Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Osanna in excelsis.

Benedictus from Heigen's Requiem mp3 sample

Les Dix Paroles 2024-06-18 Les enjeux pour l'avenir de l'humanité

Demo for a Latin Mass in honorem Sancta Philomena

Missa Sancta Philomena - Agnus Dei

Missa Sancta Philomena - Benedictus

Missa Sancta Philomena - Sanctus

Missa Sancta Philomena - Credo

Missa Sancta Philomena - Gloria

Missa Sancta Philomena - Kyrie

Jazz Missa Brevis by Will Todd
Learning Track Benedictus Soprano

Sheet music available at https://willtodd.co.uk/
Published by Boosey and Hawkes
© Boosey and Hawkes

Soprano – Hilary Cronin
Alto – Hilary Cronin
Tenor – Will Todd
Bass – Will Todd
Piano – Will Todd
Bass – Gareth Huw Davies
Drums – Jim Fleeman

Other Info: Written for Portsmouth Cathedral with funds from The Groves Legacy

Will Todd’s Jazz Missa Brevis gives new life to the sung Latin Mass texts in an accessible, short setting which embraces a variety of jazz styles, from the swinging jazz waltz Kyrie to the up-beat Latin-groove Gloria. The smooth jazz ballad Sanctus, 7/8 Benedictus and soulful Agnus Dei complete this inspiring Mass setting. Underpinned by Todd’s characteristic jazz harmonies and melodic craftsmanship, it is suitable for performance both liturgically and as part of a concert by mixed choirs of all abilities. The work can be accompanied by piano alone (as written or extemporised), jazz trio (piano, bass and drums) or jazz ensemble (alto saxophone, 2 trumpets and jazz trio – parts available separately).

Composer's note:
In writing Jazz Missa Brevis for Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, I have aimed to create simple and lasting music that will work equally well in liturgy or in concert. Drawing on my own piano playing style, all of the movements began life as extended improvisations which I then honed and developed into the completed movements. I hope this ensures that there is a genuine jazz ‘heart’ to each of the sections. In the same way that I would in a jazz gig, I’ve made sure there is a contrast of rhythmic feels between the movements. I hope singers, musicians and conductors will enjoy performing this piece as much as I have enjoyed writing it!

WILL TODD

Soprano Benedictus Learning Track from Jazz Missa Brevis by Will Todd

Zacharie prononce ce Psaume pour la naissance de son fils Jean, qui deviendra Jean-Baptiste. A partir de sa joie et son espérance pour son enfant, il en vient à composer un programme de croissance pour chaque personne. Et c'est inspirant pour nous.

Texte : https://jecherchedieu.ch/temoignages/benedictus-luc-1-cantique-de-zacharie/

Que sera cette enfant ? La main de Dieu est sur lui.(Luc 1:66-79, cantique de Zacharie)

Catéchèse du P. Mathieu - 2024-12-18 Saint Jean-Baptiste (suite et fin)

The "Benedictus" is a poignant movement in Bach’s Mass in B Minor, scored for a tenor solo, a single transverse flute, and continuo, contrasting with the work’s grander sections. Part of the final manuscript section ("Osanna | Benedictus | Agnus Dei et | Dona nobis pacem"), it follows the exuberant D major "Osanna" and precedes the "Agnus Dei." Its text, "Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini," shifts from collective praise to personal reflection, a transition Bach marks with a contemplative mood in B minor, reinforcing the Mass’s tonal framework (noted by John Butt as tied to the opening Kyrie’s B minor chord).

Musically, it’s a da capo aria (ABA form) with a lyrical, siciliano-style rhythm in 6/8 or 12/8, evoking grace and serenity. The tenor’s warm, middle register conveys an intimate blessing, distinct from the Mass’s soprano or alto solos (e.g., "Christe eleison"). The lone flute, a modern instrument in Bach’s era, adds a galant, pastoral flavor, its delicate timbre weaving around the tenor in a duet-like texture, supported by continuo (organ/harpsichord, cello/bassoon). This sparse scoring stands out against the Mass’s broader orchestration—two SATB choirs, trumpets, and oboes—highlighting Bach’s innovative approach.

