Absolutely beautiful..... the ancient dignity of plainsong....the dazzling clarity of boys' voices alternating with the operatic depth of the men chanting. Perfection!
I had a friend who was over my house for a house party that got a call that her sister was in a bad car accident and might not make it through the night. Her sister was in a different State and no way of her being able to see her until next day. I played her this psalm and asked everyone to pray... the calmness that came over us was unreal. We just knew god was gonna make it all better. This is one of my fav clips on UA-cam and I thank you for posting it!
Sacred music has an special effect while ist is being heard in a big church like this one and also with those spectacular voices and choir. Regards from Trujillo, Peru.
My husband and I had the priviledge of attending mass at Westminister Cathedral in London three times. The music was entralling-unforgettable. I looked around and the entire place was packed with mostly young people from all over the world. The lines for Confession were around the corner-again mostly young people. I feel there's a quiet rebirth going on in our Church. This parish is at the epi-center of it, perhaps! Thankx for posting. This is perfect.
21 years and counting since I last ripped this off VHS tape using an old Hauppauge WinTV PCI card - if the file date is correct...! It still stuns me today! Check out Ad Fontes who have some beautifully-made new CDs from Westminster Cathedral Choir.
Wonderful. I recommend visiting evening mass at Westminster Cathedral. It is an uplifting experience especially if the Cathedral school choristers' are singing. I went two nights in a row when visiting London recently. Could listen all day.
Psalm 38 O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. For your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down upon me. Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; my bones have no soundness because of my sin. My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly. My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body O LORD, do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God. Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
This is gorgeous! I visited this church in 07. The choir was so enthralling, I told my husband,"I can die right now."~ It was SRO every mass. The Catholic Church is alive and well in London,England~the place of many martyrs, including +St.John Southworth+ who lies in state within this church. And this choir is incredibly inspiring and hard-working. Thankx.
This is wonderful. I have spent much time in Westminster Cathedral in private prayer. Although an Anglican, I am extremely grateful to the Cathedral's hospitality. It is free to enter, the architecture is inspiring. For those who havent visited, I urge you to do so.
It's a lovely Cathedral in more ways than one. I live in Cambridge but work in London so often pop into Westminster Cathedral for some quiet time or for evening prayer. I'm also Anglican too.
i absolutely love the organ in this clip. the use of the dif stops and the way they alter the chords adds so many dimentions to the chant. i listen to this almost every night b4 bed :)
Lovely chant to the Father. It creates a mind blowing sensation. Good feeling. Holy God, Mighty God, hear our prayer and grant us peace. I love this chant. Thank you very much for sharing. Welldone and God bless†
Thank you so much for the upload!!! Out of all the videos on UA-cam, this is my absolute favorite! Everytime I hear it, it seems my heart would burst... the organ, the choir, the worship... it's all so beautiful! Thank you again and again!
Oh oui bien sûr je connais. Westminster Cathedral Choir est un de mes grands favoris en angleterre. Et ici absolument d'accord pour le rendu. Vraiment magnifique de justesse.
Wonderful, perfect... come to feel that I am being led to sky for so much beauty ... the sky should be, this is heaven to me ... God bless this beautiful coral of God
This is beautiful. I was lucky enough to chance upon last nights evening Mass. I'm Anglo-Catholic, but the music alone made me want to convert. The Cathedral is a wonderful building, and especially at night it seemed as though there was no ceiling, and that heaven itself was among us.
Amazing! Precious psalm and hymn! Voices of angels singing! Congratulations! They all take to the same heavens! GOD is really praised and worshiped with this kind of music!
liberalsistah, what a wonderful thing to say. I have watched videos of the hadj and have thought I would treasure the experience of walking around the kaaba. We all worship the same God after all. It's my hope that Christians and Muslims can find constructive dialogue and live not just in harmony, but brotherhood. I am certain God would smile on this. Peace.
Music such as this is so beautiful. I'm don't believe in a God, but I certainly enjoy the music made by those who do. This brings tears to my eyes and chills down my spine. Truly gorgeous.
