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Posted on April 19, 2019February 14, 2019

Music for #GoodFriday: “Les Sept dernières paroles du Christ en Croix”, César Franck

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Posted on April 18, 2019February 14, 2019

Music for #GoodFriday – Liszt’s “Via Crucis”, piano setting played by Reinbert de Leeuw

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Posted on November 20, 2018

Stained Glass from Church of Our Lady, Coolagh, Callan, Kilkenny

Coolagh is a little outside Callan; this church is part of Callan parish. It is also featured in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage\: Appraisal Occupying a prominent position on a…

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Posted on August 2, 2018July 28, 2018

Stained Glass from the Church of the Assumption, Ballingarry, Tipperary (Part 1)

The Church of the Assumption, Ballingarry has much beautiful glass; on these days of intense sun it is particularly worth visiting as some wonderful effects are created. I am dividing this…

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Posted on July 14, 2018

Piano minimalism from 1880 – Liszt’s “Via Crucis”, Reinbert de Leeuw

Liszt’s piano setting of his late work Via Crucis (originally for  choir, soloists and organ) has many passages that sound extraordinarily like Satie or other much later exponents of minimalism. Wikipedia…

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Posted on July 13, 2018July 13, 2018

Stained Glass from St Mary’s Church, Aughnacloy, Parish of Aghaloo and Carntell, Co. Tyrone

This parish has three Churches – St Mary’s Church Aughnacloy, St Joseph’s Church Caledon & St Brigid’s Church Killens. St Mary’s Church is located just beyond the main road of Aughnacloy in…

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Posted on March 30, 2018March 30, 2018

#GoodFriday – reflections on the #SevenLastWords by Robert Hugh Benson

I have posted Fr Robert Hugh Benson’s  meditations on the Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross, along with Haydn’s Seven Last Words Here is the Introduction “Father, forgive them,…

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Posted on March 30, 2018March 29, 2018

Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross: Introduction to reflections by R H Benson

For Good Friday, I am posting reflections by Robert Hugh Benson, the son of an (Anglican) Archbishop of Canterbury who became a Catholic priest and prolific writer before his early…

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