“St. Francis’s Salutation to the Virgin”
Fr. Longenecker takes the Latin song penned by St. Francis himself and adapts it as a carol in English, set to music by the gifted Catholic composer William J. Fritz.
“St. Francis & the Christmas Creche”
“St. Francis and the Christmas Creche” celebrates the founding of the Christmas creche tradition by St. Francis who staged the first nativity scene on Christmas Eve in 1223.
“Fantasy on Pange Lingua”
Sacred Music
“Fantasy on Pange Lingua”
Catholic Sacred Music Project (Partner), Sir James MacMillan (Composition Mentor), Timothy McDonnell D.M.A. (Conductor), William Fritz (Composer)
Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, Washington D.C. (2023)
The Catholic Sacred Music Project (CSMP) held a Composition Institute on May 27, 2023. Co-sponsored by the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship, the event featured world premieres of eight new sacred choral works led by composer Sir James MacMillan and performed by the CSMP Choir, Dr. Timothy McDonnell conducting, at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America, Washington, DC.
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