Sparrowhawk
On St Stephen’s Day, I awoke to see a sparrowhawk perched regally, and not at all discreetly, on the roof of one of our bird tables. It stood, as if…
Month: December 2018
For Christmas: Riu, Riu, Chiu with the King’s Singers, the Monkees and Massimo Marchese
Riu, Riu, Chiu is a rare example of a Christmas carol whose lyrics feature a rabid wolf: It was also performed by well known Early Music exponents The Monkees:
For Christmas – Tonos play ‘Rey, a quien reyes adoran’
Here is the duo Tonos – singer Roisin O’Grady and guitarist/lutenist Eamon Sweeney (no relation) playing the Spanish song ‘Rey, a quien reyes adoran’ – “King Who Kings Adore”
For Christmas: The Sixteen sing Bob Chilicott’s The Shepherds’ Carol
Composed in 2000, this carol has a timeless feel and I guess proves that choral music’s glory days aren’t all in the past.
For Christmas – Yo-Yo Ma and Allison Krauss play “The Wexford Carol”
One of the oldest extant carols, and more properly called The Enniscorthy Carol (according to Roisin O’Gray of Tonos)
Séamus Sweeney 