Dear forum, My spiritual director, mentor and friend is celebrating 25years in priesthood, he asked me to choose a song of thanksgiving. Does anyone have an idea or suggestions?
All the above suggestions are really good. In answer to your question, the setting I had in mind was the plainchant one, found in your Liber Usualis. Stanford, or Howells, or Britten, or Byrd, or any other such would be nice if you have the resources - choir and organ. If you have an orchestra as well as a choir and soloists, the Charpentier could hardly be bettered.
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