In celebration of the 60th anniversary

of the monastery's founding

The program, entitled Songs for the Mother, featured the Gloria, Sanctus, and Benedictus from Claudio Monteverdi's Mass for Four Voices, dating from the early 17th century. We sang motets by Anerio, Byrd, Palestrina, Lassus, and Sweelinck, along with a group of Ave Maria settings by Handl, Rachmaninov, Pärt, Daley, and Parsons, and Arvo Pärt’s Magnificat. The concert also included the Song of Songs, in settings by 16^th-century composers Antoine Brumel and Clemens non Papa.