Episode notes
Link to the sheet music: https://tinyurl.com/almaredemptorismater
Happy New Year and welcome to one of our favorite musical Liturgical Seasons – ADVENT. It’s not just because Christmas is around the corner and we’re brushing up on our favorite Christmas chants and carols: there is beautiful music for Advent as well, full of yearning for the Incarnation and rejoicing in the “Yes” of our Blessed Mother.
When the calendar turns from Ordinary Time to Advent, the Marian Antiphon traditionally sung at compline changes from the Salve Regina to today’s chant: Alma Redemptoris Mater. Although it was originally sung as an “antiphon” that is: sung once, followed by a psalm set to a simple tone, and then sung again, it is now a sort o ...
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