Scott Walker RIP – Angels of Ashes
Only two days ago I cued this up for publication. It turns out Scott Walker had already died. A while back I posted Scott’s “Little Things (That Keep Us Together)”…
Category: music
#ChoralMarch: March 24th, Vetus Abit Littera, Tonus Peregrinus
Tonus Peregrinus was founded in 1990 by composer Anthony Pitts, as a student in Oxford. It specialises in early music:
#ChoralMarch, March 23rd, “Echelon’s Song”, Red Army Chorus
This plays over the credits of the Coen Brothers’ wildly entertaining ode to the last days of the Hollywood Studio System, Hail Caesar! You’ll have to watch it to find…
#ChoralMarch: March 22nd, “Rorate caeli desuper”, Schola Gregoriana Hispana
Again from Schola Gregoriana Hispana, here is “Rorate Caeli”, also known as “Drop Down Ye Heavens From Above”
#ChoralMarch, March 21st, “Ave Maria …virgo serena”, Josquin, performed by Schola Antiqua of Chicago
The influence of Schola Antiqua is evident in the name of the Chicago-based (well, obviously) ensemble Schola Antiqua of Chicago. This piece by Josquin apparently: is regarded as Josquin’s most famous…
#ChoralMarch March 20th: Theme from “Harry’s Game”, Voces8
Voces8 take Clannad’s swirly, mysterious signature piece (the only song entirely in the Irish language to be a hit in Britain, apparently) and slow it down further to create an…
#ChoralMarch, March 19th: “Luminosity: 1. Lux Tenebris”, James Whitbourn
Born in 1963, James Whitbourn is a contemporary choral composer who began his career with the BBC. His “Luminosity” is one of the few choral works composed for dance and…
Séamus Sweeney 