Guest post: Simon C. Berry Dear Friends: St. Dominic’s Catholic Church, San Francisco, CA invites you to its annual service of Advent Lessons and Carols, Sunday, November 30, 7:30 p.m. This service begins with a candlelight procession. The … Continue reading
Guest Post: Simon C Berry I’m writing today about The English composer Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986), whose Mass setting we are performing at Solemn Masses in the month of St. Dominic. This music is different from really any other Mass setting that we sing and … Continue reading
Guest Post: Simon Berry Continuing their work with Scotland’s most prominent living composer, and lay Dominican, James MacMillan, O.P., the Schola Cantorum present the third of his Strathclyde Motets on Pentecost Sunday. The Schola’s uniquely warm and graceful sound is well-suited to MacMillan’s … Continue reading
Guest Post: Simon Berry On Holy Thursday we will be singing music based on the chant Ubi Caritas, the hymn set for the offertory of the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. The parish has been using a Mass setting based on … Continue reading
Hear my Prayer Guest post: Simon Berry Mendelssohn composed the verse anthem, or hymn, Hear My Prayer to a paraphrase of the opening verses of Psalm 55 by his friend the English lyricist William Bartholomew. Scored for soprano solo, mixed chorus, … Continue reading
Guest post: Simon Berry If its any encouragement, the Solemn Mass will include the incomparable setting of Psalm 51 (The Miserere) by Allegri. This is the piece of choral music where a lone soprano reaches a high C in the … Continue reading
St. Dominic’s Catholic Church, San Francisco, CA invites you to its annual service of Advent Lessons and Carols, Sunday, December 1, 7:30 p.m. The music includes motets by Lauridsen (O Nata Lux), Praetorius (A Great and Mighty Wonder arr Richard … Continue reading
