This is the most beautiful thing I’ve heard in a long time. Biretta tip to a commentator here. o{]:¬)
While it is true that today is not US Memorial Day, it is Veterans Day and, in the commonwealth nations, Remembrance Day.
Here is a setting of Lux perpetua from the Requiem Mass set to an arrangement of Edward Elgar’s “Nimrod” from the Enigma Variations. Sung by Voces8. US HERE – UK HERE
Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine, cum sanctis tuis in aeternum, quia pius es.
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.
May light eternal shine upon them, O Lord, with Thy saints, forever, for Thou art Merciful.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them.
Voces8 is amazing. I have them on repeat daily. They’re great in concert, too.
When I lost my father two years ago, this recording sustained me.
Wow. Just… wow.
More like this, please. Modern church music and contemporary church musicians are allowed to sound like this. We should want to sound like this.
This is truly beautiful music. I would question the quality of the recording but then it was not made in a recording studio. It is music which I know very well and have loved for many years. It speaks Catholicism to me.
I never heard a vocal rendition of this. WOW
Phillip Stopford, especially Hermanus Contractus’ Ave Regina Caelorum. Here: https://philipstopford.com/videos/
Benedictum sit nomen Domini Nostri Jesu Christi.
Irresistibly beautiful.
I did not know that Edward Elgar was a Catholic
Thanks Fr. Z and Kerry.