Category: Choral
-
Three pieces to create an island of calm amidst a no doubt otherwise hectic Christmas Eve. Two exquisite versions of the motet O Magnum Mysterium (text(s) taken from the service of Matins for Christmas Day) – the Palestrina dates from 1569; the Morten Lauridsen from 1994. And, from Vaughan Williams’ Christmas Cantata, Hodie, a setting of Thomas Hardy’s poem, The Oxen.…