Category Archives: chants

Bach’s Christmas Oratorio

29 December 17chants, choirs, Christmas, one hour, podcastsongsofhope883

On Christmas Day, Chris brought us excerpts of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio to celebrate Christmas. Parts of cantatas one and two are played. Here is a podcast of one hour of the special Christmas Day Songs of Hope

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Prayers from monastery, France

21 November 17chants, podcast, prayerssongsofhope883

Our prayers on 19Nov17 were from the Christian monastery in Barroux, France and are based on Psalm 120, 121 and 122. Our podcast is the 9am office, called Terce and goes for 11 minutes. Here is the English translation of the prayers

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Gregorian Chants

7 May 17chants, Christian, hymns, podcastsongsofhope883

Listen again to Songs of Hope music podcast from the 7May17 program. Chants include:

Leigh Nash – Kyrie Eleison
Tafelmusik – Gloria
The Church Brothers – Sanctus
The Priests – Benedictus

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Good Friday Liturgy

14 April 17chants, Christian, Easter, podcast960x300, featuredsongsofhope883

johnchrysostom On Good Friday 14Apr17, Songs of Hope presented the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom. This is Christian worship from the eastern tradition

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25Dec16 Bach Christmas Cantata 63

27 December 16chants, Christian, Christmas, hymns, one hour, podcastsongsofhope883

Bach Listen again to Chris Whiting celebrating Christmas and Christs birth and presenting J S Bach Christmas Cantata 63 “Christians engrave this day” on Southern FM 88.3. The program is Songs of Hope. Chris presented this on Christmas Day 2016. The choir is Dunedin Consort. Play time is 47 minutes.