Cathedral Choir

The holy halls of your house of worship vibrate with the spoken spirit, wandering so beautifully from the mouths of the faithful to the ears of awaiting angels standing in the rafters, watching from on high. The light of this day descends from the heavens and fills the hollow spaces, exciting your spirit and sending your heart dancing into an ecstatic frenzy. In addition to leading of singing in which the congregation participates, such as hymns and service music, some church choirs still sing full liturgies, including propers (introit, gradual, communion antiphons appropriate for the different times of the liturgical year). Chief among these are the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches; far more common however is the performance of anthems or motets at designated times in the service. The oldest unambiguously choral repertory that survives is that of ancient Greece, of which the 2nd century BC Delphic hymns and the 2nd century AD. hymns of Mesomedes are the most complete. This sound uses the following file from Freesound: http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=114271