The flute’s solo role, rare in sacred works of this scale (cf. "Quoniam" with bassoon), underscores Bach’s expressive intent, possibly drawing from secular cantatas, though no source is specified (unlike the 1724 Sanctus). Composed in 1748–49, it reflects Bach’s late style, blending Baroque forms with emerging Classical elements. Its B minor key ties it structurally to the Mass’s opening, while the flute’s agility enhances the text’s ethereal quality.

Musicologically, the "Benedictus" exemplifies Bach’s ability to unify diverse material, as Butt notes, offering emotional depth amid the Mass’s expanse. Scholars like George Stauffer see it as part of Bach’s encyclopedic vision. Likely unperformed in his lifetime (first full Mass performance: 1859), its beauty emerged posthumously, distinct from Hasse’s Mass in D Minor (with chant and bass features absent here). The "Benedictus" is a gem of simplicity, its tenor-flute pairing a testament to Bach’s mastery of contrast and inventive genius.

JS Bach Mass B Minor (1749) 20. Benedictus - Furness Bach Choir, Ensemble Laus Deo

C.S.P.B.

Crux Sacra CSPB

Psychotic Surge: An Anti-Musical Cartography

Between Rio de Janeiro's humid nights and the Bay Area's electric fog emerges a sonic territory that refuses naming. Psychotic Surge inhabits the threshold where structured rhythm dissolves into controlled chaos, where the predictable becomes uncanny. Here, experimental improvisations capture fleeting auras—each recording a unique fingerprint of temporal collapse, where early acid techno memories bleed into orchestral synthetic dreams, noise becomes prayer, and minimal compass constraints birth maximal expression.|

This is not music seeking approval but sound demanding participation. Like thought before language, these compositions exist in the space between intention and accident, where repetition becomes difference and structure emerges from its own undoing. The project traces a geography of becoming—each track a deterritorialized moment where voices merge with synthesizers not to communicate but to invoke presence itself. Concrete-musique fragments scatter across avant-garde landscapes, creating soundscapes that remember futures and anticipate pasts.

Listen not to understand but to inhabit. Each track opens a clearing where being precedes meaning, where the ear becomes an organ of ontological investigation. Enter these sound-worlds as you would enter memory—sideways, vulnerable, ready to be transformed. The psychotic surge event is not performance but ritual participation in the moment's aura, an invitation to dissolve the boundary between listener and listened. Here, in the grey area where music questions its own existence, you're called to witness sound's capacity to reveal what language conceals—the raw pulse of existence before it learns to speak. Engage these recordings as maps to territories that exist only in their crossing, where each listen births a new geography of sensation.

Composer for classical music, Theatre, TV Music, Epic Music
Oliver Ostermann is also a professional orchestra conductor.
He conducted important orchestras: Robert Schuhmann Philharmonie (Chemnitz/Germany), Hofer Symphoniker (Germany), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Edmonton Symphonic Orchestra (Canada), Grazer Philharmonisches Orchester, Volksopernorchester (Austria/Vienna/Graz)Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra, Hartford Symphony Orchestra....
As Arranger and Composer he worked with RSO Wien (Radio Symphonic Orchestra Vienna), Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna), Hofer Symphoniker (Germany).
Actually he is composing a Musical  for the upcoming season on the Opera House Innsbruck (Tirol/Austria)and an opera for the opera house Chemnitz (Germany)

Radio Maria est née en Italie dans les années 1980. Elle s'est rapidement développée en Europe et dans le monde pour atteindre 83 pays en 2024. En France depuis 1998,  sa mission est de diffuser l'Evangile en harmonie avec la doctrine et les indications pastorales fournies par l'Eglise catholique, dans la fidélité au Saint Père, et en utilisant toutes les possibilités que peut offrir un moyen de diffusion radiophonique. Radio Maria est une radio catholique, mariale, d'évangélisation.

Bienvenue à vous, quelle que soit votre foi ou votre absence de foi, vos croyances, dès lors que vous vous intéressez d'une certaine façon à Jésus-Christ.

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