Contemporary “Stabat Mater” (SATB) • by Gustaaf Nees (d. 1965)
You’ve never heard this arrangement before—perfect for Lent.
“Is it not true that prohibiting or suspecting the extraordinary form can only be inspired by the demon who desires our suffocation and spiritual death?” —The Vatican’s chief liturgist from 2014-2021; interview with Edw. Pentin (23-Sep-2019)
A theorist, organist, and conductor, Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He completed studies in Education and Musicology at the graduate level. Having worked as a church musician in Los Angeles for ten years, in 2024 he accepted a position as choirmaster for Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Michigan, where he resides with his wife and children. —Read full biography (with photographs).
You’ve never heard this arrangement before—perfect for Lent.
No matter how many people imitate John Denver on the guitar in our churches, Palestrina and Victoria will always be loved and sought by serious Catholics.
“To put it simply, I was pierced by the beauty of the liturgy in a way I have never before experienced.” —2017 participant
“Our hymnbooks know nothing of such a treasure as this, and give us pages of poor sentiment in doggerel lines by some tenth-rate modern versifier.” —Fr. Fortescue
The Blessed John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music (England) has a big announcement!
This is something we will do again, because I think there’s great potential here.
“Now they upon the rock are they who when they hear, receive the word with joy…”
Quite beautiful, but I prefer a different harmonization of “Holy God We Praise Thy Name”…
“The groans of death surround me, the sorrows of hell encompassed me…”
The English translation memorized by “Latin Mass” Catholics goes back centuries!
“Dom Pothier himself acted as an illustrator, decorating his work with vignettes, illuminated capitals, tailpieces, even full-page illustrations representing the mysteries of the Annunciation and Christmas.”
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