2010 Colloquium
Going on the advice from some friends over at the CMAA forum, I had the opportunity to attend Mass at St Etheldreda’s Church in Ely, London. This was a Latin Mass, complete with chant, polyphony, accompanied by a small chamber orchestra. When I get a chance, I’ll try to upload all the photos.
(By the way, the choir was directly ABOVE where I was standing when I took this picture. A bit hard to explain, but it worked beautifully well!)
Here’s the music listed in the week’s bulletin:
- Scarlatti: Missa Sanctae Caeciliae
- Philips: Ecce vincit leo
- Philips: Ave Iesu Christe
- Credo III, Salve Regina, Christus vincit, Te Deum
- Organ: Scarlatti: Quartetto in F
I was very pleased to see all the ordinaries and other responses of the congregation detailed (in chant notation!) in the Ordo Missae. It was an absolute pleasure worshiping with others in this beautiful environment built in the middle ages, about 1250 AD.
It would have been wonderful to record the Mass, I suppose, but I’m a bit glad I didn’t. Listening to a recording just isn’t the same experience as being present in the Mass.
I am so glad you were able to experience St. Etheldreda’s. The Holy Mass as offered there in the company of such glorious music gives one a glimpse of what the worship in Heaven must be.
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