As we reflect on the third Glorious Mystery of the Rosary, the Descent of the Holy
Spirit on the Apostles, Monsignor Philip Whitmore plays us three polyphonic settings
of the Pentecost sequence, the ' Veni Sancte Spiritus' of which the first was written
by the 15th century English composer John Dunstable.
Also in this musical meditation
a double-choir setting of the ' Veni Sancte Spiritus' by Tomas Luis de Victoria
and , a Spanish priest -composer as well as a 21st century setting of the Pentecost
sequence wirtten by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies...