For the upcoming CFAGO performance of The Crucifixion by John Stainer, there is a website offering midi files to download or listen to here. If you need a score, there are public domain versions available here. I am also in the process of setting the hymns “American style” for download
This recording by the Basilica Choir and William Picher includes my composition Salve Regina. The piece was written specifically for them, and I was delighted that they chose to include it on their most recent recording. The CD is available for sale for $15 plus shipping and handling. It is
Ave verum corpus, natum de Maria Virgine, vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine, cuius latus perforatum fluxit aqua et sanguine: esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine. This setting of the traditional Latin text is for unaccompanied SATB choir with moderate divisi in all four parts. The musical language is
You prize justice and abhor wickedness, Therefore God, your God, has anointed you With the oil of gladness, above your peers. Dilexisti justitiam is the Introit for the Chrism Mass where the Sacred Oils are blessed every year during Holy Week. After experiencing the extremely lengthy entrance procession during my
Regina coeli laetare, Alleluia, Quia quem meruisti portare. Alleluia, Resurrexit sicut dixit, Alleluia. Ora pro nobis Deum. Alleluia. Intended for use during the Easter Season, this is the second Marian antiphon I set for SSAATTBB choir. The traditional chant melody is cast in a modern tonal language. A piano reduction
Ave Regina caelorum, Ave Domina angelorum, Salve radix, salve porta, Ex qua mundo lux est orta. Gaude Virgo gloriosa, Super omnes speciosa; Vale, o valde decora, Et pro nobis Christum exora. Intended for use during the Lenten Season, this is the third of the four Marian antiphons I set for
Alma Redemptoris Mater, Quae pervia caeli porta manes, Et stella maris, succurre cadenti, Surgere qui curat, populo: Tu quae genuisti, natura mirante, tuum sanctum Genitorem, Virgo prius ac posterius, Gabrielis ab ore, sumens illud Ave, peccatorum miserere. Intended for use during the season of Advent, this is the fourth Marian
There are four seasonal antiphons to the Blessed Virgin Mary used in the Catholic Church. When I was given the opportunity to write a new piece for the choir of the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe, these antiphon texts and chants seemed ideal material
Written for Bill Picher and the professional choir of the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe in Orlando, FL, this setting of Salve Regina presents the traditional chant melody in a modern tonal language. While intended to be performed a cappella, there is a reduction