Victoria’s Triumph
James
Tomás Luis de Victoria was a sixteenth century priest and composer who knew Saint Teresa of Avila, King Philip II of Spain, El Greco and Giovanni Pierluigi da P...
Sacred Music
Grassroots and the “Reform of the Reform”
James
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone could teach the Milwaukee Archdiocese a thing or two. The head of the San Francisco Archdiocese recently made headlines o...
The Culture of Trent
James
Did the Council of Trent exist in, or was it born from, a climate of fear on the part of panic-induced, angry Catholics? Were Catholics simply resorting to a ti...
Stunning Midnight Mass Chant
James
Check out this spectacular Dominus dixit ad me from the introit of the Midnight Mass at Saint Peter's. It will stay with you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
O Magnum Mysterium
James
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SMLinOVi7c#t=52
Thanks to Adam Bartlett from The Chant Café for sharing Frank La Rocca's beautiful rendition of O magnum mys...
“Gaudete in Domino”
James
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh-s8GgB8q8
Read about Gaudete Sunday here....
Advent Is Here
James
Listen to Giovanni Vianini's beautiful version of Ad Te Levavi. It's the Introit for the first Sunday in Advent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj0zfG3UeYM#t...
Interlude
James
The Choir of Westminster Abbey performs this beautiful rendition of Magnificat octavi toni.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47ZiM5_QfZM...
Spanish Renaissance, Revisited
James
Here's Francisco Guerrero's Surge Propera. It'll take your breath away. The stunning images are of the Cathedral in Seville.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H...