Wow, heard them last night on their American tour. They're hot, and this plainsong chanting is fabulous. Only wish they were singing Coverdale, but it's still tops. If you've got fly, fly first class!!!!!!!!!
It was from an Easter Good Friday afternoon Vespers in 1993, which screened on Carlton television. 1 day before my baptism and confirmation at the Cathedral. I have it on video tape somewhere. Will 1 day convert to DVD format and upload. 1 day.
This is the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Westminster. As to why the alter is bare, it is possible that this is during Holy Thursday/Good Friday, where the alter is stripped. That is my guess at least. Beautiful music, I cannot stop listening to it.
This is the translation of the Psalter known as the Grail. It was done in the early 60s for singing and is the official translation used in English speaking coutries for the Breviary (Liturgia Horarum)
Nevertheless, it is amazing and line or no line, catholic or Catholic...this Psalm honors the God who calls us all through Christ Jesus. God bless Canterbury. God bless Rome.
Yes Paul.....Keep patience and try to see the outside world's irrelevance against the peace and purity of the choir's singing. the praises of God.....the Opus Dei. Let us all open again our minds. even as an innocent boy's uncluttered mind.....and hear The Lord God in the quiet beauty of what you once sang.
This is the grail version of psalm 38 (actually numbered 37 in the grail). The psalm is being sung in the Catholic way, which is single voiced.The Anglican tradition sings the psalms in four voices and uses a different translation. O Lord do not rebuke me in your anger; do not punish me Lord in your rage . . . . .
This was a Vespers, I suspect from the centenary year 1995 The 2 priests are George Stack (now Aux Bishop in Westminster) and Mark Langham who is in Rome as the Sec to the Pontifical Council for Xtian Unity. 1m and 15 s in the back row are (from the front) David Gould (CT), Andrew Carwood (T now DoM at St Paul's Cathedral), Clifford Lister (T), Rob Evans (B) Steven Alder (B). On the other side (2 mins 40) are Trevor Ling (B) Adrian Peacock (B), Nick Kaey (T) Matthew Vine (T) Angus Davidson CT
Though I'm Protestant, and don't agree that it will be the Pope to revive the church, I do believe we, both Protestant and Catholic, are the Catholic Universal Church,and in Christ are brothers.
The absolute GOSPEL TRUTH is that the church founded by our Saviour is marked by four signs. Namely: She is ONE, She is Holy, She is Catholic and She is Apostolic. Sadly, no other protestant sect, can claim to be that Church. Our Lord founded the Church on Peter, Apostle of Christ and the first Bishop of Rome and therefore the first Pope. Pope Francis ,our present pope is his successor.
Actually, this is Catholic. And the tune they used in chanting the psalm we hear in this video is an old traditional one, one of the a modal tones for psalms (if my memory serves me correct as regards the term). The reason why some may find this Anglican is because of the British accent. Nevertheless this is still Roman Catholic of the Vatican II Rites.
@cantorisdecani I agree with you cantor. I don't understand why some of these people are on here. All they do is criticize. If they don't like it go somewhere else. Although Anglican myself, thanks for the wonderful recording. I am proud of the similarities of the Roman and the English churches.
A cotta is pleated with a square collar and often shorter than a surplice, and not worn so much in CofE. Have seen some anglican priests wearing them, so it is possible that an anglican choir could wear them.
Westminster Cathedral is actually, to quote Wikipedia, "the mother church of the Roman Catholic community in England and Wales and the Metropolitan Church and Cathedral of the Archbishop of Westminster".
To answer a few questions... The year was 1994 (I know cos im in the video, it was my last year in the choir). It's a Catholic Cathedral, not CofE. And the guy with a white strand (his name is Aaron) doesn't have bleach in his hair - he has a birthmark on his head which causes the hair to turn white. Oh and the conductor is James O'Donnell... Now the Master Of Music down the road at Westminster Abbey (we had great rivalry with them & the choir of St Paul's back in the day!) If you like what you hear, check out the Hyperion record label. They did all our professional recordings, there's a huge back catalogue of Westminster Cathedral recordings available.
