The History and Future of Gregorian Chant

a Talk on The History and Future of Gregorian Chant in the Roman Liturgy

by Thomas Neal, MA (Cantab), MPhil (Cantab), MEd (B’ham), FRSA,

Director of Music at New College School, Oxford and organist at

St Michael the Archangel, Burghclere

Friday 7 February, 7:45pm, at Blessed Hugh of Faringdon Parish Hall,

Marlborough Street, Faringdon, SN7 7JE

ADMISSION FREE

  • a history of chant from the Jewish temple worship of the Old Testament, through the early church, to the beautiful manuscripts of the 9th and 10th centuries
  • reflections on the nature and purpose of chant, and why it has always been considered the highest form of liturgical music