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."
Among the contributors:
Also past contributors:
Jeffrey Tucker, writer, editor, entrepreneur, musician |
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Nick Gale (1975-2015), organist, choral director, for 13 years Master of the Music at the Cathedral of St. George in Southwark |
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Ben, schola director and organ student |
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Glorious music. My favorite Advent hymn.
Fabulous! Thank you for bringing to life such glories!
Wachet Auf was was not written for Advent but the Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Trinity (Pentecost XVIII).
I remember singing this many years ago, and it still is timeless!
One of my favorite Bach cantatas, I was bass soloist a number of years ago for a performance in northern Virginia. The soprano-bass duets are spectacular.