Fr. Scott Haynes
Officum Defunctorum & Missa pro Defunctis, Cristobal de Morales
Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500 – 1553) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance. The Missa pro Defunctis is thought to be his last work.
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Fr. Scott Haynes
- Nov 12, 2021
- 1 min
In Paradisum, Z. Randall Stroope
In Paradisum was composed in 2020 to honor the victims of the coronavirus and the thousands of families left behind.
Fr. Scott Haynes
- Nov 6, 2021
- 1 min
Dies Irae, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Mozart Requiem is one of the gems of choral music. Hear a stirring rendition of the Dies Irae movement directed by Fr. Scott A. Haynes.
Fr. Scott Haynes
- Nov 6, 2021
- 1 min
Requiem, Maurice Duruflé
This performance of Duruflé’s beautiful setting is dedicated to Nova Scotians and all Canadians who have lost their lives to Covid.
Fr. Scott Haynes
- Nov 6, 2021
- 1 min
Pie Jesu, Gabriel Fauré
When Camille Saint-Saëns heard this music, he told Fauré: “Just as Mozart’s is the only ‘Ave verum corpus’, this is the only ‘Pie Jesu.’”
Fr. Scott Haynes
- Nov 6, 2021
- 1 min
Dies Irae, Giuseppe Verdi
The Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi was composed in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian poet and novelist whom Verdi admired.
Fr. Scott Haynes
- Oct 24, 2021
- 2 min
Hymne à la Vierge, Pierre Villette
Villette based his music on Gregorian chant, which he had sung as a child, and combined it with the exotic textures of Poulenc and Messiaen.
Fr. Scott Haynes
- Oct 24, 2021
- 1 min
Mass for Double Choir, Frank Martin
Hear the Netherlands Chamber Choir sing in a live performance of the stunning Mass for Double Choir of Frank Martin.
Fr. Scott Haynes
- Oct 22, 2021
- 1 min
I Beheld Her Beautiful as a Dove, Healey Willan
Noel Edison directs the Choir of St John's, Elora, singing Healey Willan's Marian Motet, I Beheld her Beautiful as a Dove, HWC 312.
Fr. Scott Haynes
- Oct 22, 2021
- 1 min
Rejoice, the Lord is King, Malcolm Archer
The Winchester College Quiristers & soloist Harry Sever sing "Rejoice, the Lord is King!" by Malcolm Archer on "Songs of Praise" (BBC).
Fr. Scott Haynes
- Oct 20, 2021
- 1 min
Bogoroditse Dyevo (Богородице Дѣво), Sergei Rachmaninoff
Written shortly before the Russian revolution, this excerpt from the "Vespers" of Rachmaninoff is a sublime prayer to the Virgin Mary.
Fr. Scott Haynes
- Oct 20, 2021
- 1 min
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Vaughan Williams came to associate Tallis's theme with John Bunyan's Christian allegory, "The Pilgrim's Progress."
Fr. Scott Haynes
- Oct 14, 2021
- 2 min
Sing me to Heaven, Daniel Gawthrop
If you would comfort me, sing me a lullaby...If you would mourn me and bring me to God, sing me to heaven!
Fr. Scott Haynes
- Oct 14, 2021
- 2 min
O Clap Your Hands, Ralph Vaughan Williams
O clap your hands is a motet by Ralph Vaughan Williams. This anthem is a setting of verses from Psalm 47 in 1920 for choir, brass and organ.
Fr. Scott Haynes
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
Ave Maris Stella, Otto Olsson
The hymn Marian "Ave Maris Stella" is traditionally been attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux. This setting of Otto Olsson is breathtaking
Fr. Scott Haynes
- Sep 17, 2021
- 1 min
Benedictus, Karl Jenkins
Jenkins' "Benedictus" is from "The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace." The text is from the Roman Mass: "Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini."
Fr. Scott Haynes
- Sep 17, 2021
- 1 min
Nunc Dimittis, Arvo Pärt
The Estonian composer Arvo Pärt's beautiful setting of the Canticle of Simeon, "Nunc Dimittis," places us in the Temple of the Lord.
Fr. Scott Haynes
- Sep 14, 2021
- 1 min
Regina Caeli, Duarte Lobo
Duarte Lobo was maestro di cappella of the Cathedral of Saint Mary Major in Lisbon. His thrilling “Regina Caeli" is set for double chorus.
Fr. Scott Haynes
- Sep 14, 2021
- 1 min
Dulcissima Maria, Francisco Guerrero
Guerrero set this graceful text with sublime elegance: “Sweet Mary, I languish for love of thee, for thou art good-natured and kind."
Fr. Scott Haynes
- Sep 14, 2021
- 1 min
Virgen bendita sin par, Pedro de Escobar
Fr. Scott Haynes conducts "Virgen bendita sin par": “O Blessed Virgin without equal, source of all virtue, thou art worthy of praise."
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