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April 7th, 2009

HAVPCD189 – Gregorian Chant – Mass of the Annunciation


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Disk Title Gregorian Chant – Mass of the Annunciation
A celebration of High Mass according to the traditional Roman rite
Soloists James O’Donnell – Organ
Choir Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge
Conductor Mary Berry
Location The Private Chapel, Arundel Castle
Date Recorded November 1994
Audio Tracks 26

The recording was made during a live celebration of High Mass according to the traditional Roman rite. This rite represents a liturgy that dates back, essentially unchanged, to the time of St Gregory the Great (c. 540-604), and was in common use until the introduction of the new Missal by Pope Paul VI in 1969, following the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council.

Trk. Duration Track Title Composer
1 01:42 Organ Prelude: O quam glorifica John Redford
2 01:03 Organ improvisation: Clergy procession
3 03:23 Antiphona ad Introitum: Vultum tuum
4 02:03 Kyrie IX
5 02:57 Gloria IX
6 00:57 Oratio
7 01:49 Lectio: Is. vii, 10-15
8 03:46 Alleluia: Ave Maria/Virga Jesse
9 04:23 Evangelium: Lc. i, 26-38
10 04:02 Credo I
11 02:22 Antiphona ad offertorium: Ave Maria
12 03:32 Organ improvisation: Secret
13 02:23 Præfatio
14 01:35 Sanctus IX (Canon Missæ)
15 02:25 Organ: Canon Missæ (contd.)
16 01:57 Organ: Canon Missæ (end)
17 01:18 Pater noster
18 00:49 Fractio
19 01:45 Agnus Dei IX
20 01:10 Antiphona ad Communionem: Ecce Virgo concipiet
21 01:00 Organ improvisation during Communion
22 00:51 Postcommunio
23 00:42 Ite missa est
24 01:13 Evangelium: Io. i, 1-14
25 01:11 Organ improvisation: Clergy recession
26 02:46 Organ voluntary: Canzon quarti toni Girolamo Frescobaldi

Texts and translations of the sung parts of the Mass are given in full, and these are followed by the full text of the parts assigned to the clergy, including the numerous semi-silent prayers that occasionally overlap with the singing of the choir. The listener will find himself in a similar position to that of someone seated in the nave, facing the altar, with the choir in the foreground and the clergy beyond them in the sanctuary. It is the music of the organ and choir that first strikes the ear, together with the audibly chanted prayers… At the same time, the listener is soon alerted to the fact that more is going on… So, with the aid of the texts of both the audible and inaudible parts, he is able to reconstruct in his mind a full and rounded picture of the whole of this ancient liturgy.

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