#ChoralMarch March 29th, “Sanctus” from “Missa Luba” – Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudoin
Like many I suspect, I was first exposed to this piece by its use in the film If… I saw this in the Irish Film Centre (which is how I…
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#ChoralMarch, March 28th, Tonus Peregrinus “Viderunt Omnes (4 Part Organum)
Tonus Peregrinus’ Sacred Music From Notre Dame album featured here a few days ago. Today there is a stunning selection from the same album – I can only say listen…
Scott Walker RIP – Angels of Ashes
Only two days ago I cued this up for publication. It turns out Scott Walker had already died. A while back I posted Scott’s “Little Things (That Keep Us Together)”…
J G Ballard on viewing Crivelli’s Annunciation
Via Bibliokept: I am sure that a large part of the enduring mystery of the Renaissance masterpieces in the National Gallery was due to the absence of the explanatory matter that…
#ChoralMarch, March 23rd, “Echelon’s Song”, Red Army Chorus
This plays over the credits of the Coen Brothers’ wildly entertaining ode to the last days of the Hollywood Studio System, Hail Caesar! You’ll have to watch it to find…
#ChoralMarch: March 22nd, “Rorate caeli desuper”, Schola Gregoriana Hispana
Again from Schola Gregoriana Hispana, here is “Rorate Caeli”, also known as “Drop Down Ye Heavens From Above”
Séamus Sweeney 