Just like the scaffolding that protected Notre Dame as it was being rebuilt, the music performed Friday in Annapolis, Saturday in Baltimore, and Thursday in Bethesda — Gregorian plainsong chant ...

For about three decades, they have researched and recreated sacred music, ranging from the melismatic musical pieces of 11 th century Benedictine abbess-composer Hildegard of Bingen and Gregorian ...

“Gregorian chants are not intended to be performed as a concert,” Loiret said. “It is sacred music and cannot be separated ...