Amazing pieces of classical music - 35
'Ad completorium in nativitate Domini nostri Jesu Christi' (At the Compline of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ): V: Custodi nos, Domine (Save us, Lord), Antiphona "Salva Nos" (Antiphon "Save us") and Canticum Simeonis "Nunc Dimittis" (Simeon's Song "Forsake us not") performed by the 'Chor der Mönche der Benedictiner-Erzabtei Sankt Martin Beuron' directed by Pater or Father Dr. Maurus Pfaff in 1957. Search them out because they're superbly atmospheric recordings.
Save us, Lord, save us, forsake us not. It's a heartfeld cry to God who we know is there. As my cat is still at the vet's after yesterday's extended operation this particular piece of music reminds me of much happier times sitting together on a couch in a warm living room during cold winter's days. On Sunday we'll be setting our clocks to Wintertime again and I'll pray that my cat will be healthy for a few years to come. I found her at my mum's cemetary one month after her own death near to 13 years ago.
Time is almost racing towards the Advent period yet again. First the traditional period of All Saints and Souls to come. This particular piece of music, a so-called 'Christmas compline', has been part of the Christian liturgical evening prayer service for centuries, often associated with the celebration of Christmas Eve itself. There's reflection, praise and prayer in there, while the faithful await the birth of Jesus. Faith can indeed be complete trust or confidence in someone or something.
These beautiful hymns sung in Kenneth Clark's truly marvelous tv-series Civilization were performed by the 1950s celebrated monks' choir of the Benedictine Archabbey of St. Martin of Beuron in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, under the direction of their choirmaster and local hymnologist. Hymnology is the actual study concerned with the systematic study of the history, theory, and performance practice of Christian hymns
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Save us, Lord, save us, forsake us not. It's a heartfeld cry to God who we know is there. As my cat is still at the vet's after yesterday's extended operation this particular piece of music reminds me of much happier times sitting together on a couch in a warm living room during cold winter's days. On Sunday we'll be setting our clocks to Wintertime again and I'll pray that my cat will be healthy for a few years to come. I found her at my mum's cemetary one month after her own death near to 13 years ago.
Time is almost racing towards the Advent period yet again. First the traditional period of All Saints and Souls to come. This particular piece of music, a so-called 'Christmas compline', has been part of the Christian liturgical evening prayer service for centuries, often associated with the celebration of Christmas Eve itself. There's reflection, praise and prayer in there, while the faithful await the birth of Jesus. Faith can indeed be complete trust or confidence in someone or something.
These beautiful hymns sung in Kenneth Clark's truly marvelous tv-series Civilization were performed by the 1950s celebrated monks' choir of the Benedictine Archabbey of St. Martin of Beuron in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, under the direction of their choirmaster and local hymnologist. Hymnology is the actual study concerned with the systematic study of the history, theory, and performance practice of Christian hymns
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