I've got to say this comment is a bit depressing really. Is it really necessary to arrogantly assert that the beliefs of many people is 'made up tosh'? To return the favour I shall simply answer that atheists are under a strong delusion, "professing themselves wise they became fools". I've worked out that atheists are self-deluded, and think themselves a lot smarter than they prove to be when they land in a serious discussion on the philosophy and theology of the Church. There, the score is even now.
@micvpreaching Hardly. The Westminster Confession existed long before this cathedral. Article 25 par 6 would be enough to show that it could not have come from this denomination. Barely half a century after the drafting of the Westminster Confession, which was accepted by the Church of Scotland but not by the Church of England, control orders had to be placed on the Church of Rome due to what were seen as its antinational stance. The orders were not fully withdrawn til 1829.
This is a "translation" table of the numbers: LXX= Septuagint i.e. "Catholic"; MT = Masoretic Text i.e. reformed Jewish/Protestant. LXX MT 1-8 1-8 9 9-10 10-112 11-113 113 114-115 114 116:1-9 115 116:10-19 116-145 117-146 146 147:1-11 147 147:12-20 148-150 148-150 As of number of psalms, there are always 150 psalms but the old Jewish greek septuagint adds a 151:st psalm.
Absolutely beautiful..... the ancient dignity of plainsong....the dazzling clarity of boys' voices alternating with the operatic depth of the men chanting. Perfection!
I had a friend who was over my house for a house party that got a call that her sister was in a bad car accident and might not make it through the night. Her sister was in a different State and no way of her being able to see her until next day. I played her this psalm and asked everyone to pray... the calmness that came over us was unreal. We just knew god was gonna make it all better. This is one of my fav clips on UA-cam and I thank you for posting it!
I'm so addicted to this video.
Oh wow... first time I have searched for my old choir! Former chorster 1980-1984!
Sacred music has an special effect while ist is being heard in a big church like this one and also with those spectacular voices and choir.
Regards from Trujillo, Peru.
Grandiose, interprétation parfaite ainsi que l'accompagnement de l'orgue.
My husband and I had the priviledge of attending mass at Westminister Cathedral in London three times. The music was entralling-unforgettable. I looked around and the entire place was packed with mostly young people from all over the world. The lines for Confession were around the corner-again mostly young people. I feel there's a quiet rebirth going on in our Church. This parish is at the epi-center of it, perhaps! Thankx for posting. This is perfect.
I listen to this chant, this very video, regularly since years - at least ten I think, and it never stops to amaze me.
21 years and counting since I last ripped this off VHS tape using an old Hauppauge WinTV PCI card - if the file date is correct...! It still stuns me today! Check out Ad Fontes who have some beautifully-made new CDs from Westminster Cathedral Choir.
Wonderful. I recommend visiting evening mass at Westminster Cathedral. It is an uplifting experience especially if the Cathedral school choristers' are singing. I went two nights in a row when visiting London recently. Could listen all day.
This is what music in the Catholic Church should be!!
This Is Anglican
@@Norge_collector_historythis is a Roman Catholic cathedral choir
@@wftjet no.... It's Westminster cathedral
Westminster Cathedral is the mother Church of the Roman Catholic faith in England. You are perhaps confusing this with Westminster Abbey?
Psalm 38
O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
For your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down upon me.
Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; my bones have no soundness because of my sin.
My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.
My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body
O LORD, do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God.
Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
My goodness this is old! About 1992 given that I'm about 9 there and I'm 25 now!
This is gorgeous! I visited this church in 07. The choir was so enthralling, I told my husband,"I can die right now."~ It was SRO every mass. The Catholic Church is alive and well in London,England~the place of many martyrs, including +St.John Southworth+ who lies in state within this church. And this choir is incredibly inspiring and hard-working. Thankx.
