At Sunday's Workshop I bought a copy of Nick Gale's CD of chant. It consists of the Asperges, Vidi Aquam, Ordinaries (Masses 11,8,9,11,15,17 and 18) the Ambrosian Gloria, Credos 1, 3 and 4, and 4 Alleluias.
It is beautifully chanted by Nick and two colleagues from the Southwark Cathedral Choir, and ideal for any Schola wishing to extend their repertoire and sing the chant giving primacy to the words, and aspiring to a robust rather than ethereal sound.
Highly recommended - get it at www.gregorianchant.org.uk - a snip at a tenner!
Sonnet about the papal funeral procession
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In Rome there is a saying: “A pope dies, ya’ make another.” For Romans,
popes come and go. A Roman might get a little bored or cynical about the
whole t...
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