Recordings of Paschal midnight office?

[Andrew Don]

Does anyone know of a recording in English of the Service of Paschal Nocturns/Midnight Office? My initial searches have come up empty.

Thanks for any information provided.

[Kris]

Does anyone know of a recording in English of the Service of Paschal Nocturns/Midnight Office? My initial searches have come up empty.

Thanks for any information provided.

Do you mean the Holy Saturday night service of the Resurrection? If so, you might find a recording here (http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=amandia008&p=r).

[Herman Blaydoe]

Does anyone know of a recording in English of the Service of Paschal Nocturns/Midnight Office? My initial searches have come up empty.

Thanks for any information provided.

I do not believe there is a Paschal Nocturns or Midnight Office. There is the Paschal Matins, Paschal Divine Liturgy and the Paschal Hours which substitutes for the Prayers of the Hours, one of which would be Nocturns.

[Anthony Stokes]

I do not believe there is a Paschal Nocturns or Midnight Office. There is the Paschal Matins, Paschal Divine Liturgy and the Paschal Hours which substitutes for the Prayers of the Hours, one of which would be Nocturns.


Herman,
there definitely is a Paschal Nocturnes. I guess it could be termed "Pre-Paschal Nocturnes." It is the short service at the beginning of the Paschal Vigil, usually starting between 11 and 11:30, depending on what type of music being used. This is the service where the priest removes the winding sheet from the tomb during the 9th ode of the canon, before the Resurrection is proclaimed. Since it is technically before the Paschal proclamation, it would not be replaced by the hours.

Subdeacon Anthony

[Anthony Stokes]

Does anyone know of a recording in English of the Service of Paschal Nocturns/Midnight Office? My initial searches have come up empty.

Thanks for any information provided.

Andrew,
if you are looking for a recording of the Canon from the Nocturnes on Pascha, you can also look for a complete recording of the Holy Saturday Matins with the Lamentations. It is the same canon during that service. I found this recording in Greek- http://www.liturgica.com/cart/musicInfo.jsp?catNo=AB026

I meant to record my choir doing it this year but didn't get a chance to do so.

The 9th Ode of the canon "Do not lament me O Mother..." is also sung at the Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Saturday as the Liturgy Theotokion.

Subdeacon Anthony

[Andrew Don]

Do you mean the Holy Saturday night service of the Resurrection? If so, you might find a recording here (http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=amandia008&p=r).


Thanks-
This is the closest I could find so far, but it is very brief.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p73DX3n95Bw

[Andrew Don]

Andrew,
if you are looking for a recording of the Canon from the Nocturnes on Pascha, you can also look for a complete recording of the Holy Saturday Matins with the Lamentations. It is the same canon during that service. I found this recording in Greek- http://www.liturgica.com/cart/musicInfo.jsp?catNo=AB026

I meant to record my choir doing it this year but didn't get a chance to do so.

The 9th Ode of the canon "Do not lament me O Mother..." is also sung at the Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Saturday as the Liturgy Theotokion.

Subdeacon Anthony

Dear Subdeacon Anthony

Thank-you for this suggestion. I have this recording for Pascha and I enjoy it,

Andrew Don

[Anthony Stokes]

Thanks-
This is the closest I could find so far, but it is very brief.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p73DX3n95Bw


One of the other videos on that page has the 9th Ode as well, in the same melody - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hgMoudjg3w&feature=related

I think it would be hard to find an actual recording of that melody unless SVS does it, since they own the rights to the arrangement.

Subdeacon Anthony

[Andrew Don]

One of the other videos on that page has the 9th Ode as well, in the same melody - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hgMoudjg3w&feature=related

I think it would be hard to find an actual recording of that melody unless SVS does it, since they own the rights to the arrangement.

Subdeacon Anthony

I did not know that. Thank-you. That does narrow it down quite a bit

Andrew Don

[Jeremiah Taluzek]

That video of the Paschal Nocturnes is from my parish :)
I love my church! http://www.stlukeorthodox.com/

[Anthony Stokes]

A new update for this thread, since it came up. Archangel Voices recorded several odes of the Nocturnes canon in the melody discussed above (Znamenny tone 6). It's on their newest CD, Lamentations, and is a great recording. You can here samples and order it here - http://www.archangelvoices.com/titles/lamentations.htm

Sbdn. Anthony

[Jeremiah Taluzek]

I love that CD so much. Thank you for posting, Anthony!

[Michael Astley]

If you scroll down the page, there are some recordings of parts of Paschal Matins here (http://www.newmartyr.info/orthodoxy.html). Part of the Midnight Office with the removal of the plashchanitsa can be seen here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a2gVvIw3Pg). I have this (http://www.holycross-hermitage.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=CD0102), which is rather good.

M

[Maria Murray]

I recorded the 9th ode with my choir, but it is by far not professional! Our recording is not copyrighted, but I don't know how to attach a file here. We use the Carpatho-Russian melodies.