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Performed live—and to much acclaim—at the 1995 National Association of Pastoral Musicians convention, Chant and Spirituality celebrates the cycles of time and seasons—diurnal, annual, liturgical, and eternal. The rich and varied chant traditions presented include Gregorian, Byzantine, Ambrosian, Anglican, Finnish, Old Roman, Dominican, Carpatho-Rusyn, and Kievan. Selections are Kyrie from Gregorian Mass IX; Phos Hilaron; Quoniam tu illminans; Psalm 143, Ecce nunc benedicite Dominum; Jam lucis orto sidere, office hymn at Prime; Rorate coeli desuper, medieval Advent prose; O Rex Gentium, antiphon on Magnificat, Dec. 23; O House of Ephratha, Vespers of the forefeast of Christmas chant of the Valaam Monastery, Finland, in Mode II; Chants for the Baptism of the Lord; Irmos VII, the Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete; Parce Domine, medieval Lenten refrain; Pueri hebraeorum, from the Procession of Palms; Behold the Bridegroom Comes, troparion of Bridegroom Matins; Ubi caritas et amor, preparation chant, Holy Thursday; Lesson I portion, Matins of Holy Thursday; The Paschal Proclamation (Exsultet); O Heavenly King, hymn to the Holy Spirit; and Te Deum Laudaumus. Rejoicing in all the cycles of life, from the prayer of morning and evening, to the great Easter Vigil Exsultet, to a song of praise for the eternal nature of God, Chant and Spirituality gloriously celebrates the timeless power of chant as an expression of spirituality.