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Presented in a beautiful three panel gatefold sleeve on matt card, with stunning gold leaf lettering and a 12 page booklet featuring band photography by Janice Issit and Karla Da Silva

Includes unlimited streaming of Prayers of the Rosary via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. The making of Prayers of the Rosary

During the wilderness months of 2020 I lived in Glastonbury, the ancient Isle of Avalon. Cloistered away from the troubles of the world, I drew on the enchantments of this uniquely inspiring place as I created the Mediæval Bæbes’ tenth studio album – ‘Prayers of the Rosary’.


I composed original plainsong settings of these iconic Latin prayers and arranged them against a meditative backdrop of local field recordings, archaic and exotic instrumentation and spectral vocal textures. Steeped in the ceremony and mysteries of the Catholic tradition, this album echoes the full spectrum of religious experience, from terror to transcendence, from the sinful to the celestial.

Glastonbury lies on the St. Michael’s line, an alignment of Christian and pre-Christian sacred sites across the south of England that links it with St. Michael’s Mount, Avebury henge and the abbey at Bury St. Edmunds. The field recordings featured on this album were all captured at significant locations along this most famous of ley lines: Glastonbury’s legendary Chalice Well, a Beltane dawn chorus within sight of the Tor, and the sound of St. James’ church bells, heard from just outside Avebury’s stone circle.


Prayers of the Rosary was recorded over the summer months, with Mediæval Bæbes past, present and future contributing remotely. In September, we leapt through a fortuitous window of opportunity and made a live recording session of a full choir, at Heath Street Baptist church in Hampstead, London.

I hope you enjoy our interpretations of these most hallowed words, whether your appreciation is musical, spiritual or a mixture of both. The Latin for the Rosary is Rosarium, which means "a garden of roses". With that in mind, let this collection of meditative songs conjure for you a lyrical blossom of transcendent beauty - and a sacred space of tranquility in these uncertain times.

Double Emmy-nominated Mediæval Bæbes are a crossover vocal ensemble whose unique choral style features a beguiling mixture of ancient music, multi-language texts and modern arrangements, replete with a dazzling array of exotic and period instrumentation.

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