first clip from frank laroca. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> that is a piece. grace is poured out.is going on with this piece of music? >> this is the communion proper for the feast of the blessed mother mary's queen ship of the world. august 22nd. this was commissioned from me by the diocese of oakland for the 50th anniversary of the diocese celebratory mass, which took place august 22nd , queen ship of mary. the text itself is rich with images of royalty, as you would expect for the queen ship of mary. there is images of rich robes, fragrant garments, houses of ivory. the approach i took in writing this was to make it sound sumptuous. to give it an air of gravity but also an air of light. >> you know, the opening of a portal to god, i saw the portal opening and i'm sorry we could not finish. >> you can watch the rest of the clip on youtube. >> frank la rocca's website has youtube links with many of his works . let's look at the second clip and this is [ speaking in a global language ] . ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we have to interrupt , for what comes next. a minute and a half to talk about, what