St Peter's Cathedral - Audio Clips

Audio Clips

• Schola Cantorum, Ave Maria - Victoria

  Oct 16 2009 (born c. 1548, near Avila, Spain — died Aug. 27, 1611, Madrid) Spanish composer. He went to Rome c. 1565 as an organist and singer, and he may have studied with Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, eventually becoming kapellmeister for a Jesuit congregation (1573 – 77). Ordained a priest (1575), he was associated with St. Philip Neri's group (1578 – 85). During this time he published his books of motets, masses, Magnificats, and hymns. In 1587 he returned to Spain as chaplain to the dowager empress Maria, in whose convent he served as organist and choirmaster until his death. He wrote 21 masses (including a Pope Marcellus Mass), several Magnificats, and 44 motets (including O magnum mysterium). His music is mystical, impressive, and moving, and he was renowned as the greatest Spanish composer of the Renaissance.

  Schola Cantorum, Ave Maria - Victoria
  

• Bells of St Peter's, Carillon Campane

  Oct 12 2009 The Bell's of St Peter's, installed when the spires were added around 1885 by the much loved Administrator of the Parish, Fr Patrick Convery, have been ringing out over St Peter's parish and the surrounding area for well over a century now. The bells were cast in Murphy's Foundry in Dublin. Initially a carillon of nine bells was installed in the South Tower and one in the North Tower. The bells, all named after saints, were called Malachy, Mary, MacNissi, Columba, Brigid, Peter, Patrick, Cecilia and John. The largest bell in the north tower weighs three tons and is called Joseph.

  Bells of St Peter's, Carillon Campane
  

• Bells of St Peter's, St Joseph (Requiem Toll)

  Oct 12 2009 The Bell's of St Peter's, installed when the spires were added around 1885 by the much loved Administrator of the Parish, Fr Patrick Convery, have been ringing out over St Peter's parish and the surrounding area for well over a century now. The bells were cast in Murphy's Foundry in Dublin. Initially a carillon of nine bells was installed in the South Tower and one in the North Tower. The bells, all named after saints, were called Malachy, Mary, MacNissi, Columba, Brigid, Peter, Patrick, Cecilia and John. The largest bell in the north tower weighs three tons and is called Joseph.

  Bells of St Peter's, St Joseph (Requiem Toll)