The original Nunc Dimittis were the opening words of a canticle or song, credited to Simeon, a Jew, who had been promised by the Holy Spirit that he would not die until he had seen the Messiah.

With Arvo Pärt turning 90 tomorrow, Sansara share their filmed performance of Nunc dimittis, recorded in London during sessions for their recent album Sublime Calculations. Arvo Pärt composed his Nunc ...

Byzantine music. Anastaseos imera (Ode) ; Doxology ; O quando in cruce (Latin version) --Byzantine and Ambrosian hymns. Ote to stavro (Greek version) ; Veni redemptor gentium --Pre-Gregorian music.

Today's Video of the Day is a performance of Stanford's 'Nunc dimittis' by the Choir of Merton College and Britten Sinfonia. Stanford in A, as it was originally heard in 1880, reveals its symphonic ...