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Missa in gallicantu - Introitus

Missa in gallicantu - Introitus

Composer Plainchant
Conductor Peter Phillips
2:52 Play $1.59
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Missa in gallicantu - Kyrie

Missa in gallicantu - Kyrie

Composer Plainchant
Conductor Peter Phillips
2:48 Play $1.59
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Missa in gallicantu - Gloria

Missa in gallicantu - Gloria

Composer Plainchant
Conductor Peter Phillips
3:43 Play $1.59
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Missa in gallicantu - Laudes Deo

Missa in gallicantu - Laudes Deo

Composer Plainchant
Conductor Peter Phillips
7:33 Play $3.18
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Missa in gallicantu - Graduale

Missa in gallicantu - Graduale

Composer Plainchant
Conductor Peter Phillips
3:26 Play $1.59
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Missa in gallicantu - Alleluia

Missa in gallicantu - Alleluia

Composer Plainchant
Conductor Peter Phillips
2:05 Play $1.59
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Missa in gallicantu - Sequentia

Missa in gallicantu - Sequentia

Composer Plainchant
Conductor Peter Phillips
2:42 Play $1.59
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Missa in gallicantu - Credo

Missa in gallicantu - Credo

Composer Plainchant
Conductor Peter Phillips
4:44 Play $1.59
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Missa in gallicantu - Offertorium

Missa in gallicantu - Offertorium

Composer Plainchant
Conductor Peter Phillips
1:30 Play $1.59
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Missa in gallicantu - Praefatio

Missa in gallicantu - Praefatio

Composer Plainchant
Conductor Peter Phillips
2:22 Play $1.59
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Missa in gallicantu - Sanctus

Missa in gallicantu - Sanctus

Composer Plainchant
Conductor Peter Phillips
1:33 Play $1.59
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Missa in gallicantu - Agnus Dei

Missa in gallicantu - Agnus Dei

Composer Plainchant
Conductor Peter Phillips
1:28 Play $1.59
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Missa in gallicantu - Communio

Missa in gallicantu - Communio

Composer Plainchant
Conductor Peter Phillips
0:37 Play $1.59
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Missa in gallicantu - Dimissio

Missa in gallicantu - Dimissio

Composer Plainchant
Conductor Peter Phillips
0:42 Play $1.59
15

Christe Redemptor omnium

Christe Redemptor omnium

Composer Plainchant
Conductor Peter Phillips
3:44 Play $1.59
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Veni, Redemptor gentium

Veni, Redemptor gentium

Composer Plainchant
Conductor Peter Phillips
4:30 Play $1.59
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Salvator mundi, Domine

Salvator mundi, Domine

Composer Plainchant
Conductor Peter Phillips
2:30 Play $1.59
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A solis ortus cardine

A solis ortus cardine

Composer Plainchant
Conductor Peter Phillips
4:57 Play $1.59
Total Playing Time  54:50 Purchase all tracks  $15.99

Sarum Chant

The Tallis Scholars

CDGIM 017

Total Playing Time 54:50

Chant for the First Mass of Christmas according to the Salisbury Rite. It would have been celebrated after midnight on Christmas Eve, and was known as the Missa in gallicantu - the Mass at Cockcrow. The chant has been taken from printed sources which would have been in use when composers such as Tallis and Tye were at the height of their powers.

Produced by Steve C Smith and Peter Phillips

The Church of Salisbury shines as the sun in its orb among the Churches of the whole world in its divine service and those who minister it, and by spreading its rays everywhere makes up for the defects of others.

Thus wrote the Bishop Giles de Bridport, in about 1256, of what has come to be called the 'Sarum Rite'. The liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church had crystallized, during its travels abroad from the 7th Century onwards, into distinct 'uses' - variations upon the fundamentally Roman ritual, according to country, region, or province (1). The use of Salisbury early became pre-eminent among the various rites of England.

