Your favourite Masses

Jehan_Boutte

I seriously contemplated introducing this mass at our parish this year. Even sent it to the pastor so we could discuss it. At the moment, I haven't taken the plunge, but I really do love it.

Go for it. It is a great Mass to sing, especially for the greater feasts.

RedPop4

Speaking of George Malcom – I just recently discovered him (as a composer) and I really like his Neo-renaissance style. But it seems to me that it's not that much what he wrote and it's hard to find scores. Do they keep it in a safe in Westminster? Or was I just unable to find the publisher? Thanks for help.

My director, just this morning, asked me to find Malcolm's Benedic Anima Mea and it's like hen's teeth.

dad29

Flor Peeters, 2 of them: Mass in honor of St Joseph, and the Missa Laudis/St John the Baptist (not in print.)

Both fine for standard parish choir.

ronkrisman

Frank Martin, of course.

https://www.google.com/search?q=frank+martin,+mass+for+double+choir&oq=&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgAECMYJxjqAjIJCAAQIxgnGOoCMgkIARAuGCcY6gIyCQgCECMYJxjqAjIJCAMQIxgnGOoCMgkIBBAjGCcY6gIyCQgFECMYJxjqAjIJCAYQIxgnGOoCMgkIBxAjGCcY6gLSAQ0yMzAzMDI4MzRqMGo3qAIIsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:f3a63b4f,vid:uZvPdHhleYM,st:0

M. Jackson Osborn

RVW

CharlesW

Louis Vierne - Messe Solennelle.

M. Jackson Osborn

John Taverner - depending on what day it is -
Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas
or
Missa Corona Spinea

(On a very rare day - Stravinsky)

CHGiffen

The Taverner "Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas" is one of my favourites, having sung it several times when I used to sing with Zephyrus (early music ensemble based in Virginia), including one performance at the Cathedral of St. Matthew in Washington, D.C.

liampmcdonough

Orlande de Lassus Missa super "Bel 'armfitrit' altera"
Stanford Communion in C (with Benedictus and Agnus Dei in F)

A_Crabby_Crab

I really like Dvorak's Mass in D Major to listen to.

vansensei

Victoria -- Missa O Quam Gloriosum
Faure -- Requiem
Schubert -- Mass in G
Rheinberger -- Cantus Missae

Frank Martin -- Mass For Double Choir if I had 11 people + myself on baritone
Refice -- Missa Choralis (too many pre-V2 choir + organ Masses, a lot of them are meh, this is tolerable)

Another pre-V2 20th-century Mass that's actually quite beautiful is the Tyberg Mass in F. There's a recording of it from the dearly departed South Dakota Chorale; very accessible work.

SirIggle

> Orlande de Lassus Missa super "Bel 'armfitrit' altera"

Oh that's lovely, thanks. Lassus' writing for double choir is incredible. The Missa Vinum Bonum is a bit of a bucket list item of mine, but it's hard to find opportunities to sing that kind of thing.

Palestrina's Missa Sanctorum Meritis is another good one if y'all are looking for more of his less performed works.

My favorite will probably always be Dufay's Missa L'Homme Arme though. I feel like I appreciate it more every time I sing it.

francis

Anerio : Missa Pro defunctis

We sing this one regularly...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRHtpi29yhw

https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/b/b8/Missa_Pro_Defunctis_Anerio.pdf

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