Or one of the innumerable joys of being a Catholic, anyway...
The music.
Yeah, all I can say is- the music. The music of the middle ages and the Renaissance and all the way up until present day that has been inspired by our Faith, by Scripture, by Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, by Our Lady...
Some of it is simply glorious.
Our parish is particularly blessed with a very fine choir. Not every parish has a completely volunteer choir that has a trained musician on every voice part. For us, this means that performing the works of Palestrina, Des Prez, Byrd, Victoria, Tallis, and singing the full Gregorian chant propers (with drones and organum!!) is a regular occurrence, and not just something pulled out for special occasions.
Our choir is a rare jewel... and I've decided that the beautiful music we make for God, should be shared with others. Hopefully, it will help to deepen your faith as it has mine.
The following piece was recorded by our choir last week. There have been no special effects added, no touch-ups done. This is our choir in it's purest form. It's not the full group, only 7 of us were able to make rehearsal when this was recorded. Anyway, enjoy this setting of the Angelus... and in case any one's wondering, I'm the top voice that's floating the high notes.
Angelus-MP3.mp3
1 comment:
It is heavenly!
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