The See of Salisbury was moved to the present cathedral site in 1218, and under a succession of efficient and zealous bishops, its liturgy became the envy of the rest of the country. Indeed, it all but usurped many other rites (such as those of York and Hereford), and its statutes and rules were copied by monastic and secular foundations all over Great Britain. One strand of this liturgical web even reached Portugal - 1385 saw the introduction of the Salisbury Rite at Braga.

The music recorded here is from the First Mass of Christmas according to the Salisbury Rite. It would have been celebrated after midnight on Christmas Eve, and was known as the Missa in gallicantu - the Mass at Cockcrow. The chant has been taken from printed sources which would have been in use when composers such as Tallis and Tye were at the height of their powers (2).

Mass begins with the Introit (which was called Officium at Salisbury), Dominus dixit ad me. The chant is begun by the 'rulers' (leaders) of the choir, and is composed of an antiphon surrounding a psalm verse and the doxology. The Kyrie follows immediately, here in a troped version called Kyrie cum versibus. Tropes were extra sections of texts inserted into a liturgical composition in order to expand and amplify its meaning, and make it relevant to particular occasions. In this example, the inserted texts actually replace the original words; thus, instead of simply 'Kyrie, eleison' (Lord, have mercy), we hear 'Deus Creator omnium, Tu Theos ymon nostri pie eleison' (O God, Creator of all things and our God, be gracious and have mercy on us). This procedure occurs in all of the Kyrie's nine invocations, and the text retains a few words of Greek amongst the Latin.

The Gloria is intoned by the celebrant from the altar. Like the Kyrie, it is very syllabic, and moves within a fairly restricted range, never straying further than an octave above its first note. The Collect would then have followed, and then a lesson from the Book of Isaiah. This lesson is sung here in a special troped form, known as the Laudes Deo from its opening words. It is sung by two clerks, one having the lesson itself, the other interpolating the troped sections. Both singers join together to proclaim the final sentence. The Epistle would then have been read by the subdeacon.

Tecum principium, the Gradual, is intoned by three clerks. It is the most florid chant so far heard, several words having extensive melismata. The range is also large - a tenth in all. Similarly elaborate is the Alleluia, which follows immediately. Its verse is 'Dominus dixit', the same text as the Introit antiphon.

Quite different in style is the Sequence. This is a genre that arose from greatly lengthening the final syllable of the preceding Alleluia, a practice which seems to have developed in the eighth and ninth centuries. Texts became attached to these huge melismatic passages, and they later acquired separate status as Sequences. As with many other examples, Nato canunt omnia is constructed of pairs of rhyming stanzas in the same metre. This poetic structure is reflected in the musical material. It is sung antiphonally, and bells are rung to emphasize the festal nature of the chant.

After the Gospel, which would have been read by the deacon (here omitted), the Credo (the Nicene Creed) is intoned by the celebrant. The Sarum Rite had only one melody for the Creed, in contrast to the Roman, which has several. This is succeeded by the celebrant's salutation to the congregation, and the Offertory, during which the bread and wine would have been offered at the altar. The Offertory was originally a lengthy example of antiphonal psalmody, but was made shorter when the practice of omitting verses became standard. The Secret would then have followed: a prayer read by the celebrant in a low voice.

The Preface begins with the Sursum corda (Lift up your hearts), and ends with the words '...we sing the hymn of your glory as we ceaselessly proclaim:' as the introduction to the Sanctus (Holy, holy, holy), which is intoned by rulers and continued by full choir. The eucharistic prayer would then have been continued by the celebrant, the elevation of the Host occurring during the Canon. The Pater noster and the fraction would have followed, with the Pax, or Kiss of Peace. Agnus Dei, the threefold invocation of the Lamb of God, is the final item of the Mass Ordinary. (The Ordinary today consists of the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei - the items of the Mass which do not change - in contrast with the Proper - items with texts changing according to occasion. Due to the practice of troping according to feast, the Kyrie in England during the Middle Age effectively became part of the Proper.)

