New album of songs from Taizé, recorded in the village church, featuring 17 songs, 8 of which have never been recorded before.

Prayer, at the heart of the life in Taizé, is proposed to young people and to all those who come here as an important way for turning towards the sources of inner life and of faith.

The songs on this new album Dona Nobis Pacem express the experience of prayer throughout the past ten years during these youth gatherings.

They were recorded in July 2024 in the church of the village of Taizé, an 11th-century building that remains a place of meditation and prayer for today. The choir was composed of 25 young people from different countries, together with a group of professional musicians who are friends of the community.

To help with the use of these songs in prayer groups or parishes, advice and sheet music are available online and in the books listed on the Taizé website www.taize.fr/en/prayer-and-reflection

“I listen: what does God have to say? What the Lord says is peace.” This ancient prayer from Psalm 85 conveys to us a profound intuition, which Christ confirms on the evening of his resurrection with his first words to his friends: “Peace be with you.”

May these songs help us to open ourselves to welcome this peace so that we may in turn become peacemakers wherever we are called to live!  - Brother Matthew

 

It's available as CD and USB-stick and on streaming platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Amazon Music.You can purchase it at :https://shop.taize.fr/en/taxons/audio and also at the Exposition at Taizé.

 

photos by Rien Boonstoppel