Happy Monday! Yet another from Orlando de Lassus, using gregorian tone IV for the chant verses.
Love your mother! Don’t forget: if you have suggestions for future Monday Magnificat compositions, feel free to send them to me by clicking here.
Christus Factus Est
This text encapsulates one of the most important themes of this upcoming holy week: Christ’s willing sacrifice on the cross for His (and our) eventual glorification. We could all do well to meditate upon this text as we enter this sacred week.
Christus factus est pro nobis obediens usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis. Propter quod et Deus exaltavit illum et dedit illi nomen, quod est super omne nomen.
Christ became obedient for us unto death, even to the death, death on the cross. Therefore God exalted Him and gave Him a name which is above all names.
This text is specifically from the Palm Sunday Mass, Good Friday Liturgy, and for the office as well. It’s also used for the Exultation of the Holy Cross, and on Holy Thursday in the EF.
Verdi’s Requiem – Support Needed
A reader recently sent in this note about an upcoming performance of Verdi’s Requiem:
I represent the Community Chorus of Detroit. In a labor of extreme love and passion, we are performing the Verdi Requiem in mid-May at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit. I have initiated a Kickstarter project with a goal of only $6,000 to help cover the expenses of the orchestra and staging. We are commemorating the 16 performances of this great work by the victims of the Holocaust at Terezin in World War II. Please take a look at the project and the video and consider being a backer.
Magnificat Monday: Bach
Happy Monday! This one is a bit longer than the past ones. Magnificat in D Major by Bach, BWV 243. This one is quite a bit longer, almost 30 minutes!
Don’t forget: if you have suggestions for future Monday Magnificat compositions, feel free to send them to me by clicking here.
Magnificat Monday: Orlando de Lassus (again!)
Another Magnificat by Orlando de Lassus, this one using in tone VIII on the chant verses. Notably, this was directed by CMAA figure Horst Buchholz.
Love your mother!
Magnificat Monday: de Lassus
This Magnificat is by Orlando de Lassus, accompanied by a brass quartet. Love your mother!
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Secunda Anthologia Vocalis – 3 Voice Motets – Now in Print Again
For those who sing in and direct men’s scholas or women’s scholas, this collection of 3 voice motets and propers is perfect (the men’s schola I sing in uses multiple pieces from this collection). It’s been available online as a PDF for some time, but I recently reformatted it and got it up in multiple bindings for those who will use it frequently enough that a bound edition will be helpful.