It's amazing, absolutely amazing, it's a foretaste of heaven
This is wonderful. I have spent much time in Westminster Cathedral in private prayer. Although an Anglican, I am extremely grateful to the Cathedral's hospitality. It is free to enter, the architecture is inspiring. For those who havent visited, I urge you to do so.
It's a lovely Cathedral in more ways than one. I live in Cambridge but work in London so often pop into Westminster Cathedral for some quiet time or for evening prayer. I'm also Anglican too.
You both are lucky. You should check out Catholicism though, beware the new church of vatican two though. God Bless you both.
i absolutely love the organ in this clip. the use of the dif stops and the way they alter the chords adds so many dimentions to the chant. i listen to this almost every night b4 bed :)
The singing of psalms unites all Christians. This video is a highly worthy one !
Lovely chant to the Father. It creates a mind blowing sensation. Good feeling.
Holy God, Mighty God, hear our prayer and grant us peace.
I love this chant. Thank you very much for sharing.
Welldone and God bless†
Thank you so much for the upload!!! Out of all the videos on UA-cam, this is my absolute favorite! Everytime I hear it, it seems my heart would burst... the organ, the choir, the worship... it's all so beautiful! Thank you again and again!
Oh oui bien sûr je connais. Westminster Cathedral Choir est un de mes grands favoris en angleterre. Et ici absolument d'accord pour le rendu. Vraiment magnifique de justesse.
Poor Paul Donovan hope you find faith again,remember we are all in the same boat and we are all sea sick,hope your not too sick
THIS SONG IS ADDICTIVE..
Dostoevsky said, "Beauty will save the world." Thank you, emmzlee, for backing him up.
I hope more people have the opportunity to hear this! Wonderful!
Wonderful, perfect... come to feel that I am being led to sky for so much beauty ... the sky should be, this is heaven to me ...
God bless this beautiful coral of God
❤AMEN ❤AMEN ❤
I know, isn't that absolutely wonderful!
The only other place I've heard psalm tone chanting this good was about a mile away at All Saint's Margaret Street. This is even better...
This is beautiful. I was lucky enough to chance upon last nights evening Mass. I'm Anglo-Catholic, but the music alone made me want to convert. The Cathedral is a wonderful building, and especially at night it seemed as though there was no ceiling, and that heaven itself was among us.
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@@RezaChity-G Aha, no no. As it happens, I now live 5 minutes from the Cathedral, and worship there occasionally when Roman family visit.
They sing much better then they do in Rome.
So beautiful I remember this sung at Our Lady of Walsingham at Benediction/Vespers
Exquisitely beautiful composition and singing.
absolutely stunning
Truly this makes my heart soar, at the same time I feel very reflective and meditative. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing! Precious psalm and hymn! Voices of angels singing! Congratulations! They all take to the same heavens! GOD is really praised and worshiped with this kind of music!
how lovely. sends my spirit into worship!
this video is very exemplar... very good. the tranquility and beauty...
Absolutely amazing. Хранит Вас Господь, братья.
... this is beautiful ...
this is so calming and very beautiful! Thanks so much for posting this.
liberalsistah, what a wonderful thing to say. I have watched videos of the hadj and have thought I would treasure the experience of walking around the kaaba. We all worship the same God after all. It's my hope that Christians and Muslims can find constructive dialogue and live not just in harmony, but brotherhood. I am certain God would smile on this. Peace.
Music such as this is so beautiful. I'm don't believe in a God, but I certainly enjoy the music made by those who do. This brings tears to my eyes and chills down my spine.
Truly gorgeous.
Wow, heard them last night on their American tour. They're hot, and this plainsong chanting is fabulous. Only wish they were singing Coverdale, but it's still tops. If you've got fly, fly first class!!!!!!!!!
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It was from an Easter Good Friday afternoon Vespers in 1993, which screened on Carlton television. 1 day before my baptism and confirmation at the Cathedral. I have it on video tape somewhere. Will 1 day convert to DVD format and upload. 1 day.
You say youre Catholic? Whats with the "Catholic church bad" playlist then?
Wow. The ending was the most shocking to me. Perfection.
