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2015-03-20T16:34:43-06:00

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A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 32

Last updated on: March 20, 2015 at 4:34 pm By Joseph Susanka

Returning to my ancestral roots with “Quis Est Homo,” plucked from one of Czech composer František Ignác Antonín Tůma’s five setting of the “Stabat Mater.” (Yep. Five. Also, the whole setting is really wonderful. So HERE.) Quis est homo qui non fleret,Matrem Christi si videretIn tanto supplicio? Quis non posset contristari,Christi Matrem contemplariDolentem cum Filio? Is there one who would not weep, Whelm’d in miseries so deepChrist’s dear Mother to behold? Can the human heart refrain From partaking in her pain, In that Mother’s pain untold?... Read more

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2015-03-21T16:52:04-06:00

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The Moving Genius of Akira Kirusowa

Last updated on: March 21, 2015 at 4:52 pm By Joseph Susanka

View image | gettyimages.com Yes, I have already written about Tony Zhou’s web series, “Every Frame a Painting.” Yes, he has released a new episode, “Akira Kurosawa – Composing Movement.” Yes, it’s amazing. What else were you expecting his Kurosawa-themed analysis to be? Yes, I’m sharing it with you. I have to live with myself, after all. And if I had seen this gem and not told you about it, my conscience would be hard to mollify. Very hard. Honestly, there could... Read more

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2015-03-20T16:39:23-06:00

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A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 31

Last updated on: March 20, 2015 at 4:39 pm By Joseph Susanka

Antonio Lotti’s “Crucifixus.” The whole piece is powerful stuff, but I would call your attention in particular to the section that begins at the 1:50 mark, where Lotti transitions from “Pontio Pilato” to the suffering and burial of Christ. An astonishing moment. Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato: Passus, et sepultus est. He was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate: He suffered and was buried. Attribution(s): “The Crucifixion” by Meister der Schule von Nowgorod, Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA and licensed under... Read more

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2015-03-20T11:07:02-06:00

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SVS: “The Station Agent”

Last updated on: March 20, 2015 at 11:07 am By Joseph Susanka

“It’s funny how people see me and treat me, since I’m really just a simple, boring person.” If Tom McCarthy were to make nothing but Bay-y, FX-laden action thrillers from now ’til the end of his career, his debut film would still provide me with enough evidence to forever defend him as an “Actors’ Director.” I speak, of course, of The Station Agent, currently streaming on NETFLIX and AMAZON PRIME, and available for rent from AMAZON INSTANT($) and YOUTUBE($). When his only friend dies, Finbar McBride... Read more

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2015-03-19T17:52:42-06:00

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A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 30

Last updated on: March 19, 2015 at 5:52 pm By Joseph Susanka

I’m always amazed at how little music there is that has been written in honor of Saint Joseph. Somehow, I suspect he’s pleased by that fact. But at the same time, it makes finding an appropriate musical selection for today’s feast a bit of a challenge. (I couldn’t very well ignore it, could I? It’s staring me in the face, so to speak.) One of the suggestions that kept cropping up in connection with the feast was “Nunc dimittis,” the opening of the... Read more

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2015-03-19T11:54:34-06:00

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Using the Next Five Seconds to Make Your Internet World a Bit More Beautiful

Last updated on: March 19, 2015 at 11:54 am By Joseph Susanka

I spend a lot of time on the InterWebs. A frightening amount of time, really. And the vast majority of that time — almost 100% — is spent in Chrome. With somewhere between 100 and 1,000,000 tabs open at once. (I’m exaggerating. But only slightly.) Yes, it can be a bit mind-numbing. (Or in my case, “mind”-numbing.) So this is just about the best thing that has happened to my Internet-absorbing, photography-loving self in the last month or ever. From the folks at... Read more

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2015-03-18T17:23:50-06:00

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A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 29

Last updated on: March 18, 2015 at 5:23 pm By Joseph Susanka

Sticking with the film composer theme I started yesterday, here an instrumental meditation from Polish composer/Gorecki compatriot Wojciech Kilar, written for the 1991 film based on the last days of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Zycie za zycie (Life for Life). I’ve never seen the film (though Steven Greydanus’ various pieces encourage me to remedy that fact), but the soundtrack has been on my radar ever since I saw The Truman Show for the first time. (“Father Kolbe’s Preaching,” from the aforementioned Life for Life, plays a prominent role... Read more

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2015-03-18T10:40:57-06:00

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This Short Is the Best “Proof of Concept” I’ve Ever Seen

Last updated on: March 18, 2015 at 10:40 am By Joseph Susanka

Maybe all “proof of concept” pieces are equal. But some are more equal than other, right? And this one just might be the most equal ever. (OK, fine. I’m putting “Animal Farm” down now. And stepping away.) Proof of Concept/pitch for The Leviathan, created by Ruairi Robinson. By the early 22nd century mankind had colonized many worlds. Faster than light travel was made possible by harvesting exotic matter from the eggs of the largest species mankind has ever seen. Those that... Read more

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2015-03-17T17:16:08-06:00

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A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 28

Last updated on: March 17, 2015 at 5:16 pm By Joseph Susanka

In recent years, I’ve made a point of posting the Lorica of St. Patrick in honor of the day’s feast. Past posts have included the famous version from Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, a setting of the middle section of the prayer by contemporary composer John Rutter, and a setting of that same section by also-contemporary composer Bernard Sexton. Today, though, I’m going with a version from one of my most exciting recent finds: Irish film composer Patrick Cassidy, whose soundtrack to Calvary is absolutely devastating.... Read more

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2015-03-17T17:05:54-06:00

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An Uncomfortably Challenging Quote from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Last updated on: March 17, 2015 at 5:05 pm By Joseph Susanka

I can’t remember when I first stumbled across this quote, or how. It’s from his Gulag Archipelago, I think. And it’s been sort of bothering me ever since I read it. (Not because I disagree with it, but because I think it’s right. And because it’s hard.) “If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But... Read more

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