“Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ” #ChoralMarch, March 25th #Annunciation: Angelus sung by the Daughters of Mary
J G Ballard on viewing Crivelli’s Annunciation
Via Bibliokept: I am sure that a large part of the enduring mystery of the Renaissance masterpieces in the National Gallery was due to the absence of the explanatory matter that…
#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:
On seeing the first butterflies of Spring…
Perhaps it would be better to say that I saw the first butterflies I had noticed this Spring. The unassuming Small Tortoiseshell was the butterfly in question, and like the…
#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…
Séamus Sweeney 