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March 2015

March 14, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 25

In keeping with our (albeit brief) Saturday tradition, here is "Quando corpus morietur" from the...

March 13, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 24

Today, "Christus Factus Est," from Anton Bruckner. Christus factus est pro nobis obediens usque ad...

March 12, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 23

Today's selection is from the "Really Short and Really Sweet" category -- almost too sweet...

March 11, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 22

Today, the beautiful "Abendlied," by Josef Rheinberger, which draws its brief text from Luke's account of...

March 10, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 21

Sticking with the English for a bit, here's Henry Purcell's "Remember Not, Lord, Our Offences" (from his...

March 09, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 20

Today's musical meditation comes from the great Thomas Tallis and is about as traditionally Lenten...

March 08, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 19

A short (but wonderfully sweet) setting of the Our Father from the famous Frenchman, Maurice Duruflé....

March 07, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 18

"Virgo virginum praeclara" from Agustino Steffani's Stabat Mater. Virgo virginum præclara,mihi iam non sis amara,fac...

March 06, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 17

Taking things in a different direction once again -- tacking away from yesterday's Early (If...

March 05, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 16

Fresh off yesterday's brief (but super-exciting) detour through Rachmaninoff's Vigil, here's the last of our "O vos...

March 04, 2015

URGENT PSA: Charles Bruffy’s Choirs and Rachmaninoff’s Vigil, Now Streaming on iTunes Radio

In the past few days, as part of #MyLentInMusic project, I have spoken of my...

March 03, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 14

Inspired by yesterday's selection, here's another setting of "O vos omnes," this time from the...

March 02, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 13

Today's Lenten musical selection is a traditional Holy Week motet from the lengthily-monikered Pau Carles Salvador...

March 01, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 12

Heading back to Thursday's entry for just a second, here's the aforementioned Alexander Grechaninov's "Behold...

February 2015

February 28, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 11

In keeping with the day, a Marian (but also Lenten) selection: "Quando corpus morietur" from...

February 27, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 10

And now, in a bit of a departure from the last few days, here's a...

February 26, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 9

One more Russian "Thief," this time from Alexander Grechaninov's Passion Week. (Remember those names. More...

February 25, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 8

Here's another setting of "The Wise Thief," this one coming our way courtesy of one of...

February 24, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 7

Staying with the composerial trend we started yesterday with Sergey Taneyev’s cantata, here's his "The Wise Thief (Razboinika...

February 23, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 6

Today's piece is a Russian cantata: Sergey Taneyev's "John of Damascus." Sometimes described as "The...

February 22, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 5

Since we're already in Tchaikovsky territory (thanks to yesterday's post), here's #8 of his Nine...

February 21, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 4

Because yesterday's Mendelssohn reminded me so much of Russian sacred music (and because today is...

February 20, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 3

Here's another of the 8-part motets from Mendelssohn's Opus 79 that I highlighted yesterday. This...

February 19, 2015

A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 2

Today's entry is the fourth of the six 8-part motets from Felix Mendelssohn's Opus 79. Its title says...

February 18, 2015

My Lenten Journey in Music

In recent days, while reflecting on why music has always seemed to occupy such a...

February 17, 2015

Fat Tuesday Antics from the Susanka Seven

The boys are gearing up for Lent with their usual enthusiasm. The Furious Five Eldest spent...

January 2015

January 22, 2015

A Day of Lamentation and Bitter Weeping

Every Life is a Gift. #marchforlife — Pope Francis (@Pontifex) January 22, 2015 In all...

January 09, 2015

GUEST POST: Being Charlie Hebdo

Taking a moment from my website restructure to share a friend’s thoughts on the recent tragedy in...

October 2014

October 22, 2014

“To God, there is no zero.”

When I look back at the most memorable cinematic experiences of my childhood -- a self-indulgence...

September 2014

September 11, 2014

“Miserere” by Henryk Górecki

In the past, I have written about the terrible tragedy memorialized today. As the years...

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