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The Gregorian Chant is probably one of the finest types of choral singing ever. In the entire history of the whole world. That's just so as you know where I am coming from on this one!
The history of the Gregorian Chant is an old one. It dates back to at least to the time of Pope Gregory I or Gregory the Great as he was otherwise known. Gregory abandoned his life as an up -and-coming young Roman patrician, of whom great things were expected. But he became a monk, instead. After being ordained by the pope, he eventually became pope himself. He served as pope between 590 to 604.
Pope Gregory worked hard to formalise and bring togther the varied types of church singing as part of the Mass. And the result of his work was the Gregorian Chant.
The Gregorian Chant is far from a dead form of choral music. Far from it. There is ...
Martinscholes 19.11.2005
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Advantages: free, interesting crypt, peaceful Disadvantages: not so many memorials to look at
Have you ever wondered how the tiered wedding cake came about? Look no further than the distinctive spire of St Brides just off Fleet Street. An 18th century baker William rich used the three tired spire as inspiration in a range of wedding cakes and it has became the standard ever since. However there is so much more to this delightful little church which I often visit to get away from it all.
Saint Bride's has a long and interesting history. Named after Saint Bridget, a 5th century Irish saint who turned well water into beer (a nice party trick me thinks and always a welcome guest) there has been at least been seven church buildings on the site since Saxon times. Being on Fleet Street it is known as the Journalist's church and it is associated with a number of literary figures such as Boswell, Dryden, Lovelace, the diarist Evelyn ...
?, and all of a sudden, a whole cottage industry sprang up tracing the fictional Robert Langdon?s breathless dash across London on so-called Da Vinci Tours. One of the most popular stops on that tour is Temple Church, and for a short time after the release of the film, it was a virtual no-go area for regular visitors, having been swamped by oversized Americans in daft clothing and breathless snap-happy Japanese. If it sounds like I am lazily reverting to national stereotype it?s because I speak from personal experience. I?ve lost count of the times that my quiet contemplation was interrupted by squeals of delight from ?Marty? and ?Mabel? as they discovered something they?d seen in ?that movie?. Sigh.
If I am taking a little while to come to the business end of this review, it?s because I am not a ?Grail tourist? and felt it imperative to ...
1. Paravi lucernam christo meo (Lucernam) 2. Tui sunt celi et terra (Psalmellus) 3. Lux fulgebit hodie super nos (Ingressa) 4. Gloria in excelsis Deo (Angelorum laus) 5. Tecum principium in die virtutis tue (Psalmellus) 6. Hodie in bethlehem puer natus est (Alleluia) 7. Ecce apertum est templum tabernaculi (Offertorium) 8. Ecce quam bonum et jocundum (Canticum) 9. Hec dicit dominus (Offertorium) 10. Congratulamini mihi omnes qui diligitis (Responsorium)
Composer
Anonymous
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Written
5th Century
Conductor
Marcel Pérès
Orchestra / Ensemble
Ensemble Organum Choir
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