Gregorian Chant  - Benedictine Monks - Church Music

Performance of the Gregorian Salve Regina coupled with Josquin DesPres's cantus firmus motet in my own performance edition. 

The motet is a marvel of musical craftsmanship: not only does it utilize the Gregorian chant in its entirety in the Alto voice, but its structure is a strict double canon throughout: Soprano/Alto sing one strict canon; Tenor/Bass sing a different strict canon. Performed by Voces Novae et Antiquae under my direction May 16, 2004, in Philadelphia, PA.

The performing edition is also available from me directly: <info@robertamross.com>

Background from Wikipedia:

The *Salve Regina,* also known as the "Hail Holy Queen," is a Marian hymn and one of four Marian antiphons sung at different seasons within the Christian liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. The *Salve Regina* is traditionally sung at Compline in the time from the Saturday before Trinity Sunday until the Friday before the first Sunday of Advent. "Hail Holy Queen" is also the final prayer of the Rosary.

The work was composed during the Middle Ages by German monk Hermann of Reichenau and originally appeared in Latin, the prevalent language of Western Christianity until modern times.

(Premier pars:)
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiæ,
vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevæ,
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos
misericordes oculos ad nos converte;

(Secunda pars:)
Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,
hail our life, our sweetness and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve;
to thee do we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate,
thine eyes of mercy toward us;
and after this our exile,
show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.


Wikipedia link

Salve Regina (Gregorian chant & Motet by Josquin DesPres; ed. Robert A.M. Ross [1984; rev. 2004])

A song to the Holy Angels from Saint Hildegard von Bingen

De Angelis: Hildegard von Bingen

Excerpt from Track 19 of Stile Antico's album 'Song of Songs'

Tomás Luis de Victoria: Vidi speciosam

This track is from the album Chant: World's Top Gregorian Chants for Meditation, Relaxation, Healing, And Quiet Time and is available on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/2UdVnnvhUuSsQU1hcqpaKl

Gregorian Chants of the Monks

Frata kristem

Kulsa kristem

15 Puer natus (Gregorian Chant)

The Monks of Notre Dame /// De Ore Leonis

Salve Regina

Track 04

De muziek van Arvo Pärt heeft sinds de oprichting van Kwintessens- nu vijf jaar geleden- een
grote rol gespeeld in de ontwikkeling van het koor. Dat deze componist op 11 september 2010
zijn 75e verjaardag vierde, was voor ons een reden om op die datum ons eerste concert
te plannen met uitsluitend muziek van Arvo Pärt.
Pärts muziek is van een prachtige eenvoud. Door 'ongeoefende' oren gewaardeerd en door 
muziekkenners gekarakteriseerd als muzikale ijssculpturen van een haast pijnlijke schoonheid. 
 

'I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours.

Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism could be

the spirit of the listener.'

Arvo Pärt

Kamerkoor Kwintessens - Da Pacem Domine  - Arvo Pärt

Canto gregoriano. Missa de angelis. Hope you like it.

15 Puer natus (Gregorian Chant)

Coro Clairiere