For Feast of the Queenship of Mary: Salve Regina, sung by the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos
For a previous post featuring these monks, see here.
Category: our lady queen of all hearts
Matthew S Leonard and Curtis Mitch on the Queenship of Mary
It is the feast of the Queenship of Mary, and here is a high-energy podcast hosted by Matthew S Leonard on the scriptural roots of the Queenship concept. Leonard has…
July 17th – Feast of the Carmeltie Martyrs of Compiegne
I have posted the climactic scene of Poulenc’s opera, “Dialogues of the Carmelites”, not once but twice Today, three days after Bastille Day, is the feast day of the Martyrs…
#MarianMay – the playlist
After the enormous success of #ChoralMarch and #AprilCountry, #MarianMay did not perhaps set the Internet on fire, but I did enjoy exploring the wide range of Marian-inspired music, with a good representation from contemporary, living…
#MarianMay , Beata viscera Mariae Virginis, set by William Byrd, performed by The King’s Singers
#ChoralMarch began with The King’s Singers performing Tallis’ “Spem in Alium”, so it seems appropriate as #MarianMay comes to an end to return to The King’s Singers and another work of the…
#MarianMay : Magnificat, John Taverner, performed by Chanticleer
From labelmate of The Beatles on their own Apple Records, to composer of devout works of Orthodox faith, John Taverner followed an unconventional path from hippy fandom (the rather arch…
#MarianMay, “Regina Caeli Laetare”, The Cathedral Singers
Regina caeli, laetare, alleluia; Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia, Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia: Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.
Séamus Sweeney 