The Fourth Mystery of Light : settings by Tallis and Messiaen...

(Vatican Radio) Pope Benedict XVI recently called for Catholics to rediscover the gift of the Holy Rosary.

So what better month than October, dedicated in a special way to this Marian prayer for the next in Monsignor Philip Whitmore’s musical meditations on the Mysteries of Light .

Today the fourth of these Mysteries of Light , the Transfiguration of Our Lord. Beginning with a setting by Thomas Tallis.

A programme produced by Veronica Scarisbrick.

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