Recorded in historic St. Dominic s Church in downtown Washington, D.C., the friars of the Dominican House of Studies, Province of St. Joseph, present In Medio Ecclesiae, the first release from Dominicana Records. Directed by Fr. James Moore, O.P., In Medio Ecclesiae offers some of the finest chant and polyphonic treasures of the Church s musical tradition as well as two new compositions by Dominican friars. Proceeds from the sale of this album contribute to the educational and other needs of the Dominican students.
In Medio Ecclesiae: Music for the New Evangelization
1. Cantate Domino (Ps 96:1 3) Hans Leo Hassler (1564 1612)
2. Sancta et immaculata Francisco Guerrero (1528 1599) ~ Christmas Responsory/Marian Feasts
3. Thine Are the Heavens (Ps 89:12, 15a) Vincent Ferrer Bagan, O.P. (b. 1983) ~ Christmas Offertory
4. Hodie Christus natus est Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 1594) ~ Christmas Antiphon
5. Notas mihi (Ps 16:11) Dominican chant ~ Communion for St. Thomas Aquinas
6. Veritas mea (Ps 89:25) Oreste Ravanello (1871 1938) ~ Offertory for St. Joseph 7. O vos omnes (Lam 1:12) Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 1611) ~ Passiontide Responsory
8. Ubi caritas Chant, arr. James Junípero Moore, O.P. (b. 1976) ~ Holy Thursday Antiphon
9. Terra tremuit (Ps 76:9 10) William Byrd (1540? 1623) ~ Easter Offertory
10. If Ye Love Me (Jn 14:15 17) Thomas Tallis (1505 1585) ~ Pentecost
11. O sacrum convivium (St. Thomas Aquinas) Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 1611) ~ Corpus Christi Antiphon 12. In medio ecclesiae Dominican chant ~ Officium for St. Dominic
13. To You Do We Come (Sub tuum) Polish chant, adapt. The Monks of New Skete, arr. Dominican Nuns of Summit (used with permission)
14. Confitemini Domino (Ps 118:1) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 1594) 15. Round Us Falls the Night (William Romanis, alt.) ROCHELLE, attrib. Adam Drese (1620 1701), harmony by S. S. Wesley (1810 1876)
You can listen to samples of the tracks
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