This is the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Westminster. As to why the alter is bare, it is possible that this is during Holy Thursday/Good Friday, where the alter is stripped. That is my guess at least. Beautiful music, I cannot stop listening to it.
i wish my choir could sing like them
Heavenly.
This is the translation of the Psalter known as the Grail. It was done in the early 60s for singing and is the official translation used in English speaking coutries for the Breviary (Liturgia Horarum)
Nevertheless, it is amazing and line or no line, catholic or Catholic...this Psalm honors the God who calls us all through Christ Jesus. God bless Canterbury. God bless Rome.
superb
Yes Paul.....Keep patience and try to see the outside world's irrelevance against the peace and purity of the choir's singing. the praises of God.....the Opus Dei. Let us all open again our minds. even as an innocent boy's uncluttered mind.....and hear The Lord God in the quiet beauty of what you once sang.
hae Douglas? I wish to know more about the Opus Dei...How can I? I even wish to join.
This is the grail version of psalm 38 (actually numbered 37 in the grail). The psalm is being sung in the Catholic way, which is single voiced.The Anglican tradition sings the psalms in four voices and uses a different translation.
O Lord do not rebuke me in your anger; do not punish me Lord in your rage . . . . .
The terms are always interchangeable in my experience.
This was a Vespers, I suspect from the centenary year 1995 The 2 priests are George Stack (now Aux Bishop in Westminster) and Mark Langham who is in Rome as the Sec to the Pontifical Council for Xtian Unity.
1m and 15 s in the back row are (from the front) David Gould (CT), Andrew Carwood (T now DoM at St Paul's Cathedral), Clifford Lister (T), Rob Evans (B) Steven Alder (B). On the other side (2 mins 40) are Trevor Ling (B) Adrian Peacock (B), Nick Kaey (T) Matthew Vine (T) Angus Davidson CT
this i s my Fav video
Though I'm Protestant, and don't agree that it will be the Pope to revive the church, I do believe we, both Protestant and Catholic, are the Catholic Universal Church,and in Christ are brothers.
The absolute GOSPEL TRUTH is that the church founded by our Saviour is marked by four signs. Namely: She is ONE, She is Holy, She is Catholic and She is Apostolic. Sadly, no other protestant sect, can claim to be that Church. Our Lord founded the Church on Peter, Apostle of Christ and the first Bishop of Rome and therefore the first Pope. Pope Francis ,our present pope is his successor.
This is actually from 1992/1993. My penultimate year in the choir.
Fantastic privelage to sing in the choir. It sure was an experience that you remember. Do you have some more of your singing.? Franklin Samraj
@cantorisdecani : This is very attractive to the ear !
Go to Brompton Oratory also to hear the professional choir - I promise - you will not be disappointed!
It's probably about 10 years old now. I think it was from a Good Friday service.
Actually, this is Catholic. And the tune they used in chanting the psalm we hear in this video is an old traditional one, one of the a modal tones for psalms (if my memory serves me correct as regards the term).
The reason why some may find this Anglican is because of the British accent. Nevertheless this is still Roman Catholic of the Vatican II Rites.
@cantorisdecani I agree with you cantor. I don't understand why some of these people are on here. All they do is criticize. If they don't like it go somewhere else. Although Anglican myself, thanks for the wonderful recording. I am proud of the similarities of the Roman and the English churches.
I may be wrong but I think this psalm (38) is usually sung on Good Friday.
Wonderful to hear this Gregorian psalmsetting. Do the choirboys still learn Gregorian singing today?
A cotta is pleated with a square collar and often shorter than a surplice, and not worn so much in CofE. Have seen some anglican priests wearing them, so it is possible that an anglican choir could wear them.
I agree, the music of the Holy Roman Catholic Church should be like this and stop the liturgical abuses!!!
Incredible! Have you got Lord's Prayer performed by this choir? I remember it was amazing...
I will not be much in the mix and things but, I see the Catholic Church is what finally organized by the Orthodox
Westminster Cathedral is actually, to quote Wikipedia, "the mother church of the Roman Catholic community in England and Wales and the Metropolitan Church and Cathedral of the Archbishop of Westminster".
