The Basilica of Saint John the Evangelist
Stamford, CT

Nick Botkins, choirmaster

Easter Sunday

Gloria, Max Filke

These are the tracks from our "Ave Maria" CD as well as our "Christmas at Saint Cecilia" CD.

Ave Maria (Abt)

Memorare (Kellison)

Music from the 4:15pm Mass in the Traditional Roman Rite at Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Mankato, MN.

Angels We Have Heard On High w/ Organ Improvisation Postlude

Credo III from Easter Morning, sung by the St. Mary's Latin Mass Choir, Sleepy Eye, MN.

Accompanied the way I used to accompany it in the chapel of Christendom College.

Credo III

As a warm up and prelude for Mass at the Cathedral of St. Paul.

Ave Maris Stella - Edvard Grieg

St. Gregory Chamber Choir
Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Mankato, MN 
9/22/19 at the 9:30 Mass.

Ave Maria - Giovanni Battista Cossetti

Ss. Peter and Paul's Lessons and Carols

Joy to the World

Soprano - Grace Kunkel
Baritone and organist - Sean Connolly

Latin Mass at Ss. Peter and Paul, Mankato, MN 3/15/20

Ave Verum - Gabriel Fauré

This is a reconstructed musical liturgy (not sung for a real Mass, of course), a complete soundscape except for the two lessons, for the Sunday after Ascension, 1898, as it may have sounded in a mid-western, German-American Catholic parish, in 1898.

The Vidi Aquam, Ordinary, Regina Caeli, and O Salutaris are by Fr. Ignatius Wilkens, OFM, (1856-1934), a prolific composer and Cincinnati native, whose works achieved considerable local renown, even being performed in Music Hall. 

The chants are taken from the 1896 Pustet Graduale Romanum, the last Ratisbon chant books published according to the old method, prior to the reforms of St. Pius X in 1903 (with the new Graduale issued in 1908). They are accompanied with period accompaniments, taken from Fr. Witt's collection.

The choir's responses, Paternoster, and Preface accompaniments are taken from a book published by J. Fischer, also in about 1890. The Prelude, Epistle Sonata, and other interludes were taken from the collection of "100 Short and Pleasing Voluntaries" contained in the back of this book, which we discovered in the choir loft at Ss. Philomena and Cecilia in Oak Forest, Indiana.

The closing hymn, "Das Grab ist Leer," is taken from the ubiquitous "Katholisches Gesang und Gebetsbuch" so widely used in German-American Catholic congregations, with an accompaniment adapted from the older Gotteslob to fit the historic melody.

The style of singing deliberately ignores the recommendations that would be made in 1903 by St. Pius X in his reform of church music. The full-voiced, operatic style as it was probably heard ubiquitously at that time has been embraced, even in the chanting. We were all surprised by the natural, robust way in which this style fit the music of the time, and understood well why improving it proved so difficult to sell among amateur choristers.

The recordings were made in the historic St. John's Church in Dover, Indiana (chosen for the low traffic volume), by the kind permission of its pastor, Fr. Jonathan Meyer.

The organ, an 1894 I/8 Pilcher, was played by Sean Connolly, who was also project coordinator.

The Cincinnati Latin Mass Schola Cantorum and Friends, founded by Mr. John Schauble, were conducted by Mrs. Anna Little for this recording.

The part of the "Celebrant" was taken by Br. Brent Stull, C.O., of the Cincinnati Oratory.

The solo quartet were: Mrs. Anna Little, Miss Beth Lichter, Br. Brent Stull, C.O., and Mr. John Schauble.

The recording engineer was an anonymous friend.

Valuable historical research in the Franciscan archives was provided by Fr. Valentine Young, OFM (R.I.P.)

The Cincinnati Latin Mass Schola Cantorum & Friends

Soprano:
Mrs. Lisa Bloomfield
Mrs. Anna Daily
Miss Mary Kate Daily
Mrs. Anna Little
Miss Sarah Monnin
Mrs. Fatima Spoor

Alto:
Mrs. Delia Berry
Mrs. Chelsea Connolly
Miss Julie Koch
Miss Beth Lichter

Tenor:
Mr. Albert Bloomfield
Mr. Benjamin Bloomfield
Mr. Timothy Fox
Br. Brent Stull, CO

Bass:
Mr. Sean Connolly
Mr. Andrew Finck
Mr. Michael Lohman
Mr. John Schauble

Recording (c) 2015, Preserving Cincinnati's Heritage of Sacred Music

Credo III

Sean Connolly 2

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