Surrexit a mortuis ('He rose from the dead'), Op. 23, No. 3, is a composition for choir and two organs by Charles-Marie Widor. The text is an anonymous Latin Easter hymn. Named a motet, it was first published by Hamelle in 1906.

Enjoy this beautiful Paschaltide motet by Mendelssohn: Motetten, Op. 39 - III. Surrexit pastor bonus

Standford's anthem about St. Mary Magdalene's encounter with the Risen Christ in Gethsemane's Garden is very moving.

VOCES8 and the Ringmasters perform Franz Biebl's setting of the 'Ave Maria' with the 'Angelus Domini' chant. Originally written for men's...

"Revealing to thee the pre-eternal Counsel, Gabriel came and stood before thee, O Virgin, and in greeting thee, he said, 'Rejoice, earth...

Like the cherubim, we must adore the Lord our God. The musical setting of this Byzantine Hymn by Lvovsky stirs the soul.

We, who mystically representing the cherubim and singing the thrice-holy hymn to the life-creating Trinity, let us now lay aside every...

Composed in 1598 upon the death of Philip II, Versa est in luctum is a suitably majestic motet for six voices - the music conjuring the...

A stunning and prayerful setting of St. Patrick's Breastplate.

The music of Gesualdo is stunning. Enjoy a taste of a recording session by a the Graindelavoix Choir.

Thomas Tallis' Salvator Mundi is a beautiful and meditative motet to begin Lent.

VOCES8 sings Rachmaninoff's 'Bogoroditse Devo' from the 'Vespers (All-Night Vigil), op. 37'.

This is a rarely heart motet by Mozart. His setting of Psalm 50 bids us to remember the tremendous mercies of God for the contrite.

The Maurice Duruflé setting of "Tu es Petrus" is a powerful setting of the text of Christ's words to St. Peter.

Enjoy this beautiful setting of the Ave Regina Coelorum by Dufay.

Thomas Tallis, a name synonymous with the golden age of English Renaissance music, stands as a towering figure in the history of Western mus

Septuagesima begins the pre-Lenten period. This video explains well the structure of pre-Lent and Lent and how wisely the Church instructs u

This short documentary film presents Capilla Flamenca, ensemble for Franco-Flemish polyphonic music from 1350 until 1600.

Motet for four voices (SATB) composed in Rome by italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti in 1708. Alessandro Scarlatti (born May 2, 1660,...

Learn more about the Carmelites of Compiègne who were martyred in the French Revolution. They were declared saints in 2024.