For Feast of the Queenship of Mary: Salve Regina, sung by the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos
For a previous post featuring these monks, see here.
Tag: our lady
# 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…
#MarianMay : ” O Pure Virgin”, written by St Nectarios from “Byzantine Music of the Greek Orthodox Church”
A setting of a poem written by (according to the record label site) the Greek Orthodox Saint Nectarios of Aegina , this piece was my first exposure to Greek Orthodox…
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…
“Tower of Ivory, House of Gold”: the Litaniae Lauretanae with Mozart, Zelenka, Heiligenkreuz Abbey and Benedict XVI
Contrary to the name, the “Litany of Loreto” is most likely to have originated in Paris between 1150 and 1200, according to this site. It is a litany of praises and…
Erratum re Harry Clarke / Fethard
Early last year I posted on the stained glass of Augustinian Priory, Fethard. This includes this window depicting Our Lady of Fatima: I had picked up somewhere that it was from…
Séamus Sweeney 