What's the best way to hear Gregorian chant? Live, of course. But here are some selections to whet your musical appetite.
"Te lucis ante terminum" is the hymn sung every evening at the Office of Compline (Night Prayer). It asks for God's protection through the night and for peaceful rest. The hymn's origins lie in the 5th century.
FROM THE AUGUST 7, 2009 CONCERT:
One of the antiphons for the Common of the Virgin Mary is paired here with Psalm 127. Recorded live at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine August 7, 2009.
Here is the Magnificat, the great canticle of the Virgin, in an arrangement that alternates the solemn Tone 8 with falso bordoni in 3 parts by the 19th century Italian composer Grassi. Recorded live at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine on August 7, 2009.
North Port is a Southern shape-note tune from the "Sacred Harp." Jean Goodwin is the soloist on this performance from our August 7, 2009 concert at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine.
