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“Land of the Silver Birch” is a Canadian folk song from the 1920s, whose authorship seems to be disputed. Wikipedia asserts: The lyrics are sometimes erroneously attributed to Pauline Johnson, perhaps…
Happy St Patrick’s Day to all readers. A while back I blogged about the hymn known as St Patrick’s Breastplate or The Deer’s Cry . For the day, here is Arvo…
As seems to be becoming a theme in this Choral March series of posts, this is not the version of “Scots Wha Hae” I would like to feature. In 2001…
Schola Gregoriana Hispana are a group ” founded and directed by Francisco Javier Lara in 1984 and born with the aim of rescuing from oblivion, neglect and ignorance the great musical treasure…
Each day in March I plan to share a choral piece. There is no particular plan or theme aside from my own taste. I will begin with one of the…
It is Real Bread Week. As I am sure you knew. The Real Bread Campaign is encouraging people to bake their own, or to buy additive free locally made loaves.…
From the perhaps not entirely expected source of the website of Heiton Buckley builders’ providers, here is a rather humbling test of knowledge of native Irish planets. Below is the…
Séamus Sweeney 