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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 31, 2019August 31, 2019

“She walks in beauty like the night” – Byron performed by Tenebrae, Future of Forestry, Promyk, Bolo, Salt House, Nicolas Flagello and (sorta) Suede

Byron’s “She Walks in Beauty” is a poem I first became aware via Suede’s borrowing of the first line – “she walks in beauty, like the night” – for their…

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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 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 22, 2019

For Feast of the Queenship of Mary: Salve Regina, sung by the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos

For a previous post featuring these monks, see here.

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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 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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Posted on July 23, 2019July 23, 2019

“Alone”, Edgar Allan Poe – read by Basil Rathbone

“Alone” By Edgar Allan Poe From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were—I have not seen As others saw—I could not bring My passions from a common spring—…

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