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Fr. Scott Haynes
Nov 12, 20211 min read
Officum Defunctorum & Missa pro Defunctis, Cristobal de Morales
Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500 – 1553) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance. The Missa pro Defunctis is thought to be his last work.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Nov 12, 20211 min read
In Paradisum, Z. Randall Stroope
In Paradisum was composed in 2020 to honor the victims of the coronavirus and the thousands of families left behind.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Nov 8, 20211 min read
Saint Charbel Makhlouf
Enjoy this inspiring film about the life of Saint Charbel Makhlouf, the Miracle Monk of Lebanon.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Nov 6, 20211 min read
Dies Irae, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Mozart Requiem is one of the gems of choral music. Hear a stirring rendition of the Dies Irae movement directed by Fr. Scott A. Haynes.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Nov 6, 20211 min read
Requiem, Maurice Duruflé
This performance of Duruflé’s beautiful setting is dedicated to Nova Scotians and all Canadians who have lost their lives to Covid.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Nov 6, 20211 min read
Pie Jesu, Gabriel Fauré
When Camille Saint-Saëns heard this music, he told Fauré: “Just as Mozart’s is the only ‘Ave verum corpus’, this is the only ‘Pie Jesu.’”
Fr. Scott Haynes
Nov 6, 20211 min read
Dies Irae, Giuseppe Verdi
The Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi was composed in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian poet and novelist whom Verdi admired.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Oct 27, 20212 min read
St. John Henry Newman on Purgatory
St. John Henry Newman teaches that the worst pain of purgatory is the working-out of its psychological conflicts.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Oct 24, 20212 min read
Hymne à la Vierge, Pierre Villette
Villette based his music on Gregorian chant, which he had sung as a child, and combined it with the exotic textures of Poulenc and Messiaen.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Oct 24, 20211 min read
Mass for Double Choir, Frank Martin
Hear the Netherlands Chamber Choir sing in a live performance of the stunning Mass for Double Choir of Frank Martin.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Oct 22, 20211 min read
I Beheld Her Beautiful as a Dove, Healey Willan
Noel Edison directs the Choir of St John's, Elora, singing Healey Willan's Marian Motet, I Beheld her Beautiful as a Dove, HWC 312.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Oct 22, 20211 min read
Rejoice, the Lord is King, Malcolm Archer
The Winchester College Quiristers & soloist Harry Sever sing "Rejoice, the Lord is King!" by Malcolm Archer on "Songs of Praise" (BBC).
Fr. Scott Haynes
Oct 20, 20211 min read
Bogoroditse Dyevo (Богородице Дѣво), Sergei Rachmaninoff
Written shortly before the Russian revolution, this excerpt from the "Vespers" of Rachmaninoff is a sublime prayer to the Virgin Mary.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Oct 20, 20211 min read
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Vaughan Williams came to associate Tallis's theme with John Bunyan's Christian allegory, "The Pilgrim's Progress."
Fr. Scott Haynes
Oct 14, 20212 min read
Sing me to Heaven, Daniel Gawthrop
If you would comfort me, sing me a lullaby...If you would mourn me and bring me to God, sing me to heaven!
Fr. Scott Haynes
Oct 14, 20212 min read
O Clap Your Hands, Ralph Vaughan Williams
O clap your hands is a motet by Ralph Vaughan Williams. This anthem is a setting of verses from Psalm 47 in 1920 for choir, brass and organ.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Sep 29, 20212 min read
Ave Maris Stella, Otto Olsson
The hymn Marian "Ave Maris Stella" is traditionally been attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux. This setting of Otto Olsson is breathtaking
Fr. Scott Haynes
Sep 17, 20211 min read
Benedictus, Karl Jenkins
Jenkins' "Benedictus" is from "The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace." The text is from the Roman Mass: "Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini."
Fr. Scott Haynes
Sep 17, 20211 min read
Nunc Dimittis, Arvo Pärt
The Estonian composer Arvo Pärt's beautiful setting of the Canticle of Simeon, "Nunc Dimittis," places us in the Temple of the Lord.
Fr. Scott Haynes
Sep 14, 20211 min read
Regina Caeli, Duarte Lobo
Duarte Lobo was maestro di cappella of the Cathedral of Saint Mary Major in Lisbon. His thrilling “Regina Caeli" is set for double chorus.
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