tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post4263519090381790159..comments2024-03-25T11:45:15.757+00:00Comments on The Saint Lawrence Press Blog: Second Sunday of AdventRubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-66590737114058634032012-12-13T19:50:42.310+00:002012-12-13T19:50:42.310+00:00Anonymous,
I rather like that Sarum Missa in gall...Anonymous,<br /><br />I rather like that Sarum <i>Missa in gallicantu</i> recording I must say.<br /><br />The only recordings I can think of are this <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Coming-Of-Christ-Celebration/dp/B003TIRB9I/ref=mb_oe_o" rel="nofollow">one</a> from Mary Berry and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Christmas-Midnight-Schola-Cantorum-Peters/dp/B000005BR8/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1355428113&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">this</a> which is rather fine and has a stunning setting of the Mattins hymn. However, both are incomplete for your purpose.Rubricariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-52512959563514929122012-12-13T18:24:07.189+00:002012-12-13T18:24:07.189+00:00Dear Rubricarius,
- An appeal:
I wonder if you...Dear Rubricarius,<br /><br />- An appeal: <br /> <br />I wonder if you or any of your readers can help point me towards recordings, commercially available or otherwise, of the Christmass offices - especially matins.<br />[Years ago I had a commercial recording of the Mass at cockcrow – but it was Sarum so not much use, and frankly matins is a rather harder nut to crack.] I have not worried about trying to sing it before. <br /><br />Looking ahead to the texts, one is reminded why Poulenc and others before him set Quem vidistis, and O magnum mysterium, pieces quite popular in other contexts. And also, of course why the anglican bishop who invented the nine-lessons-and-something format in 1880 picked nine for a service in the night of Christmass. <br /><br />At a time when the tradition is being revived there must be a greater need for this in teaching those who quite simply can never have had the opportunity to hear the authentic plainchant before. How many Catholic parishes will have had matins of the Nativity in the years before the ‘seventies, and then just let the tradition and the knowledge slip away is rather sad to consider. <br /><br />Even in 1962, I think the actual offices of Christmass night are not deviating from tradition – until one gets to Lauds, of course, but even then, at least one has the original antiphons, etc. <br /><br />If anyone knows or has recordings to share I should be grateful.<br />So far the internet has produced nothing other than one office hymn.<br /><br />Many thanks.<br /> <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-87271667456835823612012-12-10T17:22:49.357+00:002012-12-10T17:22:49.357+00:00Dear Fr. Capreolus,
Thank you. I had not seen th...Dear Fr. Capreolus,<br /><br />Thank you. I had not seen the photographs: the sight of them lifted by heart!Rubricariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-42566080243400085552012-12-09T22:44:29.821+00:002012-12-09T22:44:29.821+00:00Rubricarius,
Have you seen these photos of a recen...Rubricarius,<br />Have you seen these photos of a recent Mass (a Sunday in Advent) in Budapest? Very consoling!<br />Link: http://catholicvs.blogspot.com/2012/12/santa-misa-tridentina-en-budapest.html<br /><br />--Fr. CapreolusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com