The "Salve Regina" is the famous prayer "Hail, holy Queen" which is commonly prayed at the end of the Holy Rosary and is traditionally sung after Compline from Saturday before Trinity Sunday until the Friday before the first Sunday of Advent. It is attributed to Bl. Hermannus Contractus (aka Hermann of Reichenau) in the 11th century, but in its current form comes from the great Abbey of Cluny in the 12th century.

Salve Regina Solemn tone - Gregorian Chant

This is the famous prayer to St Michael the Archangel, sung in Latin plainchant. The text was composed by Pope Leo XIII in the 19th century, while the melody was composed by an oblate of the Benedictine monks of Our Lady of Guadalupe monastery in Silver City, New Mexico. The harmony is by my good friends, Harpa Dei, used with their permission.

St Michael the Archangel Chant

Responsory for the first Nocturn at Matins on Christmas Eve, found in a manuscript from the Abbaye de Fleury, dated c. 1170. Sheet music can be found at http://oestrem.com/thingstwice/2013/12/reno-erat-rudolphus/ 

The full text reads:

Reno erat Rudolphus
Nasum rubrum habebat; 
Si quando hunc videbas, 
Hunc candere tu dicas. 

Omnes tarandri alii 
Semper hunc deridebant; 
Cum misero Rudolpho 
In ludis non ludebant. 

V. Sanctus Nicholas dixit
Nocte nebulae, 
“Rudolphe, naso claro 
Nonne carum tu duces?” 

Tum renores clamabant, 
“Rudolphe, delectus es? 
Cum naso rubro claro 
Historia descendes!” 

Alleluia.

Reno erat Rudolphus

The Responsory "Collegerunt" is a Gregorian Chant sung during the Palm Sunday liturgy. The text is taken from the Gospel of St John, chapter 11, where it speaks of the hatred the Pharisees had against Jesus Christ and their conspiracy to put him to death after He had worked so much good and so many miracles. We can see ourselves in this as we conspire to put Him to death every time we consent to sin. The earliest musical sources for this chant are the MS of Einsiedeln 121 from Switzerland  from the early 11th century (pictured at beginning of recording) and the MS of Laon 239 from the beginning of the 10th century. The style of singing in this recording is according to the principles of Semiology (i.e. ancient manuscripts), as opposed to the old "Solesmes Method" of Dom Mocquereau. Nevertheless, I am still a big fan of Solesmes' recording of this chant under the direction of Dom Gajard.

Resp. Collegerunt

"Psallite Domino" is the Gregorian Chant communion antiphon for the feast of the Ascension of our Lord, Jesus Christ. This recording is sung mostly according to the Solesmes Method, but with some Semiological interpretation as well. The melody on "ad Orientem," is a reflection of our Lord's rising up "to the East." This melody on "ad Orientem" also has its counterpart in the communion "Ecce Virgo" from the 4th Sunday of Advent where this same melody appears on the word "Emmanuel," meaning "God is with us." So we see a theological, catechetical musical picture here: this melody first appears at the time when Christ descends from heaven to earth, taking on the flesh of our human nature, coming to us; and again as Christ leaves the earth, ascending to heaven, taking our human nature, and us, with him. And yet He is still "with us" as He told us He would not leave us orphans, but send us His Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, Love, and Consolation.

Comm. Psallite Domino

O Ignis Spiritus Paracliti is a sequence chant to the Holy Ghost composed by St Hildegard of Bingen, an 12th century German mystic, Benedictine abbess, and Doctor of the Church. Since she was German, I have adopted the germanic pronunciation of Latin for this song, rather than the Italian. May the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of Truth, Love and Consolation, fill all of your hearts with His love, and renew the face of the earth.

O Ignis Spiritus - Hildegard of Bingen

Rabanus Maurus, recomposed by Gordon Hamilton

A simple, harmonically-engaging setting of Veni Creator Spiritus, based on Rabanus Maurus' 9th century hymn. A solo plainchant singer weaves the traditional melody through a six-part harmonisation.

Download the score: goo.gl/XF5n5E

The Australian Voices
Conductor: Gordon Hamilton

Veni Creator Spiritus

Voice Of Prayer

Voice Of Prayer by Noel Malekar

Communion antiphon: Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit
Cor Unum Chorale
Guest conductor: Michael Olbash
Cantor: Corey Dalton Hart
February 1, 2019
St. John the Evangelist Church
Clinton, Massachusetts

from "The Fire of Your Love"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-iC7meqIlc

Spiritus Sanctus - Gregorian chant

Recorded at the Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral
Basilica Schola
New York City, 12/12
Recorded by Malcolm Addey

14th-century tune; this plainsong version is related to the late medieval Scandinavian version found in Piae Cantiones (1582).

Puer natus in Bethlehem, Alleluia. Unde gaudet Jerusalem. Alleluia. In cordis jubilo Christum natum adoremus, cum novo cantico. 
Hic jacet in præsepio, Alleluia. Qui regnat sine termino. Alleluia. 
 hoc natali gaudio, Alleluia. Benedicamus Domino: Alleluia. 
Laudetur sancta Trinitas, Alleluia. Deo dicamus gratias. Alleluia.

A Child is born in Bethlehem, alleluia. Rejoice together, all Jerusalem, alleluia, alleluia. Refrain: Let us adore the birth of Christ with joyful hearts and a new song. 
He lies here in the manger, alleluia, who rules without end, alleluia, alleluia.  R.
On the joyful day of his birth, alleluia, let us bless the Lord, alleluia, alleluia. R.
The Holy Trinity be praised, alleluia. Let us thank God, alleluia, alleluia. R.

Puer Natus in Bethlehem

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Recently TAV has recorded new works intended for “performance” on YouTube. Hamilton’s composition The 9 Cutest Things That Ever Happened (2013) has been viewed over one million times. In 2014 they made international headlines with a video of Rob Davidson’s Not Now, Not Ever! (2014), a musicalisation of Julia Gillard’s ‘misogyny’ speech.

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