#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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“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…
#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”
#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…
Séamus Sweeney 