Catholic liturgical music is serious, solemn, transcendent, but Catholic musicians are never more fun and inspiring than when they are talking about what they love most. This is what happens at sacred music events around the world: the social and intellectual are critically important elements. The musicians (and music enthusiasts) at the Chant Café, a project of the
Church Music Association of America, bring that sense of life and love to the digital world. As St. Augustine said, "Cantare amantis est."
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Also past contributors:
Jeffrey Tucker, writer, editor, entrepreneur, musician |
archiveNick Gale (1975-2015), organist, choral director, for 13 years Master of the Music at the Cathedral of St. George in Southwark |
archiveBen, schola director and organ student |
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Very well done. It's good to see the Requiem Mass presented as a thrilling, high stakes endeavor, which of course it is. The best demonstration I've seen of the Solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated by the FSSP on the anniversary of Mozart's death at Poznan, Poland. The video is available on the FSSP France website:
http://www.fssp.fr/videosenligne.html#39
(You may want to have a box of Kleenex handy. This Mass was a revelation and a catharsis, almost harrowing in its beauty.)
Beautifully done!!! Thanks for sharing.