#choralmarch March 6th, “Hark! I Hear the Harps eternal”, Chanticleer
Around 2005/06 I picked up a freebie Naxos sampler CD which featured, amongst other gems, a wonderful version of “Hark! I Hear the Harps Eternal” by a mixed-sex choir whose…
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#AshWednesday with Evelyn Waugh in New Orleans, 1949
Via the Evelyn Waugh Society online I came across this from Waugh in 1949. It captures the falseness of the dichotomy betweent the fleshy pleasure of Mardi Gras and the…
#ChoralMarch, March 5th, “Kyrie”, Schola Gregoriana Hispana
Schola Gregoriana Hispana are a group ” founded and directed by Francisco Javier Lara in 1984 and born with the aim of rescuing from oblivion, neglect and ignorance the great musical treasure…
” To Be Perfect Is to Have Changed Often”
It’s been a while since I posted anything linking to Adam deVille’s blog but I was struck by the title of the book he considers here. I am curious to…
#ChoralMarch : March 3rd, Schola Antiqua, “Ego Te Tuli”
Founded in 1984, Schola Antiqua is dedicated “to the study, research, and performance of early music and, in particular, Gregorian chant.” This selection is taken from their recording Oficio De La Toma De…
“Weren’t you delighted to see such beauty as hers?” : Introducing St Pelagia the Harlot
In “Of Martyrs, Monks, and Mystics: A Yearly Meditational Reader of Ancient Spiritual Wisdom”by Charles Ringma and Irene Alexander, I came across this quote from The Life of St. Pelagia…
Padre Pio statue, Dominican Friary, Limerick
A little difficult to see in this photo, on the other side of the confessional from Padre Pio we see a relief of Christ: A rather difficult to see plaque…
“Cloth of Gold” vestments, Medieval Museum Waterford
Over 550 years old, the survival of these vestments (which were concealed to save them from Oliver Cromwell, and were missing for over 120 years) is amazing in itself – what…
Séamus Sweeney 