“Gregorian chant, thank goodness it’s on the way back.”
It is? That’s good, but I, personally, haven’t witnessed that phenomenon..
Gregorian Chant. The Revival Announced
Dramatic Changes in Music Rubrics for New Missal
Gregorian Chant: Pride of Place [Catholic Caucus]
Gregorian Chant: Back to Basics in the Roman Rite
ECUMENIC(AL): [Video] Interview with le BARROUX Nuns about recording Chant CD for Decca Records
Cloistered French nuns to make Gregorian chant album for Universal Music
Old Roman chant: Qui habitat in adiutorio altissimi - Part II
Gregorian Chant on EWTN
Gregorian chant gains momentum in Anchorage
Gregorian Chant Revival (Nice Video For A Slow Day)
Our custom when singing chant-based polyphony is to perform the chant first, then bridge directly into the motet. Works great with Victoria's "Ave Maria" and just about anything by Palestrina.
We are singing for an Orthodox/Catholic joint prayer service next week, and we will chant the appropriate "O" Antiphon in addition to some polyphonic motets.
Our daughter was married last weekend, and the choir put on an absolutely top-flight music program for the Nuptial Mass. Choral prelude: Purcell's "Bell Anthem", Settings for the Ordinary of the Mass: Mozart's "Spaurmesse", motets Hassler "Dixit Maria" and Palestrina "Sicut cervus", recessional Handel "Hallelujah". Plus of course incidental and congregational music, including an organ improvisation on several melodies from the "Messiah" for the processional, and a psalm setting composed by our choirmaster.
I call it the Church Music Grand Tour. We nailed it. :-D
And because we are prudent and frugal, last Sunday's Mass featured recycled music from the wedding! :-D
There are some dioceses that are further along than others. We have 3 parishes that are all Latin plus a few more that offer the traditional liturgy. On top of that are a lot of parishes returning chant to at least the ordinary parts of the mass.