#MarianMay , Frank Patterson singing “Queen of The May”
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:
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#MarianMay – “Caoineadh Mhuire”, Sile Denvir
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…
#MarianMay – “Ave Generosa” , composed Margaret Rizza, performed by The Sixteen
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…
#MarianMay , “Monstra Te Esse Matrem”, Henri Dallier, performed on the organ of La Madeleine, Paris
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…
#MarianMay , “Salve Regina” – closing scene of “Dialogue des Carmelites”, Francis Poulenc
Last year I posted a YouTube video of the magnificent setting of the Salve Regina (Hail Holy Queen) the concludes Poulenc’s opera Dialogues des Carmelites , with the sound of the…
#MarianMay , “Stabat Mater”, Giuseppe Verdi
A whole series of posts of settings of “Stabat Mater” could be made…Pergolesi, Haydn, Dvorâk, Rossini, Poulenc, Arvo Pärt. Here, from his late Four Sacred Pieces, is Verdi’s – which,…
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