Matthew Martin, Organist of the London Oratory, has recorded a new CD of organ music on the Oratory’s historic 1954 Walker/Downes organ. The CD, which is available from Amazon.co.uk, is the most recent addition to Priory’s Great European Organs series. It was recorded at the London Oratory during August 2012 and includes Gregorian chant alternatim verses in the Pange lingua by de Grigny. A full track listing is given below:
1. Magnificat primi toni BuxVW 203, Dieterich Buxtehude
2. Ach Herr, mich armen Sunder BuxVV 178, Dieterich Buxtehude
Antiphon: Regina caeli (4vs), Pieter Cornet
3. Regina caeli, laetare
4. Qui quem meruisti portare
5. Resurrexit, sicut dixit
6. Ora pro nobis Deum
7. Offertoire sur le Chant d’O filii et filae, Nicolas Lebegue
Hymn: Pange lingua (3vs)*, Nicolas de Grigny
8. En taille
(vs 2 chant)
9. Fugue à 5
(vs 4 chant)
10. Récit du chant de l’hymne precedent (vs 6 chant)
11. Te Deum, Jeanne Demessieux
12. Prélude sur l’introit de l’Epiphanie, Maurice Duruflé
13. Reges tharsis, Gaston Litaize
14. Épiphanie, Gaston Litaize
15. Paraphrase on Regina caeli, Guy Weitz
From l’Orgue Mystique, Charles Tournemire:
Office 48, All Saints:
16. Offertoire
Office 51, 23rd Sunday after Pentecost:
17. Fantaisie sur le Te Deum et Guirlandes Alleluiatiques
* with chant alternatim
Sant’Ignazio, Rome
The Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School will shortly be touring Rome and giving a concert at Sant’Ignazio on Friday 22 February. Sant’Ignazio, one of Rome’s finest baroque churches, is famous for its Trompe l’oeil paintings including the illusionistic dome and the magnificent nave ceiling which can be seen in the photo above. The concert, including music by Monteverdi, Mozart and Palestrina, begins at 9pm and will last approximately one hour. Admission is free. A poster is available here.
Westminster Cathedral Choir will perform J.S. Bach’s St John Passion on Wednesday 20th March at 7.30pm in the Cathedral. Renowned tenor James Gilchrist will sing the part of the Evangelist and the well-known bass-baritone Robert Davies is Christus. The Cathedral Choir and Westminster Baroque Orchestra will be conducted by Martin Baker. This is a wonderful chance to hear the Cathedral’s superb choir performing one of the greatest pieces of Easter music ever written, with world-class soloists and baroque orchestra. Tickets are on sale now priced from £10 – £40, and are available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk or 0844 847 1524. You can also buy tickets in person from the Cathedral Gift Shop. You can download the poster here.
The Dome of St Peter’s, The Vatican
The Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School will be touring Rome in February 2013. This year marks the 500th anniversary of the Cappella Giulia, the choir which sings at all Capitular services in the Basilica of St Peter’s. During the course of the year, a number of international choirs have been invited to sing with the Cappella Giulia to mark its 5th centenary. The Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School is the first of these international choirs and will be joining the Cappella Giulia for Sung Mass and Vespers in St Peter’s Basilica on Sunday 24 February 2013. The Schola will also be singing a Concert at Sant’Ignazio on Friday 22 February. Further details will be available soon.
The Pantheon in Rome, photographed through a fisheye lens:
Photographs of this morning’s Pontifical Mass at the London Oratory for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, celebrated by Bishop Peter Elliott, Auxiliary Bishop, Melbourne, Australia:
Some more photos from the London Oratory taken before and during Midnight Mass, as well as the re-gilded Cross and Orb atop the Dome and the Crib in St Wilfrid’s Chapel.
The Crib in St Wilfrid’s Chapel at the London Oratory, Christmas 2012
Merry Christmas!
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