Sacred Music Sunday: Dona Nobis Pacem
I had planned to write a Lenten music post because Ash Wednesday is coming up this week. However, with the recent Russian attack on Ukraine, I felt the need to choose a different piece of sacred music for the week.
I first became acquainted with Dona Nobis Pacem when I was in college. Shortly after 9/11, the university choir was asked to perform it, so we learned it in a single rehearsal. It’s a simple and lovely tune with a text drawn from the Agnus Dei section of the mass. It translates to “grant us peace”.
Grant us peace, indeed. Thank you for this, Trudy, it’s perfect
I remember first hearing this song years ago on MASH and have loved it ever since. It seems so appropriate now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3kN5uytxK4
One of my kids learned this song in school. I was thinking of it on the drive home from church today. So perfect for today.