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At the minor Hours, the psalms are said as on feast days, but without antiphon; at Compline, the Nunc dimittis is added to the psalms.
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Its atmospherics are impeccable, exemplified by the increasingly frowning matryoshkas and a haunting rendition of Nunc dimittis in the credits.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The Circus Ringmaster: John le Carré Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011
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Its atmospherics are impeccable, exemplified by the increasingly frowning matryoshkas and a haunting rendition of Nunc dimittis in the credits.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The Circus Ringmaster: John le Carré Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011
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Its atmospherics are impeccable, exemplified by the increasingly frowning matryoshkas and a haunting rendition of Nunc dimittis in the credits.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The Circus Ringmaster: John le Carré Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011
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For example, every evening at 10pm devout Roman Catholics must examine their consciences, read a psalm, declare In manus tuas, Domine "Into your hands, Lord", sing the Nunc dimittis from the second chapter of the Gospel of Saint Luke and conclude with a hymn to the mother of Jesus.
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Its atmospherics are impeccable, exemplified by the increasingly frowning matryoshkas and a haunting rendition of Nunc dimittis in the credits.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The Circus Ringmaster: John le Carré Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011
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Then he distributes them to the clergy and laity, whilst the choir sings the canticle of Simeon, "Nunc dimittis".
Candlemas, The Feast of the Presentation and Purification 2009
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During the blessing the “Nunc dimittis” is chanted, with the antiphon “Lumen ad revelationem gentium et gloriam plebis tuæ Israel,” the ceremony being thus brought into connection with the “light to lighten the Gentiles” hymned by Symeon.
Leap Year -- Day John 2008
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In William Byrd's "Nunc dimittis," voice parts dovetailed seamlessly as one melodic line folded into the next.
PERFORMING ARTS Post 2010
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Next comes the celebrated antiphon Media vita, sung for part of the year at Compline – the Office which leads up to nightfall – to introduce and conclude the Gospel canticle Nunc dimittis.
Archive 2009-03-01 Lu 2009
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