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Posted on March 29, 2019March 28, 2019

#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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Posted on March 28, 2019

#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…

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Posted on March 26, 2019

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)”…

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Posted on March 25, 2019January 12, 2019

Annunciation, Arcabas

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Posted on March 25, 2019January 12, 2019

Annunciation, Marc Chagall

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Posted on March 25, 2019January 12, 2019

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…

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Posted on March 23, 2019

#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…

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Posted on March 22, 2019March 21, 2019

#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”    

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