The last Mass of term, and of the academic year, was at Milton Manor House on Saturday 19th August. We had a Votive Mass of Our Lady with a polyphonic Ordinary, Missa Sancta Mater, by Francisco Guerro.
Introit: Salve sancta parens
Gradual Benedicta et venerabilis & Alleluia Post partum Virgo
Offertory motet
Sanctus and Benedictus (before and after the consecration)
For photos of the Mass, see here.
Saturday, 26 June 2010
Friday, 25 June 2010
Videos of Newman Mass
I've been having a lot of trouble with camcorders and software, and now have a backlog of videos. Here are three of the Newman Society Termly Mass back in March 2010. This was a pontifical Mass celebrated by Abbot Brogan of Farnbrough. It was the Monday after the 3rd Sunday of Lent, a feria.
We sang from the front of the nave, vested, the first time we have done this. There would not be room in the sanctuary for a liturgical schola - certainly not for a schola of our size, there were eight of us.
Introit, In Deo laudabo
Gradual Deus vitam meam, and the Tract Domine non secundum, the latter of which is sung every Monday, Wednesday and Friday Feria Mass of Lent.
Offertory Exaudi Deus
A report on the Mass and the dinner which followed can be seen here.
We sang from the front of the nave, vested, the first time we have done this. There would not be room in the sanctuary for a liturgical schola - certainly not for a schola of our size, there were eight of us.
Introit, In Deo laudabo
Gradual Deus vitam meam, and the Tract Domine non secundum, the latter of which is sung every Monday, Wednesday and Friday Feria Mass of Lent.
Offertory Exaudi Deus
A report on the Mass and the dinner which followed can be seen here.
Sunday, 16 May 2010
First Masses of Term
We have sung two Masses so far: for St Joseph the Workman in St Anthony of Padua -
and for the Ascension (on the Thursday!) at the Oxford Oratory.
Both went extremely well; we had polyphony for the first, Byrd's three-part Mass, and in the second we used for the first time the Medieval offertory verses which were reintroduced to the modern repertoir by the Solesmes research in the early 20th Century.
Technological problems and time constraints have prevented my from recording videos at these Masses but I hope to remedy this for future Masses.
and for the Ascension (on the Thursday!) at the Oxford Oratory.
Both went extremely well; we had polyphony for the first, Byrd's three-part Mass, and in the second we used for the first time the Medieval offertory verses which were reintroduced to the modern repertoir by the Solesmes research in the early 20th Century.
Technological problems and time constraints have prevented my from recording videos at these Masses but I hope to remedy this for future Masses.
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Trinity Term 2010: Term Card
1st Week
Sunday 25th April
SS Gregory & Augustine, 10.30am
1st Week
Saturday 1st May (St Joseph the Worker)
St Anthony of Padua, 11am
3rd Week
Thursday 13th May (Ascension)
Oratory 12.15pm
5th Week,
Saturday 29th May (Whit Saturday, Ember Day),
St Birinus, Dorchester on Thames, 11am
6th Week,
Thursday 3rd June (Corpus Christi),
Oratory 12.15pm
7th Week,
Thursday 11th June (Sacred Heart),
SS Gregory & Augustine, 6pm
Practices are as usual at 8.15 in Queens'.
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Caversham
Last Saturday we sang at the LMS Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Caversham, an extremely interesting church where the medieval shrine, which had been visited and endowed from at least the Norman Conquest and destroyed by Henry VIII, was re-established in 1959.
Introit Intret oratio mea, and Kyrie
It was the Ember Saturday in Lent, so we sang the Mass Intret oratio mea. We used the forma brevior, which has a prophecy, an epistle and a gospel, and not the long form with a total of seven readings with Graduals in between them.
We had an unusal polyphonic ordinary: La Messe de Nostre Dame by Guillaume de Machaunt, the earliest complete Mass setting by a single composer. In the Kyrie was alternated Machaunt's melody with the Mass IV Kyrie, on which it is based, which is how it is usually performed.
Here is the Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei, just as a sound file.
The Gradual (Propitius esto Domine) and the Tract (Laudate Dominum) (they don't follow each other immediately in the liturgy of Ember Saturday, but I have cut out the part between them.)
Interestingly this Tract recurs in the Easter Vigil.
The Offertory and the Communion
There was no view of the Sanctuary from the choir loft to speak of, so I have experimented with still images, no images, and here just what the camera could see - the singers. I'm not sure what is the best way to present these recordings.
Introit Intret oratio mea, and Kyrie
It was the Ember Saturday in Lent, so we sang the Mass Intret oratio mea. We used the forma brevior, which has a prophecy, an epistle and a gospel, and not the long form with a total of seven readings with Graduals in between them.
We had an unusal polyphonic ordinary: La Messe de Nostre Dame by Guillaume de Machaunt, the earliest complete Mass setting by a single composer. In the Kyrie was alternated Machaunt's melody with the Mass IV Kyrie, on which it is based, which is how it is usually performed.
Here is the Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei, just as a sound file.
The Gradual (Propitius esto Domine) and the Tract (Laudate Dominum) (they don't follow each other immediately in the liturgy of Ember Saturday, but I have cut out the part between them.)
Interestingly this Tract recurs in the Easter Vigil.
The Offertory and the Communion
There was no view of the Sanctuary from the choir loft to speak of, so I have experimented with still images, no images, and here just what the camera could see - the singers. I'm not sure what is the best way to present these recordings.
Thursday, 25 February 2010
OGCS granted the right to use the Unversity name
The Oxford Gregorian Chant Society can now style itself the
by kind permission of the Vice Chancellor of the University.
It is a bit of a mouthful but reflects the place of the Schol as a student society of the University, with a degree of longevity and stability.
Oxford University Gregorian Chant Society
by kind permission of the Vice Chancellor of the University.
It is a bit of a mouthful but reflects the place of the Schol as a student society of the University, with a degree of longevity and stability.
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Gregorian Chant Network launched
A new organisation has been launched to promote Gregorian Chant: the Gregorian Chant Network. It will link Chant Scholas together for mutual support and organise training events: the first of these will be a three-day course, April 9-11th, with Nick Gale.
It was launched with the involvement of more than 20 scholas around England, Wales, and Scotland, including the Schola Abelis, and is supported by the Latin Mass Society, Una Voce Scotland, the Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge, and the Association for Latin Liturgy. This is a major development in the world of Chant, in which many feel isolated in trying to promote the Chant and bereft of the necessary resources and training opportunities.
The GCN website already gathers together an impressive array of on-line materials, recommended books and useful links.
It was launched with the involvement of more than 20 scholas around England, Wales, and Scotland, including the Schola Abelis, and is supported by the Latin Mass Society, Una Voce Scotland, the Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge, and the Association for Latin Liturgy. This is a major development in the world of Chant, in which many feel isolated in trying to promote the Chant and bereft of the necessary resources and training opportunities.
The GCN website already gathers together an impressive array of on-line materials, recommended books and useful links.
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