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Posted on September 1, 2019

The eyes have it: Erika Miklósa performing the Queen of the Night Aria (“Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen”) from “The Magic Flute”

The Hungarian coloratura soprano Erika Miklósa is here in a concert performance of the “Queen of the Night” aria from The Magic Flute – a concert performance it may be,…

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Posted on August 28, 2019

Frank La Rocca: A contemporary composer on the countercultural duty of sacred music

Recently I discovered the contemporary composer Frank LaRocca. From his online bio: Trained as an academic modernist during his degree studies at Yale and University of California, Berkeley, La Rocca…

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Posted on August 27, 2019August 25, 2019

Patron saint of “difficult marriages and disappointing children”: August 27th, the Feast of St Monica

It is the feast of St Monica, mother of St Augustine and patron saint of, inter alia, “difficult marriages; disappointing children; victims of adultery or unfaithfulness; victims of (verbal) abuse;…

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Posted on August 25, 2019August 25, 2019

Meáchan Rudaí/ The Shape of Things a poem by Liam Ó Muirthile set to music by The Gloaming

The Gloaming are something of a traditional Irish music supergroup, infused with something of a post-classical/Indie sensibility. They comprise  fiddler Martin Hayes, guitarist Dennis Cahill, veteran Sean Nos singer,  Iarla Ó Lionáird, fiddler Caoimhín…

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Posted on August 19, 2019August 19, 2019

The Stepping Stones to Eternity — from Flowering Poverello

From the Flowering Poverello blog, a poetry sequence which, for some reason, especially resonated. I will let it speak for itself, except the resonance began with the opening lines “I…

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Posted on August 11, 2019August 11, 2019

A title longer than the poem: track of Alexander Pope’s “Epigram Engraved On The Collar Of A Dog Which I Gave To His Royal Highness” on Spotify

  I found this somewhat amusing. I love Pope, but do find this epigram a bit laboured: I am his Highness’ dog at Kew;  Pray tell me, sir, whose dog…

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Posted on August 4, 2019August 4, 2019

“Whispered Courage”, sculpture by Sarah Lennon at Minella Hotel, Clonmel, Tipperary

As part of the Starter’s Orders project, the Hotel Minella in Clonmel is hosting “Whispered Courage”, a strikingly coloural equine statue by Sarah Lennon, a self-taught artist from Dublin whose…

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Posted on July 23, 2019

The resurrection of Église Saint-Martin de Martigny-Courpierre

Recently I came across the striking St-Martin de Martigny-Courpierre in the Aisne, not far from the Belgian border. Here is the striking exterior: This didn’t fully prepare for the interior.…

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