Gloria In Excelsis Deo is Latin for Glory to God in the Highest. This Gloria
is from the
Missa de Angelis, a fifteenth or sixteenth century plainchant Mass setting which
is still sung regularly in many Churches throughout the world. Plainchant, the
official music of the Church, is sometimes termed Gregorian Chant as it is said
to have its origins in the era of Pope Gregory (590-604) although it was not
written down until the ninth or tenth centuries. During Mass, the cantor or
precentor sings the parts marked 'A' alternating with the Choir and congregation
singing parts 'B' as can be heard on the recording. The Missa de Angelis is
sung regularly during Solemn Masses in the Church of Saint Peter in Chains.
This recording
of Gloria In Excelsis Deo by the choir was made on 24 July 2006.
The soloist was Father
Stephen Motroni
and the other choir members were Evelyne
Agostini, William Brannan, Graeme Cunningham, Jim Donnelly, Alison Erskine,
Joanne Holton, Stephanie Hume, Fiona Johnston, Kirsty
Johnston, Catherine
Kerr, Father Stephen Motroni, Jane Anne Muir, Robin Reid, Susan Small, Gordon
Stevenson and Mary Catherine Swan.