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Posted on March 18, 2019March 16, 2019

#ChoralMarch: March 18th, Land of the Silver Birch, La Choraline

“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…

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Posted on March 17, 2019March 10, 2019

#ChoralMarch: March 17th, #StPatricksDay, “The Deer’s Cry” by Arvo Pärt performed by the Sixteen

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…

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Posted on March 15, 2019March 10, 2019

#ChoralMarch: March 15th. Bonus: full performance of Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil from Smolensk Cathedral

   

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Posted on March 9, 2019February 22, 2019

#ChoralMarch – March 9th , “Scots Wha Hae”, Glasgow Phoenix Choir

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…

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Posted on March 5, 2019February 21, 2019

#ChoralMarch, March 5th, “Kyrie”, Schola Gregoriana Hispana

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…

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Posted on March 1, 2019February 17, 2019

#ChoralMarch: March 1st, “Spem in Alium”, Thomas Tallis, performed by The King’s Singers

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…

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Posted on February 23, 2019February 22, 2019

Happy Real Bread Week to (and with) the Auld Mill Bakery in Grangemockler

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.…

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Posted on February 3, 2019February 3, 2019

From Heiton Buckley : the Top 8 Native Irish Plants That You Really Should Know

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…

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