International award-winning vocal octet, Voces8 perform Oralndo Gibbons’ masterpiece, ‘O Clap Your Hands’. The group provide entertainment in Autun Cathedral in France as part of the ‘Musique en Morvan’ Festival.

International award-winning vocal octet, Voces8 perform Oralndo Gibbons’ masterpiece, ‘O Clap Your Hands’. The group provide entertainment in Autun Cathedral in France as part of the ‘Musique en Morvan’ Festival.
Appropriately on the feast day of St Benedict (for a blog interested in monasticism and liturgy)
The Anglican bishops meeting for the Lambeth Conference are following a consultative process called Indaba. This is reminiscent of Benedictine and other styles of meeting.
This Sunday, 27 July, Roman Catholics and Episcopalians and others will essentially pray the same prayer.
July 25 1968 Pope Paul VI published his Encyclical letter Humanae Vitae. His commissions, set up in response to the development of oral contraceptives in…
Lambeth Bible Study with Joanna Clegg A famous poet representing the other party (Alexander Pope), once said ‘know thyself, presume not God to scan; the…
Bosco, what a delight! It’s wonderful. I wish the video was of better quality, as I’m sure you do, too.
Technology keeps leaping ahead, Grandmère Mimi. A few years ago we wouldn’t have imagined all this being possible. Blessings.
Beautiful!
Lovely sound. A truly beautiful piece of early music.
Not too sure about the sentiments however, hand-clapping and prayer just don’t go together for me.
Lovely piece of music and very well sung. I have only sung this once and it wasn’t easy.