Chant and sacred music
Psalms sung to harp and cymbal; cantillation, the chanted reading of the Torah, still heard every Sabbath
The West: one line, no instruments, Latin, the Psalms and the Mass sung for a thousand years
The East: modes, drones, the Divine Liturgy sung entire, Russian choirs in four parts
Luther gives the people songs in their own tongue; Geneva sings the Psalms in metre
The Passions, the cantatas: Scripture set for a congregation to hear and to sing
Watts, Wesley, Newman: Amazing Grace, And Can It Be, the Anglican choral evensong
The songs of the enslaved and their children: Go Down Moses, Swing Low, the Black church in full voice
Worship songs, Taizé, the revival of chant, music written for screens and headphones
Who performs the recordings?
The people of this church and friends who lend their voices. Historic chants are named with their source.
May I use the music?
For personal listening and non-commercial use, yes. For public performance, recording or film, write first.
Is there sheet music?
For original pieces, on request. For historic chant, the usual editions are named.
Why no Mass settings?
Because this church does not celebrate the Mass. It explains the liturgy of the churches and sings what any Christian may sing: Psalms, hymns, and songs of praise.
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.
— Psalm 96:1
All recordings
PostRecordings, newest first. Filter by tag and play in place.
For whole albums, go to Sound.
Chant settings, instrumental pieces and spoken readings.
