The quarterly magazine which generally includes a letter from Fr Abbot, a diary of recent activity at the Abbey, book reviews and articles by monks, oblates or visitors.
The quarterly magazine which generally includes a letter from Fr Abbot, a diary of recent activity at the Abbey, book reviews and articles by monks, oblates or visitors.
The remarkable variety of the chants on this disc is far from ordinary. The interpretation is thoughtful, and is based on a real understanding of the chant. As the excellently written booklet says, ‘close attention…
This is a major CD, presenting twenty-nine chants intrinsic to the annual liturgical cycle that have not often been recorded. The singing, united, flowing and deeply musical, does them full justice. The text of each, with translation…
The quarterly magazine which generally includes a letter from Fr Abbot, a diary of recent activity at the Abbey, book reviews and articles by monks, oblates or visitors.
Our new CD recording opens with today’s Entrance Chant, Laetetur cor. This Chant is very ancient. It’s rather brief; largely made up from stock formulae; unadventurous in range and development, and with a simple structure. It’s also a work of musical genius…
The monks of Pluscarden present a new album: Tempus per annum. The album explores music used in ‘Ordinary Time’ - that is, all the weeks that fall outside the Seasons of Advent…
