Magnificat

                                          

Time for some  choral music.  

When I was in the cathedral choir in Cardiff, this was one of our favourite pieces - a setting of the Magnificat by Charles Villiers Stanford. This version is sung by the choir of St John's College Cambridge, one of the great choirs of the city.   

Whoever put it on Youtube has teamed it with some tasteful and appropriate visuals, including a painting of the Visitation, when according to St Luke Our Lady first proclaimed the great prayer, and Rembrandt's famous "Return of the Prodigal Son" in the Hermitage at St Petersburg. This is placed at the end of the prayer, when it speaks of God's mercy to all generations.

The setting is for solo soprano/treble and choir. I'm afraid I was not chosen for the solo, but we all enjoyed this beautiful piece, and I still do.