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Posted on August 22, 2019August 22, 2019

Matthew S Leonard and Curtis Mitch on the Queenship of Mary

It is the feast of the Queenship of Mary, and here is a high-energy podcast hosted by Matthew S Leonard on the scriptural roots of the Queenship concept. Leonard has…

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Posted on May 31, 2019

#MarianMay , Beata viscera Mariae Virginis, set by William Byrd, performed by The King’s Singers

#ChoralMarch began with The King’s Singers performing Tallis’ “Spem in Alium”, so it seems appropriate as #MarianMay comes to an end to return to The King’s Singers and another work of the…

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Posted on May 30, 2019May 31, 2019

#MarianMay, “Regina Caeli Laetare”, The Cathedral Singers

Regina caeli, laetare, alleluia; Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia, Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia: Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.  

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Posted on May 12, 2019

# MarianMay – “Ave Maria” composed Camille Saint-Saëns, arranged Douglas J Walczak performed by William Ferris Chorale

The William Ferris Chorale is a Chicago-based vocal group, specialising in little-performed works by contemporary or Twentieth Century composers. Here they are, however, with a well known composer. Camille Saint-Saëns…

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Posted on May 11, 2019May 11, 2019

#MarianMay “A Mhuire Mhathair”

Interestingly, “A Mhuire Mhathair” is not a traditional Irish hymn, but the result in the 1970s of setting an Irish text to the Maori tune Pokarekare Ana :

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Posted on May 10, 2019

“mar nach mbeidh ‘chuile mháthair mar sin lena mac féin?” #MarianMay – “Caoineadh Na Tri Mhuire” (The Lament of the Three Marys) , Joe Heaney

Joe Heaney was a sean-nos singer born just over one hundred years ago near Carna in Connemara. He sang in both Irish and English, and would contribute to John Cage’s…

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Posted on May 5, 2019

#MarianMay – “Ave Maria Stella”, Nils Landgren trombone, Anders Bromand organ

Ave Maris Stella is an extremely versatile and influential piece of music, and moving away from the choral focus of Marian May so far, here is an instrumental version by…

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Posted on May 1, 2019

#MarianMay – “Magnificat”, Arvo Pärt

While compiling the ChoralMarch series it did strike me that an entire month of choral music dedicated to Mary was entirely possible. I am not promising daily updates but this…

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