The Communion is In splendoribus sanctorum, a short chant sung during the reception of the Host. After communion the celebrant would again have saluted the congregation and said the post-communion prayer. The dismissal is sung by the deacon: 'Go, the Mass is ended' - the people reply 'thanks be to God!', and the Mass ends.

The four hymns recorded here are from the Divine Offices of Christmas Day: Christe redemptor omnium is from Matins, Veni, redemptor gentium from Vespers, Salvator mundi, Domine from Compline, and A solis ortus cardine from Lauds. These are some of the best known plainchant hymn tunes, and are often used today, whether in Latin or in the vernacular. They possess an immediacy of melodic appeal and a memorable rhythmic character. Hymn tunes at this time were often used again with different sets of words; Veni, redemptor, for example, also appears as Iesu Salvator saeculi, for First Vespers of the Feast of All Saints.

© 1988 Ivan Moody

(1) Rites with sufficiently ancient pedigree were permitted to remain independent of the Roman liturgy. The Ambrosian Rite is the most famous example, and it is indeed still extant.
(2) Sources consulted include the Missal of 1531, and the Graduals of 1528 and 1532.

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23 September 2008
Italy
Chiesa da Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples
In Pursuit of Caravaggio

Private concert arranged by Martin Randel Travel

Allegri Miserere
Palestrina Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis for Double Choir; Stabat Mater
Gesualdo 3 Responsories for Tenebrae (O vos omnes, Astiterunt reges, Aestimatus sum)



26 September 2008
England
St. Asaph Cathedral, St. Asaph

Promoter's website
Box office 01745 584508

Taverner Leroy Kyrie; Quemadmodum
Tallis Suscipe quaeso
Byrd O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth our Queen
Weelkes O Lord, grant the Queen a long life; When David heard
Gibbons O clap your hands
Tomkins O God, the proud are risen against us
Purcell Hear my prayer, O Lord; O Lord God of hosts
Blow Salvator mundi
Tippett Plebs angelica
Harris Faire is the Heaven
Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs



27 September 2008
France
Collège des Bernardins, Paris

Pärt Magnificat
Obrecht Salve Regina
Palestrina Salve Regina (a 8)
Victoria Salve Regina (a 8)
Josquin Ave Maria
Parsons Ave Maria
Tallis Suscipe quaeso
Allegri Miserere



03 October 2008
France
Cathédrale de Saint-Omer, Saint-Omer

Introït sur l'orgue (Tournemire)

Kyrie, Gloria, Credo (Byrd for four voices) Offertoire (Tournemire) Sanctus (Byrd) Elévation (Tournemire) Agnus (Byrd) Communion (Tournemire)

Byrd Laudibus in sanctis; Haec dicit dominus
Tallis Suscipe quaeso
Sheppard Sacris solemniis
Byrd Tribue domine



08 October 2008
England
Cadogan Hall, London
Behold the Lion

Promoter's website
Box office 020 7730 4500

Philips Ecce vicit leo; Ave verum
Andrea Gabrieli Benedictus dominus
Lassus Missa Bel'amfitrit'altera
Allegri Miserere
Phinot Lamentations
Palestrina Magnificat for Double Choir; Nunc dimittis for Double Choir

11 October 2008
Italy
Basilica Cattedrale, Palestrina
Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli
Giovanni Croce Laudans exsultet gaudio
Andrea Gabrieli Jubilate deo; Benedictus, dominus deus (a 8)
Palestrina Benedictus, dominus deus (a 9)
Costanzo Festa Quam pulchra es
Palestrina Laudate pueri, Dominum

16 October 2008
USA
St. Mary's, New York
Guerrero Maria Magdalene
Alonso Lobo Missa Maria Magdalene
Victoria Dum complerentur; 3 Lamentations for Holy Saturday
Guerrero Ave Virgo sanctissima; Regina caeli

17 October 2008
USA
Duke Chapel, Raleigh, NC
Guerrero Maria Magdalene
Alonso Lobo Missa Maria Magdalene
Victoria Dum complerentur; 3 Lamentations for Holy Saturday
Guerrero Ave Virgo sanctissima; Regina caeli

