Poca favilla gran fiamma seconda
Here’s a poster for this event in one of the most beautiful (and atmospheric) churches in Clonmel: Here’s a video of the Vilnius Municipal Choir performing the piece. Although obviously…
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for! I wonder why Spotify do this with over three weeks of the year still to go? Perhaps it is so that is…
Back during the summer heatwave I included Arnold Bax’s “Summer Music” in a seasonally appropriate playlist. Here via YouTube is a piece for this season: Bax himself disavowed programmatic…
Recently I posted Bernat Vivancos’ Aeternam. Also from Neu Records here is the composer José Manuel López López’s piece African Winds II performed by the percussionist Miquel Bernat
Recited passages used to be common in popular music. For instance, Elvis’ musings in the bridge of Are You Lonesome Tonight?: I wonder if you’re lonesome tonight You know someone…
I have long admired the singing of the late Blossom Dearie, who effortlessly conjured up a world of rueful sophistication with immaculate phrasing. “Blossom Dearie” was he real name. This…
Séamus Sweeney 