At ODRATEK, the focus of all of our activities is promoting and sustaining our cultural heritage with apps and software designed to serve humanity. ODRATEK is the digital arm of the non-profit, peer-reviewed classical record label Odradek Records. To date, our most ambitious project has been Neumz, the biggest recording…
“The Lord was born before Creation, so what fear would we have in the face of the threats that hang over us from all sides? Certainly, in the midst of our world so disrupted and devoid of all stability, we must keep open the eyes of our faith, our charity and our hope that you, Christ, are the “Redeemer of all things”.
Born in the last decade of the 10th century, Guido d’Arezzo was a monk and music teacher at the Benedictine Abbey of Pomposa. However, he left following the refusal of his community to accept his pedagogical innovations: he is credited with developing a new method of teaching music that aimed…
After a year of collected recordings, Neumz launches at Pentecost, traditionally the celebration of the first fruits of the harvest. It is on this day that a “mighty rushing wind” with “tongues as of fire” descended upon the gathered disciples of Jesus Christ. “Filled with the Holy Spirit”, they began…
Perhaps for many of us at the moment, like the experience of living at a monastery, days can feel like weeks, and weeks can feel like days. Gregorian chants also offer a peculiar sense of musical time, and of time in general – days pass in music with many repetitions…
Because of the measures taken to combat the spread of the Coronavirus, we can no longer admit worshipers to our abbey’s church, and we are deeply sorry for it. However, thanks to the providential generosity of a friendly community who sent us a monk, Mass continues to be celebrated every…
