Sung by the staff singers of Cathedral Choir. Unedited live recording, Cathedral of Saint Paul, Birmingham, Alabama, 11:00AM Mass, 8.30.20

Kyrie - Mass of St. Dominic (R.R. Terry)

Gloria - Mass of St. Dominic (R.R. Terry)

Sanctus - Mass of St. Dominic (R.R. Terry)

Sung by the staff singers of Cathedral Choir. Unedited live recording, Cathedral of Saint Paul, Birmingham, Alabama, 11:00AM Mass, 10.11.20

Gloria - Missa super La, la maistre Pierre (di Lasso)

Sung by the staff singers of Cathedral Choir. Unedited live recording, Cathedral of Saint Paul, Birmingham, Alabama, 11:00AM Mass, 10.11.20.

Sanctus-Benedictus - Missa super La, la Maistre Pierre (di Lasso)

Recorded live at Midnight Mass, 12.25.21, at the Cathedral of St. Paul, Birmingham, Alabama, by Cathedral Choir...from about 80 feet away on bad mics!

Merry Christmas from us to you!!

The Shepherd's Carol (Bob Chilcott)

Recorded live on October 11, 2022, on the Anna Catharine Grace Memorial Pipe Organ, Noack Organ Company Op. 164. Featuring the Cromorne stop modeled after the famous example in the Clicquot organ of Poitiers Cathedral in France.

"Cromorne en taille" from Messe pour les Couvents (Francois Couperin)

Recorded live and unedited on December 4, 2022, on the Cathedral of Saint Paul, Birmingham, AL, on the Anna Catharine Grace Memorial Pipe Organ, Noack Organ Company Opus 164 (2021). Performance by Bruce Ludwick, Jr., Director of Music and Organist, as part of the Downtown Concert Series (www.stpaulsbhm.org/concerts).

200th Anniversary Franck Recital

Choral Nr. 1 (Franck)

Recorded live and unedited on December 4, 2022, at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, Birmingham, AL, on the Anna Catharine Grace Memorial Pipe Organ, Noack Organ Company Opus 164 (2021). Performance by Bruce Ludwick, Jr., Director of Music and Organist, as part of the Downtown Concert Series (www.stpaulsbhm.org/concerts).

Photo credit: https://journeesdupatrimoine.culture.gouv.fr/

Choral Nr. 2 (Franck)

Recorded live and unedited on December 4, 2022, at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, Birmingham, AL, on the Anna Catharine Grace Memorial Pipe Organ, Noack Organ Company Opus 164 (2021). Performance by Bruce Ludwick, Jr., Director of Music and Organist, as part of the Downtown Concert Series (www.stpaulsbhm.org/concerts).

Photo credit: Mary Dillard, Didier Grassin, for The American Organist magazine, 10.2022.

Choral Nr. 3 (Franck)

Unedited live recording from 11:00am Mass, October 1, 2023, at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, Birmingham, Alabama. Sung by the staff singers of Cathedral Choir.

Salve Regina 1586 (di Lasso)

Unedited live recording from 11:00am Mass, October 1, 2023, at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, Birmingham, Alabama. Sung by Cathedral Choir.

Oculi omnium in te sperant, Domine: et tu das illis escam in tempore opportuno. Aperis tu manum tuam: et imples omne animal benedictione. / The eyes of all look towards You in hope, O Lord; and You give them their food in due season. You open Your hand and fill every living thing with Your blessings.                                           ~Psalm 145:15,16; setting, Charles Wood

ASCAM DR-05

Oculi Omnium (Wood)

A small ex voto at the conclusion of the liturgical year 2023. AMDG.

Impromptu improv at the request of Organ Media Foundation (www.organ.media) on the occasion of their visit to the Cathedral of St. Paul for a YouTube documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S85hRCxXgeo) on the Anna Catharine Grace Memorial Pipe Organ, Noack Organ Company Opus 164. Thanks to Brent Johnson for this excellent rendering of the instrument!

Improv mostly designed to show off the various registers of the organ, so apologies for the somewhat arbitrary structure!

For more information on the instrument, please visit www.stpaulsbhm.org/sacred-music.

Improvisation: Salve Regina (Solemn Tone)

Reimann's Christkindlsmesse recorded live during Midnight Mass on December 25, 2023, at the Cathedral of Saint Paul in Birmingham, Alabama. Sung by Cathedral Choir. Visit www.stpaulsbhm.org/sacred-music for more.

TASCAM DR-05

Kyrie - Pastoralmesse, Op. 110 (Reimann) "Christkindlsmesse"

Gloria - Pastoralmesse, Op. 110 (Reimann) "Christkindlsmesse"

Recorded live in concert at the Cathedral of St. Paul on December 3, 2023, on the Anna Catharine Grace Memorial Pipe Organ, Noack Organ Company Op. 164. Visit www.stpaulsbhm.org/sacred-music for more information.

Toccata in F, BuxWV 156 (Buxtehude)

Recorded live on July 28, 2019, St. Paul Cathedral, Pittsburgh, PA, on the 1962 Rudolf von Beckerath organ.

Trio Sonata V, BWV 529 I. Allegro (J.S. Bach)

Recorded live July 28, 2019 at St. Paul Cathedral, Pittsburgh, PA, on the 1962 Rudolf von Beckerath organ.

Final, Op. 21 (Franck)

Suite du Deuxième Ton I. Prelude (Plein jeu) (Guilain)

Postcommunion motet, sung by the staff singers of Cathedral Choir. Unedited live recording, Cathedral of Saint Paul, Birmingham, Alabama, 11:00AM Mass, 8.23.20

Tu es Petrus et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversus eam. Et tibi dabo claves regni caelorum. Quodcumque ligaveris super terram, erit ligatum et in caelis, et quodcumque solveris super terram, erit solutum et in caelis. Et tibi dabo claves regni caelorum. / You are Peter, and upon this Rock I will build My Church: the gates of hell shall not overcome it, and I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind upon earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be released in heaven, and I will give you the keys to the kingdom of Heaven.    ~cf. Matthew 16:18-19

Tu es Petrus à 6 (Palestrina)

Josquin's motet Ave Maria virgo serena, recorded live on October 11, 2020, during the 11:00AM Mass at the Cathedral of St. Paul, Birmingham, Alabama. Sung by the staff singers of Cathedral Choir (Merissa Laite, Siobhan Russell, Sarah Labriola, Joseph Sargent, Colin Alexander, and Michael Becher).

"Hail Mary, full of grace, The Lord is with thee, serene Virgin. Hail, thou whose Conception, Full of great joy, Fills heaven and earth With new gladness. Hail, thou whose Nativity Became our great celebration, As the light-bearing Morning Star anticipates the true Sun. Hail, faithful humility, Fruitful without man, Whose Annunciation Was our salvation. Hail, true virginity, Immaculate chastity, Whose Purification Was our cleansing. Hail, glorious one In all angelic virtues, Whose Assumption Was our glorification. O Mother of God, Remember me. Amen."

Ave Maria virgo serena (Josquin)

Director of Music and Organist at the Cathedral of Saint Paul in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. I am very thankful to make my living conducting choirs, playing the organ, and (occasionally) singing! Posted to add a little more beauty (and plenty more note mistakes!) in the world! Proud husband and father of four. Recordings are unedited, so enjoy the sounds of babies and other beautiful unexpected music! AMDG

Bruce Ludwick, Jr.

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