Priére, Erik Satie – performed by Reinbert de Leeuw
A while back I featured Reinbert de Leeuw performing Liszt’s 1880 “Via Crucis”, which seems to me at any rate proto-minimalist. Here from 1893 is the most recognised precursor of…
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David Monacchi: “Fragments of Extinction”, the sounds of vanishing nature
With the prospect of mass extinction in the news, it seems a good time to reflect on the loss of soundscapes. In Ireland, the corncrake and the curlew were once…
#MarianMay – “Ave Maria Stella”, Nils Landgren trombone, Anders Bromand organ
Ave Maris Stella is an extremely versatile and influential piece of music, and moving away from the choral focus of Marian May so far, here is an instrumental version by…
#MarianMay : ” O Pure Virgin”, written by St Nectarios from “Byzantine Music of the Greek Orthodox Church”
A setting of a poem written by (according to the record label site) the Greek Orthodox Saint Nectarios of Aegina , this piece was my first exposure to Greek Orthodox…
#MarianMay – “Magnificat”, Arvo Pärt
While compiling the ChoralMarch series it did strike me that an entire month of choral music dedicated to Mary was entirely possible. I am not promising daily updates but this…
#AprilCountry , April 30th, “Spiritual”, Johnny Cash / Spain
From “Unchained”, this is a cover of a song written by Josh Haden of the band Spain:
#ChoralMarch – the playlist
Not sure how many people care but here are the Choral March selections of, um, choral music in playlist form..
“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…
Séamus Sweeney 