“IT is the sweetest note that man can sing;

When grace in virtue’s key tunes nature’s string.”

St. Robert Southwell

“To the Reader”

Orchestral & InstrumentaL

  • “Enchanted,” “Astral Temple,” “Silvernight,” and “Wayless” by Patrick Lenk

  • “Canon in D” by Johann Pachelbel

  • “Deliverance” by Thomas Bergerson

  • Symphony No. 7 and Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven

  • “The Four Seasons” by Antonio Vivaldi

  • “Further Up, Further In” and “Angelic Highways” from Seasons by Tony Anderson

  • “Fratres” by Arvo Pärt

  • “Two ancient liturgical melodies for orchestra” by Leopold Stokowski

  • The Protecting Veil by John Tavener

  • Symphony No. 3 by Henryk Górecki

  • Cello Sonata No. 1 in G Major by Johann Sebastian Bach

Chant, PolyphonY, and Opera

  • “O Ignis Spiritus” by St. Hildegard of Bingen

  • “Salve Regina” (Solemn Tone)

  • “Miserere Mei” by Gregorio Allegri

  • Passio, “Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen,” “Magnificat,” “De Profundis,” and “The Deer’s Cry” by Arvo Pärt

  • Lamentations and Praises by John Tavener

  • “Agnus Dei” by Samuel Barber

  • “Hymn to Christ the King” by the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles

  • “Virga Jesse” by Anton Bruckner

  • “Spem in Alium” by Thomas Tallis

  • Missa Assumpta est Maria in caelum by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

  • Dialogues Des Carmelites by Francis Poulenc

  • “Spiritus Domini”

  • “Te Deum” performed by the Monks of St. Maurice

  • Rodelinda by George Frideric Handel

  • The Marriage of Figaro and “Lacrimosa” from the Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • “Heyr himna smiður” by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson

  • “Ave Maria” by Franz Biebl

  • “Tantum Ergo” by Louis Vierne

  • “Messa del Primo Tuono (Missa Brevis in D minor)” by Antonio Lotti

  • “Deus in Auditorium” by Clamavi de Profundis

  • “Alleluia” by Eric Whitacre

Film Music

  • “Earth,” “The Wheat,” “Elysium,” “Honor Him,” and “Now We Are Free” from Gladiator by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard

  • “Outlawed Tunes On Outlawed Pipes,” “A Gift of a Thistle,” and “Freedom / The Execution Bannockburn” from Braveheart by James Horner

  • “The Shire,” “Rivendell,” “Gilraen’s Memorial,” and “Caras Galadhon” from The Fellowship of the Ring by Howard Shore

  • “Théoden King / The Funeral of Théodred,” “One of the Dúnedain / Evenstar,” “The Last March of the Ents,” and “The Tales That Really Matter” from The Two Towers by Howard Shore

  • “The Grace of Undómiel,” “The Lighting of the Beacons,” “The Sacrifice of Faramir,” “The Battle of the Pelennor Fields,” “A Far Green Country,” “The Eagles,” and “Days of the Ring” from The Return of the King by Howard Shore

  • “A Hidden Life,” “Return,” “There Will Be No Mysteries,” and “Love and Suffering” from A Hidden Life by James Newton Howard

  • “Cornfield Chase” from Interstellar by Hans Zimmer

  • “The Blue Planet” from Blue Planet II by Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea, and David Fleming

  • “History Lesson,” “Pain, Loss, and Love,” “We Are All to Blame,” and “Amazons of Themyscira” from Wonder Woman by Rupert Gregson-Williams

  • “Come Back to Us” from 1917 by Thomas Newman

  • “Fellowship,” “John Ronald,” “The TCBS,” “Other Sorts of Scars,” and “Scuppered (Ancient Things)” from Tolkien by Thomas Newman

  • “Father Christmas” and “Only the Beginning of the Adventure” from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by Harry Gregson-Williams

  • “The Kings and Queens of Old” and “Arrival at Aslan’s How” from Prince Caspian by Harry Gregson-Williams

  • “Love Is the Only Way” from Paul, Apostle of Christ by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek

  • “In the Beginning” from The Bible by Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe

  • “Planet Earth II Suite” from Planet Earth II by Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea, and Jasha Klebe

  • “Time” from Inception by Hans Zimmer

  • “Mary Goes to Jesus” and “Resurrection” from The Passion of the Christ by John Debney

  • “Becoming Human” from Score: A Film Music Documentary by Ryan Taubert

  • “Fate Has Smiled Upon Us,” “Planting the Fields,” and “Robin Speaks” from Robin Hood by Marc Streitenfeld

  • “Titles” from Chariots of Fire by Vangelis

  • “Main Title” from A Streetcar Named Desire by Alex North