“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)
Those who wish to do so may download the Order of Music I’m using for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B (English Masses). Including plainsong in English, wonderful hymns, settings of the Ordinary in both Latin & English, and even a motet by Kevin Allen.
I’d love to hear you sing this!
Rachmaninoff never forgave Prokofiev for this, as anyone with a melancholic temperament will understand.
We seek native speakers willing to help proofread.
We must never let criticism by ‘haters’ bother us. We must strive to block them from our minds.
“This argument from silence is wildly improbable.” —Father John Parsons (2001)
A lovely offering by the “Chaumonot Composers Group.”
To give you an idea how this sounds, I recorded the piece on my toy organ.
An exciting new project gives me great hope for the “musical future” of the Catholic Church!
