O Clap Your Hands : A Musical Tour of Sacred Choral Works

by Giles, Gordon

• ISBN13: 9781557257741
• ISBN10: 1557257744
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-01
• Publisher: Paraclete Pr

Summary

Enrich your listening to the great music of the church!Accompanied by a full-length CD by the acclaimed choir Gloriae Dei Cantores, Gordon Giles's O Clap Your Hands unlocks thirtyof the great anthems of the churchto discover their hidden meanings, offering spiritual reflections and prayers, and enabling you to fully engage with the musical theology and history of beloved choral works.

Author Biography

Gordon Giles is a trained musician and the Vicar of St. Mary Magdalene in North London. He holds Master's degrees in Philosophy and Theology from Cambridge University. He is also the author of the popular Advent devotional O Come Emmanuel: A Musical Tour of Daily Readings for Advent and Christmas.

Table of Contents

How This Book Might Be Used	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
30 Reflections with Music
Viadana Exsultate, justi	p. 29
Rubbra Nunc Dimittis in A-flat	p. 32
Hylton Stewart Psalm 137 (Chant)	p. 35
Rachmaninov Bogoroditse Devo (Ave Maria from Vespers)	p. 38
Kedrov Otche nash (Our Father)	p. 42
Gregorian Chant Psalm 150	p. 45
Ives Psalm 100	p. 49
Langlais Kyrie from Messe Solennelle	p. 53
Mathias Gloria from Missa Brevis	p. 56
Thomson Credo from Mass for Two-Part Chorus and Percussion	p. 60
Lassus Sanctus from Missa Super Bella Amfitrit' Altera	p. 64
Monteverdi Benedictus from Missa "In illo tempore"	p. 68
Rheinberger Agnus Dei from Mass in E-flat	p. 72
Esquivel Ego sum panis vivus	p. 76
Palestrina Miserere nostri, Domine	p. 80
Handl Rorate caeli	p. 84
Hassler Dixit Maria	p. 87
Nanino Adoramus te, Christe	p. 91
Lotti Crucifixus	p. 95
Tchaikovsky Angel vopiyáshe	p. 98
Byrd Terra tremuit	p. 102
Mendelssohn Am Himmelfahrstage	p. 106
Philips Tibi laus	p. 109
Sowerby Eternal Light	p. 113
Brahms Ach, arme Welt	p. 117
Traditional, arr. Parker Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal	p. 121
Copland Simple Gifts from Old American Songs	p. 125
Mozart Salus infirmorum from Litaniae Lauretanae	p. 129
Argento Let All the World	p. 133
Vaughan Williams O Clap Your Hands	p. 137
A Four-Session Group Study of O Clap Your Hands
Introduction to the Four-Session Group Study	p. 143
Opening Our Lips	p. 145
Music, Mercy, and the Mass	p. 147
Musical Seasoning	p. 148
Heaven and Healing	p. 149
Acknowledgments	p. 151
Credits for the Accompanying Compact Disc	p. 152
Where to Obtain the Gloriae Dei Cantores Recordings Used in this Book	p. 153
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