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Why Men Were Created
It was so they could do this (listen for the very growly note at the bottom):
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And Here’s the Franciscan Answer to Simonopetra
And hurray for the men who still send it reverberating off chapel walls!
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Draw Me, We Shall Run
My godson is getting married! So, in between Triduum and Easter music, I’m learning the second alto line of this piece for the wedding. The title is from the Canticle of Canticles.
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The Triduum Ten, 2014
The Easter Triduum is done! Here are some things to love about it: 1. Young men amassing It’s like seeing all the intermittent characters of your favourite television series suddenly appearing in the...
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The View from the Loft
The obvious piece of advice to give anyone thinking of joining a liturgical choir is this… don’t do it! Are you crazy? Do you not realise that the liturgical cycle is exactly that? It’s a cycle, which...
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An Assumption Motet
Speaking of choirs and whatnot, Assumption is not far off, and we’re learning this motet. Obviously, we’re going to sound every bit as good as the Sixteen…despite the fact that the alto upon whom I...
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Linkage
Because I should be writing job applications right now: Here’s the transcript of a debate between Bertrand Russell and Frederick Copleston about the existence of God. The Do Re Mi you learned from...
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Suffering, Sewing, Sentiment: Notes from a Week
I wanted to tell you the story of how my hair fell out and then grew back. Then I realised that to tell that story, I’d need to describe the three anniversaries before me – three separate first...
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The Doctor. The Disaster. The Drone. (Three Unrelated Theories)
Last week, while absorbed in the thought that the majestic, aristocratic, nuanced, heart-rending Peter Capaldi is most certainly the best Doctor ever**, I was struck by the extraordinary thought that...
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The Feast of St Patrick is not for binge-drinking and dancing jigs in silly hats. That’s because it’s not about Ireland being awesome, but about the Blessed Trinity being awesome. My point is not that...
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