18 October 2008
USA
tba, Pittsburgh, PA
Guerrero Maria Magdalene
Alonso Lobo Missa Maria Magdalene
Victoria Dum complerentur; 3 Lamentations for Holy Saturday
Guerrero Ave Virgo sanctissima; Regina caeli

19 October 2008
USA
Christ & Holy Trinity Church, Westport, CT
Guerrero Maria Magdalene
Alonso Lobo Missa Maria Magdalene
Victoria Dum complerentur; 3 Lamentations for Holy Saturday
Guerrero Ave Virgo sanctissima; Regina caeli

08 November 2008
England
The Abbey, Bath

Promoter's website
Box office 01225 463362

H. Praetorius Magnificat II; Videns dominus
Schütz Die mit Tranen saen; Selig sind die Toten; Deutsches Magnificat
Allegri Miserere
Hassler Ad dominum cum tribularer
Buxtehude Missa Brevis
J.S.Bach Komm, Jesu, komm



16 November 2008
Portugal
Sala Suggia, Porto

Promoter's website

Manuel Mendes Asperges me (a8)
Duarte Lobo Pater Peccavi; Audivi Vocem
Diogo Diaz Melgas Adiuva nos
Cardoso Requiem



19 November 2008
Spain
Auditorio Nacional, Madrid

Promoter's website

Taverner Leroy Kyrie; Quemadmodum
Tallis Suscipe quaeso
Byrd Infelix ego; Laudibus in sanctis
Weelkes O Lord, arise into thy resting place
Tomkins O God, the proud are risen against us
Purcell Remember not; Hear my prayer, O Lord
Tippett Plebs angelica
Harris Faire is the Heaven
Vaughan Williams Three Shakespeare Songs



27 November 2008
England
St. James the Greater, Leicester
Traditional Angelus ad Virginem; There is no rose of such virtue
Weelkes Hosanna to the Son of David
Gibbons Hosanna to the Son of David
Cornysh Ave Maria
Tallis Salve intemerata
Byrd This day Christ is born; Lullaby my sweet little baby
Tallis Missa Puer natus est nobis

05 December 2008
England
The Cathedral, Lichfield
Traditional Angelus ad Virginem; There is no rose of such virtue
Weelkes Hosanna to the Son of David
Gibbons Hosanna to the Son of David
Cornysh Ave Maria
Tallis Salve intemerata
Byrd Lullaby my sweet little baby
Tallis Missa Puer natus est nobis
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06 December 2008
England
The Cathedral, Guildford
Traditional Angelus ad Virginem; There is no rose of such virtue
Weelkes Hosanna to the Son of David
Gibbons Hosanna to the Son of David
Cornysh Ave Maria
Tallis Salve intemerata
Parsons Ave Maria
Byrd Lullaby my sweet little baby
Tallis Missa Puer natus est nobis

07 December 2008
Spain
Auditorio de las Ruinas de San Francisco, Baeza

Padilla Deus in adiutorium; Salve regina
Capillas Magnificat; Battle Mass
Victoria Vexilla regis; Lamentations for Holy Friday
Alonso Lobo Versa est in luctum
Guerrero Hei mihi, domine; Regina caeli



16 December 2008
England
The Sage, Gateshead

Promoter's website
Box office 0191 443 4661

Traditional Angelus ad Virginem; There is no rose of such virtue
Weelkes Hosanna to the Son of David
Gibbons Hosanna to the Son of David
Cornysh Ave Maria
Tallis Salve intemerata
Parsons Ave Maria
Byrd Lullaby my sweet little baby
Tallis Missa Puer natus est nobis



18 December 2008
England
St. John's, Smith Square, London

Promoter's website
Box office 020 7222 1061

Taverner Mater Christi
Josquin Missa Ave maris stella
Nesbett Magnificat
Tallis Sancte deus; Hodie nobis caelorum rex
Sheppard Jesu salvator seculi; Verbum caro factum est






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