Byrd: Nunc Dimittis: Choir of Magdalen College Oxford
It’s not certain when Byrd wrote his Great Service employing ten voices in seven sections. But it can’t have been before the late 1580s. Kerman suspects that Byrd used it as he used much of his...
View ArticleHOPE 9/11 Stopford
Hope (2007) was composed by Philip Stopford for the dedication of the Spire of Hope at St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast. The service, held on September 11th, was attended by the Bishop of New York. A link...
View ArticleTourdion: Petits Chanteurs de Sainte Croix de Neuilly
Tourdion was a medieval dance, it fell out of favour but survived as a drinking song popularised by Pierre Attaignant who published it shortly before his death in 1552. (It remains popular to this day...
View ArticleSaturday Chorale: Conclusion
For my final posting I’ve picked five pieces of music that I particularly enjoy, each of them has had a considerable impact on my life. The first is Thomas Tallis’ 40 Part motet ‘Spem in Alium’ the...
View ArticleSurprise!
(Photo: robotpolisher/flickr) If you toddle along to Ynet the Israeli news site in English you’ll find a report of the drone that successfully penetrated Israeli air space for nearly half an hour the...
View ArticleThe trolls are getting less creative and the flame wars aren’t what they used...
Trolls Sigh. The trolls are getting less creative and the flame wars aren’t what they used to be. Source: (TarheelDem November 24th, 2012 at 6:21 pm) Have at it. mfi Photo from cali4beach licensed...
View ArticleThe International Criminal Court, The Palestinians, The Israelis, The...
Now I hate to rain on anyone’s parade following the excellent news of the vote taking Palestine from being classified as a “non-member observer entity” to a “non-member observer state“. It’s very good...
View ArticleSaturday Chorale: Music on the massacre of innocents
This year for the first time in many years instead of celebrating Christmas with some of the children in one of our orphanages in Irak I’ll be in Denmark celebrating it in the company of my...
View ArticleSaturday Chorale: Christmas Carols On Christmas Eve 2012 Edition
Actually Christmas Eve is still Advent so I’m kicking off with a modern arrangement of ‘Veni, veni, Emmanuel’ if you don’t know the Latin version you’ve still definitely heard it in some form or...
View ArticleQuantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit...
It’s disgusting that’s what it is. They’re doing it right there in front of your kids. Right in the f*x*ng conjugating classroom, right in front of the f*x*ng conjugating kids. It’s worse than...
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