Church Music Corner › 10th Sunday After Pentecost 2025 [loc-001N]

SIGNUM magnum appáruit in cælo: múlier amícta sole, et luna sub pédibus eius et in cápite eius coróna stellárum duódecim.

Gaudeámus omnes in Dómino, diem festum celebrántes sub honóre Maríæ Vírginnis: de cuius assumptióne gaudent Angeli, et colláudant Fílium Dei.

Protéctor noster áspice, Deus, et réspice in fáciem Christi tui: quia mélior est dies una in átriis tuis super míllia.

Today our choir at All Saints Ainslie was without a conductor, so I directed us as we performed Tallis' lovely motet, A New Commandment. Using multi-track recording, here's a rendition of me singing every part of it simultaneously (Closer to Tallis' original pitch than how we performed it):

A new commandment give I unto you, saith the Lord.

That ye love together, as I have loved you.

That e'enso ye love one another,

By this shall everyone know that ye are my disciples,

If ye have love, one to another.

It was also the first Sunday after the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. I know it's not universally celebrated in Anglicanism, but CCSL had at least a feast of "Mary the Mother" and my old parish in Edinburgh had a full celebration of the Assumption. But there was nothing to note the assumption (nor the dormition) at the Anglican parishes of Canberra. Very disappointing.

I didn't go to Evensong today, because I'm so busy setting up the ICFP programming contest.