“Tune my spirit to the music of Heaven” Prayer of Saint Brendan
Vox Hiberniae contemplate the life of St. Francis of Assisi with Harp, Voice and Strings
(For subtitles for Latin and Irish texts, click the Subtitles/[CC] box onscreen)
00:00 Hymn to Hope (Rolf Løvland)
04:10 Laudans Laudare Monuit (Chant)
05:47 Seacht Suáilce na Maighdine (Traditional)
10:05 Ode to Simplicity (Rolf Løvland)
12:55 Céad Glóire (Traditional)
17:14 Psalm 150 Seinn Alleluia (Ronan McDonagh) For Ronan McDonagh’s music visit https://www.fuaimlaoi.com
VOX HIBERNIAE: Teresa O’Donnell (Harp) Sarah Lane (Viola/Violin) Mary Louise O’Donnell (Voice) Kerrie O’Connor (Voice) Naomi Dunleavy-O’Shea (Violin)
Location: Adam and Eve’s Friary, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Merchant’s Quay, Dublin, Ireland
Camera and Sound: Jon Henderson
Photography: Julien Behal
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Vox Hiberniae draw on a variety of composers and genres, interspersed with reflections from/about St. Francis, to reflect musically on the life of St. Francis of Assisi from the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Dublin, where the community of Adam and Eve’s Friary continue in the tradition of St. Francis. Rolf Løvland’s compositions expound the virtues of hope, which the prayer of St. Francis exhorts us to sow in place of despair, and simplicity, as exemplified in St. Francis’ way of life. Seacht Suáilce na Maighdine is a traditional Irish piece celebrating seven joys in the life of the Virgin Mary, a tradition also observed in the “Franciscan Crown” devotion. The praises found in St. Francis’ Canticle of the Sun are echoed in Ronan McDonagh’s setting of psalm 150 and in the traditional Irish piece Céad Glóire which offers one hundred glories to God the Father. The chant antiphon from St Francis’ feast day recalls how St Francis “… taught [us] to praise; he was always praising; Praise, I say, of the Savior; He invites birds, beasts, and other creatures to praise the Creator”.
A Celtic Journey with the Irish Saints – Harp, Voice and Strings
Vox Hiberniae contemplate the history of the Irish Church through the lives of the Saints with Harp, Voice and Strings (For subtitles for Irish texts, click the Subtitles/[CC] box onscreen)
00:00 Skellig (Loreena McKennitt)
05:23 St. Patrick’s Breastplate (John O’Keeffe)
07:37 Colmcille the Scribe (Seamus Heaney)
08:28 A BhrÃd, a Mhuire na nGael/ Brigid, Mary of the Gael (Mary MacDonnell)
10:43 The Prayer of Brendan the Navigator
11:25 Iomann Bhréanainn Naofa/Hymn of St. Brendan (Traditional)
13:33 An Raibh tú ar an gCarraig?/Were you at the Rock? (Traditional)
16:14 Ó Raghallaigh’s Grave (Traditional – arr. Ronan McDonagh)
19:55 A Rà na Glóire/King of Glory (Traditional)
23:18 Ps 91: I Will Proclaim Your Love in the Morning (Ronan McDonagh)
For Ronan McDonagh’s music visit https://www.fuaimlaoi.com
For Loreena McKennitt’s music visit https://loreena-mckennitt-shop.myshop…
VOX HIBERNIAE: Teresa O’Donnell (Harp) Naomi Dunleavy-O’Shea (Violin) Kerrie O’Connor (Voice)
Camera: Maria Henderson Sound: Jon Henderson
Location: Carmelite Monastery of St. Joseph, Kilmacud, Dublin, Ireland ************************************************************
Vox Hiberniae draw on a variety of composers and genres to reflect musically on the shaping of the Irish Church by the saints, men and women who established Christianity in Ireland, who gave their lives for their faith or who in more recent times inspire us by their lived example. They are joined by the Carmelite community of sisters from the Monastery of St Joseph in Kilmacud who intersperse the musical pieces with readings drawing us into the story of Christianity in Ireland.
