A Sunday Vigil

This music was conceived and composed by André Gouzes, OP, a Dominican priest who has turned the twelfth-century Cistercian abbey of Sylvanes into a modern liturgical and cultural center in the south of France. Borrowing from the unaccompanied four-part singing style of the Eastern rite churches, this music is a premier example of true ritual music. When led by a choir, or a group of competent singers, the predictable harmonic progressions of Fr. Gouzes' music make it readily accessible to the assemblyespecially after a brief learning period. This music truly enables the Hours and the Mass to be sung in the fullest sense of the world. Contents: The Preparation, The Blessing Of The Light, Song: O Radiant Light, Psalm Song: Let My Prayer Rise, Opening Prayer, Canticle: In Your Unfailing Love, Collect, Canticle: Jesus Christ Is The Lord, Collect, Proclamation Of The Gospel, Canticle: My Soul Proclaims, Collect, Hymn: We Praise You, O God, The Final Blessing.