This initially seemed like a thoroughly unpromising recording. A whatever small-college American choir on tour in UK, in a whatever rehearsal session, picked up by somebody at distance with a hand-held camera (maybe just a cellphone). (Though it is pretty cool that this is CS Lewis's boyhood church.)
But the version really works.
And it's not just Durufle's musical setting - it's very much the traditional old words with which he worked. I very much like (and don't think I can too strongly recommend) following along with the text while listening.
(And how about the musical phrases starting at 0:53 (with accompanying text)? This is the only section in which the sopranos sing, otherwise female is all alto.)
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"Ubi Caritas is taken from the antiphons sung during the
ceremony of the Washing of the Feet at the Mass of the Last Supper on Holy
Thursday. As is the entire Mass of the Last Supper, this hymn is intimately
connected with the Eucharist, and is thus often used during the Exposition of
the Blessed Sacrament. Recent tradition has the first line as "Ubi caritas
et amor" (where charity and love are), but certain very early manuscripts
show "Ubi caritas est vera" (where charity is true). The current
Roman Missal favors this later version, while the 1962 Roman Missal and classical
music favors the former."
Latin:
Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor.
Exultemus, et in ipso iucundemur.
Timeamus, et amemus Deum vivum.
Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero.
Where charity and love are, God is there.
Christ's love has gathered us into one.
Let us rejoice and be pleased in Him.
Let us fear, and let us love the living God.
And may we love each other with a sincere heart.
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