup

Sunday, 11th of November, 2012.

At Leeds Cathedral (OF 0930) Langlais' Missa in simplicitate, Cousins Ave Maria and Andriessen's Tantum ergo. At Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (OF 1100), S. George's Cathedral, Southwark (OF 1130), S. James' Spanish Place (OF 1030) and Westminster Cathedral (OF 1030) Durufle's Requiem. At the Oxford Oratory (OF 1130) David Bevan's Requiem and Colin Mawby's Libera me Domine.

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Weekend Roundup

Sunday, 4th of November, 2012.

At Brentwood Cathedral (OF 1130) Durufle's Messe cum Jubilo. At Farm Street (OF 1100) Langlais' Missa in simplicitate and Durufle's Ubi caritas. At Leeds Cathedral (OF 1100) Pärt's Berliner Messe. At Sacred Heart, Wimbledon (OF 1115) Peeters' Missa in honorem Reginae Pacis, Bonnet's Ave Maria and Durufle's Ubi caritas. At Westminster Cathedral (OF 1030) Vaughan Williams' Mass in G minor and Mawby's Ave verum corpus.