New CD by the Sistine Chapel Choir

Veronica Brandt · October 10, 2015 ·

Much of this music is familiar to me from a decade attending Mass at the Maternal Heart of Mary Church in Sydney. I love how the choir master, Msgr Palombella, describes Sicut Cervus as being a favourite for the congregation to join in (see 3:30). Polyphony doesn’t forbid congregational singing, it just raises the bar.

Also, you might sense a difference with Allegri’s Miserere. They are singing from a manuscript from the Vatican Archives from 1661. This is before that famous high C was added in a later elaboration.

You can buy CDs or downloads from Deutsche Grammophon. I have and I will be listening to these tracks over and over again.

About Veronica Brandt

Veronica Brandt holds a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering. As editor, she has produced fine publications (as well as valuable reprints) dealing with Gregorian chant, hymnody, Latin, and other subjects. These publications are distinguished on account of their tastefulness. She lives in the Blue Mountains near Sydney, Australia, with her husband Peter and six children.

A quote from Fr. Valentine

Speaking of “nihil solliciti estis,” Fr. Valentine recently said: “I’ll bet that most people, including myself, have suffered more from things that never happened than from things that actually did happen.” Wise words!

—Jeff Ostrowski

Circle is complete

This is interesting! We have made it all the way around the liturgical year for Vespers organ accompaniments—which means all we have to do now is fill in the “holes,” such as Candlemas.

—Jeff Ostrowski

Fr. Valentine is very sick

I beg you to pray for Fr. Valentine Young, OFM, who I am told is dying (or may possibly have died already). He’s one of the most faithful & generous priests I know. There would be no CCWatershed without Fr. Valentine.

—Jeff Ostrowski

Discussion on Facebook