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 26, 2012

Weekend Roundup

Sunday, 27th of May, 2012.

At Brentwood Cathedral (OF 1130) Fenton's motet Veni Sancte Spiritus, the Agnus Dei from Vierne's Messe Solennelle and Colin Mawby's Panis Angelicus. At Leeds Cathedral (OF 1100) Durufle's Messe cum jubilo. At Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (OF 1100) Durufle's Veni Creator Spiritus. At the Oxford Oratory (OF 1100) the motet Factus est repente de caelo by Terence Gahagan (1900-1980). At St George's Cathedral, Southwark, (OF 1130) Vierne's Messe Solennelle. At St James' Spanish Place (OF 1030) Vaughan Williams' Mass in G minor.

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.