I've checked out the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir's recording of some music of Arvo Pärt directed by Paul Hillier, and it is wonderful. The opening song is this text that I somehow feel would be worth praying and singing much more often in our churches these days:
Give peace in our time,
O Lord,
because there is none other
that fighteth for us,
but only thou, O Lord.
The Latin:
Da pacem Domine
in diebus nostris
quia non est alius
qui pugnet pro nobis
nisi tu Deus noster.
My wife (a piano prof) recently turned me onto Pärt's music. I find it quite intriguing, and the music adds to the text rather than detracts from it.
ReplyDeletePeace.