The veneration of, and devotion to, Mary began in the time of the apostles. The veneration of Mary has flourished in the Church of Rome from the beginning of the second century.
The Schola Cantorum of Santa Fe’s Spring 2008
concert, Echoes of Marygives the opportunity
to hear the musical sounds of the devotion
to Mary in the Roman Catholic churches
of Europe and Latin America during
more than 17 centuries.
The sound of Francisco Lopez Capilla’s
scoring of Aufer a Nobis Iniquitates
as heard in the Mexico City
Cathedral in the 1600s.
Mary’s part in the Christmas
story as told by the 16th century
masters Tomás Luis da
Victoria of Spain and
Hans Leo Hassler of
Germany, through
Ave Maria and
Dixit Maria.
The prayers of Venice’s
St. Mark’s Cathedral in
Antonio Lotti’s 17th
century interpretation
of Regina Cæli.
The pilgrimage to
Lourdes as you hear
the French hymn
Ave Maria de Lourdes.
Echoes of Mary
Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina’s 16th century interpretation of Alma Redemptoris Mater, the 11th century Gregorian chant
that closed each day of medieval monasteries during Christmastide.
The weaving of 4th century
Gregorian chant with the Baroque
sounds of Esteben Salas’
18th century Cuba in the ancient
hymn of Vespers devoted to
the Virgin Mary.
The Gregorian chant
that describes the image
of Juan Diego’s
16th century tilma that
we’ve come to know
as La Virgen de
Guadalupe, the
patroness of
the Americas.
The haunting sound
of Hildegard von
Bingen’s 12th century
convent on the Rhine
River in Germany
in Ave Generosa.