Other opportunities to hear and sing plainsong
Silver Plainsong
Led by Jonathan Adams
Single, unaccompanied melodic lines of chant – Silver Plainsong is part of the Sage programme of music-making for people over 50.
Tuesdays 1:30-3:00 in term time
Suspended because of COVID-19. Watch for announcements on the Sage Gateshead website
Scottish Plainsong Choir
dir: Alan Tavener
A community project which explores liturgical music in historic venues.
Contact: c.mackenzie@strath.ac.uk
North East Early Music Forum
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For people in north-east England who enjoy early music. We feature
• one-day workshops for singers and players
• a quarterly newsletter for members
• access to the NEEMF library
Plainsong & Medieval Music Society
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The Plainsong and Medieval Music Society, founded in 1888, exists to promote the performance and study of liturgical chant and medieval polyphony
Concertzender Gregoriaans
Plainsong and related music night and day
– streaming from this Dutch internet radio.
Stream live direct from Ampleforth Abbey
You can now listen to the Offices of Lauds (Weekdays 7.30am, Sundays 8am), Vespers (Weekdays 6pm, Sundays 6.20pm) and Compline (Daily 8.15pm) live from the Abbey Church
Temporarily not available
Recordings of monastic liturgy at Solesmes
video and recordings of whole offices or excerpts of offices
made during the community's liturgy – not aiming to provide perfect sound quality but rather to share the atmosphere of liturgical prayer.
The Neumz Project
Recordings (and more) from Benedictine nuns of the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Fidélité, Jouques, in Provence, France.
Square-note score, the Latin text, and translation.
The year's cycle of chants is assembled into a 21st-century multimedia “Liber Digitalis”.
Radio Espérance: Grégorien
plainsong 24/7 from a French Roman Catholic radio station
[Note: the programme times are in Central European Time (CET), so an hour ahead of UK clocks - music listed for 11:00 will be played at 10:00 UK time]
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