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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 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 March 22, 2019March 21, 2019

#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”    

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Posted on March 4, 2019February 17, 2019

#ChoralMarch, March 4th, “The Besoms”, Male Choir of the Moscow Academy of Vocal Arts

If there is a vocal tradition I am most drawn to, it is the Russian. Around 2000 I saw the UCD Choral Scholars (more of which later this month)  in…

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