The Prelude to Charpentier’s ‘Te Deum’ has opened Eurovision for over sixty years. But how did this warlike 17th-century fanfare become the signature tune for the world’s favourite international song ...

On Dec. 31 every year, the pope leads the Church in a solemn prayer of Thanksgiving to God for the civil year coming to a close. It takes place in St. Peter’s at the end of First Vespers for the ...

We all have our favorite prayers, novenas, devotions and aspirations. One of mine is a prayer that seems to have fallen out of popular use lately: the ancient “Te Deum”, commonly attributed to St.

Te Deum will present Monteverdi’s Venetian Vespers of 1641 on June 3 and 4. Brian Rice Kansas City will get a taste of 16th century Venetian splendor, when Te Deum, led by Matthew Christopher Shepard, ...