This beautiful, beautiful piece is balm on the soul.

Anton Bruckner: Locus iste (motet), performed by VOCES8

https://youtu.be/udZCjXbwkzk

... and I'm led inexorably to...

Mendelssohn: Concert Overture ‘The Hebrides’, Op. 26. Performed by London Symphony Orchestra, cond. by John Eliot Gardiner

https://youtu.be/MdQyN7MYSN8

Monteverdi: Duo Seraphim (3-voice madrigal, from Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers of 1610)). Performed by Paul Agnew, Joseph Cornwell, François Piolino.

https://youtu.be/RPNlMdqFG-s

I feel as though I'm bathing in unicorn milk when I listen to this. Paul Agnew's voice in particular is beautifully delicious and strikes the heart, the soul, the ears, the mind... but all three are fabulous in this.

Michel Lambert : « Vos mépris ». Sung by Paul Agnew, accompanied on  harpsichord by William Christie.

https://youtu.be/phH7rAnZHRg

Hildegard von Bingen: Columba aspexit. Perf. Emma Kirkby

https://youtu.be/BpmMeIQywYc

Guillaume de Machaut: Douce dame jolie. Sung by Margaret Philpot

https://youtu.be/aVmbKzVZiHc?t=2657

Thomas Tallis - Spem in Alium

Sung by the Tallis Scholars

There was a time when I needed the Tallis Scholars like I need air. I think I should go back to that time. 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT-ZAAi4UQQ

Tallis Scholars - Nunc Dimittis by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4VoKso5ERI