It might be an issue of length then, since the pleats and square yoke definitely don't make it a cotta (cf. Almy and Wippell catalogs).
Yes. Westminster Abbey is the Anglican one.
It is sung in the second tone, by the way.
that's right. it's sung in the perspective of Jesus praying to God at the time of the crusifixion when the sin of the world was on Him.
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To answer a few questions...
The year was 1994 (I know cos im in the video, it was my last year in the choir). It's a Catholic Cathedral, not CofE. And the guy with a white strand (his name is Aaron) doesn't have bleach in his hair - he has a birthmark on his head which causes the hair to turn white.
Oh and the conductor is James O'Donnell... Now the Master Of Music down the road at Westminster Abbey (we had great rivalry with them & the choir of St Paul's back in the day!)
If you like what you hear, check out the Hyperion record label. They did all our professional recordings, there's a huge back catalogue of Westminster Cathedral recordings available.
I've got to say this comment is a bit depressing really. Is it really necessary to arrogantly assert that the beliefs of many people is 'made up tosh'?
To return the favour I shall simply answer that atheists are under a strong delusion, "professing themselves wise they became fools". I've worked out that atheists are self-deluded, and think themselves a lot smarter than they prove to be when they land in a serious discussion on the philosophy and theology of the Church.
There, the score is even now.
I hope you are not discouraged from reconsidering your views despite the non-Christian approach to 'even the score' from this other guy.
Congratulations!!! :o )
Why so angry, Paul? When you are 80 you will look back at your time of choirboy with great pleasure and love.
@micvpreaching
Hardly. The Westminster Confession existed long before this cathedral. Article 25 par 6 would be enough to show that it could not have come from this denomination. Barely half a century after the drafting of the Westminster Confession, which was accepted by the Church of Scotland but not by the Church of England, control orders had to be placed on the Church of Rome due to what were seen as its antinational stance. The orders were not fully withdrawn til 1829.
What version/translation of the psalter do they sing?
It is an amazing piece of psalm singing. Do you know whose setting this is?
Wish, I did.
@@RezaChity-G NO but i wish i know
Nice to see them wearing Cottas and not surplices, as is usual in Anglican Choirs. Singing pretty good too. Well done boys.
Because this is the Choir of Westminster Cathedral the Mother Church of Roman Catholics in England and Wales. They are not Anglican.
Yes! Somewhat younger and blonder than I am now...
Is there a good clip of Psalm 23 set to Marosa (Bain), esp. the Gordon Jacob arrangement?
Was this taken from the time of Cardinal Hume (R.I.P.) or Cardinal O' Connor? Preety good chant, I must add.
@cantorisdecani : This is an OK rendition of a psalm and is very interesting !
The mysticism of catholoicism. The catholicism of mysticism.
Anyone has any idea which tune is the psalter using ?I know the word is Grail Psalter, how about the tune ?
The tunes are known as Plainsong, and they probably date from between 500 and 1000 AD
This is a "translation" table of the numbers:
LXX= Septuagint i.e. "Catholic"; MT = Masoretic Text i.e. reformed Jewish/Protestant.
LXX MT
1-8 1-8
9 9-10
10-112 11-113
113 114-115
114 116:1-9
115 116:10-19
116-145 117-146
146 147:1-11
147 147:12-20
148-150 148-150
As of number of psalms, there are always 150 psalms but the old Jewish greek septuagint adds a 151:st psalm.
@cantorisdecani
The link does not work... :(
what is the religious history behind the -choir robes-?
I like this video. Does someone know what is the Psalm´s name? Best regards.
Psalm 38.
This is the catholic cathedral. The anglican one is at westminster ABBEY
Psalm 38. I don't know whose setting though.
@ioannes345 this is in a Catholic Church.
that must have been a great experience, im jealous. do u still attend here?
is the Archbishop in the cathedra Cardinal Hume?
think it would have been more like 1992ish as Im in the clip!
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