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There
are a total of 14 tracks on the CD.
You can listen to samples from the Sacred Choral Music CD below,
or download and view samples of the sheet music
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Ave
in aeternum |
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prayer is found in two mediaeval
English Uses (Sarum and Bangor), and is the priest's prayer before
Communion. |
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Requiem aeternam |
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words, from the deutero-canonical fourth book of Esdras, are a recurring
theme in the Catholic Church's Mass and Office of the Dead. |
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Optimam
partem I |
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This
text is from the ancient and traditional Mass for the feast of the
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and forms the Communion. In
both this Mass and the Vigil the Church applies passages from the
Old Testament (Ecclesiasticus and Psalms) to the divine Mary, by way
of typology. |
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Ave
Maria |
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Ave Maria combines the first astonishing words spoken to the
Blessed Virgin Mary by the Archangel Gabriel, followed by the joyful
exclamation of St Elizabeth on being visited by the Mother of God,
and a filial plea which was later added by the Church. This setting
was made in 1998, and is dedicated to Our Lady, Star of the Sea. |
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O
salutaris |
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two verses conclude the Lauds hymn Verbum supernum by St Thomas
Aquinas, who composed both Mass an Office for the feast of Corpus
Christi. O Salutaris is the first of three Benediction pieces
completed in 1995. |
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Ave verum |
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Ave
verum is attributed to Pope Innocent V whose reign of exactly four
months ended with his death on the 22 June 1276. The text survives
in different versions. The original ends with "O dulcis! O Pie!
O Fili Mariae." Ave Verum is a companion piece to O
salutaris and Tantum ergo |
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Tantum ergo |
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These
two verses, used by the Roman Church at Benediction, conclude the
hymn Pange lingua, which is sung at the Corpus Christi Procession
and on Maundy Thursday. |
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Panis angelicus |
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Panis
angelicus and the verse which follows conclude Sacris solemnis
- Matins hymn for the feast of Corpus Christi. The music for this
setting was completed in 2000. It was performed for the first time,
by Julian Gavin, for this recording. Panis angelicus is dedicated
to the Martyrs of Devon and Cornwall of 1549. |
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In
manus tuas, Domine |
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The
first seven words of this text are Christ's last words from the cross;
taken from verse six of Psalm 30 (In te Domine speravi) with "Domine"
added from the first verse. They occur (slightly altered) at Compline. |
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Cor
meum |
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This
verse from the Psalm 83 is also the Communion verse for the feast
of St Philip Neri. The piece was written in 1994 as a wedding present
fro James and Bridget Cooper, and is dedicated to St Philip Neri. |
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Beata viscera Mariae |
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Beata
viscera is the Communion from various of the seasonal Masses de
Beata, and this setting was first sung on the feast of the Maternity
of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in October 1994. Beata viscera Mariae
is dedicated to Our Lady. |
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Ave Maria |
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This
seven-part setting of the Ave Maria is a revision of an earlier
one for five voices. It is dedicated to Our Lady of La Salette, who,
on 19 September 1846, appeared, weeping, to two little children on
the mountain of La Salette, in the French Alps. She told them "Rome
will lose the Faith, and become the seat of the Antichrist...the Church
will be eclipsed; the world will be in dismay." |
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Optimam
partem II |
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This
companion piece to Optimam Partem I is here dedicated to Madeleine Beard. |
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Felix
namque es |
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Felix
namque es is the Offertory in Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary
between Christmas and Easter. This setting, for choir and organ, was
commissioned by the St Bartholomew's Polyphony Choir, Norbury. The
Polyphony Choir gave the first performance in Advent 1999. |
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