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“You’re Gonna Hear From Me” is a song by the late André Previn written with his then wife Dory, from the movie Inside Daisy Clover . Natalie Wood’s original vocals were…
If ever a name sounded like a Hollywood Scotsman, it was Angus Murdo McKenzie. And if ever a name sounded like a Scottish fantasy of a Wild West cowboy, it…
Here is Clonmel’s own Frank Patterson with a song inextricably associated for many with the month of May and Mary: Here is Patterson singing this hymn live:
From Sile Denvir’s 2016 album, Caithréim: Ceol agus Amhráin ó Dhrámaí an Phiarsaigh, (Music and Song from the Dramas of Patrick Pearse), here is “Caoineadh Mhuire”, (Mary’s Lament) – although…
I only realised that I misded out on April 18th when compiling this, apologies to anyone WHOSE ENTIRE LIFE IS IN RUINS because of this.
One of the interesting things about this occasional #MarianMay series has been how many living, contemporary composers continue to create works setting classic texts of Marian piety. From Arvo Pärt to Stefano…
Henri Dallier succeeded Gabriel Faure as organist of La Madeleine in Paris. This composition is performed by the current organist, Francois-Henri Houbart, who has been in post since 1979 – one of the…
Séamus Sweeney 