“Curlew Call”, Peter Bagshaw
The call of the curlew is its best known feature – indeed, the potential disappearance of this sound from the soundscape of the countryside is one of the most potent…
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Sacred Music from Notre Dame Cathedral, Tonus Peregrinus
A few weeks ago I posted tracks from this album as part of the ChoralMarch blog series. It is hard to believe the cover of this album – with Notre…
A short film about Curlews: “Keeper of the Call”
World Curlew Day is next Sunday, April 21st. The decline of the curlew, whose call truly merits that overused word “iconic”, is one of the most shocking natural history stories…
In Memoriam Mark Hollis: On April 5th, here is Talk Talk with April 5th
One of the first, if not the first, albums I bought independently with my own hard-saved chore money was the Talk Talk compilation Natural History. It turned out this was…
Glen Falls – a poem by Ciaran MacCormaic, Glencomeragh, Co. Waterford
A while back I posted “Be Still”, a poem by Agnes Hunt RHSM which is displayed on a board at the Holy Family Retreat Centre in Glencomeragh, Co Waterford. There…
“O Believe , My Heart, O Believe!” – #ChoralMarch concludes March 31st with finale of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
It’s the end of my #ChoralMarch project. Thank you to those who commented kindly and Liked etc. I would like to go out on a high note, with the choral…
#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…
#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…
Séamus Sweeney 