tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post6061725185256354232..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Easter interstitialDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-54122858617610636402017-04-27T23:25:24.920+01:002017-04-27T23:25:24.920+01:00Beautiful again, I hope you had a good Easter. So ...Beautiful again, I hope you had a good Easter. So nice to be in London and see the flowers in the garden of the Royal Palaces.<br />Here on PEI, not the mainland, it is Spring and the tulips are out thanks to our large Dutch community on the Island.<br /><br />larrymuffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14137517764919401795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-52229842934263683132017-04-23T22:42:34.839+01:002017-04-23T22:42:34.839+01:00And of course, now that I look back, it is you who...And of course, now that I look back, it is you who introduced me to Sun-Dogs.Susanhttps://prufrocksdilemma.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-74307631840665098432017-04-23T17:18:05.781+01:002017-04-23T17:18:05.781+01:00Sun Dogs I adore, as I think you know. Both MacMil...Sun Dogs I adore, as I think you know. Both MacMillan and Grigorjeva really know how to write for choir. So does a younger composer who's an enchanting person as well as a very individual person with a real sense of drama, Cheryl Frances Hoad. I think you'll enjoy the whole disc, though you may want the 'real' Grigojeva to stand up.<br /><br />As for 'the more I learn, the less I know' - we all feel like that. In a good way.<br /><br />Enjoy German light and dark...Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-12601623300779184932017-04-23T15:09:15.409+01:002017-04-23T15:09:15.409+01:00David: Thank you for the prompt to come back and s...David: Thank you for the prompt to come back and say more about your post. The Bruckner is lovely--and was also new to me. I raced over to Spotify to see what I could find and came across what looks to be a very interesting compilation of music for passiontide that I've now cued up for a listen. I've also cued up the Dvorak Requiem--another work I didn't know existed (the more I learn, the less I know)--and look forward to listening when we come back from our walk (for Innisfree has opened early, and the day is fine). But now, for the main event, which is Grigorjeva. Magnificent! And I'm so pleased to see that the CD you mention is available, too. The video was a wonderful introduction--of course I always love being able to hear from the composer, and her comments went so much to the heart of how the piece should sound. There are, actually, only two other examples of contemporary choral musical discoveries I've made in recent times that compare to the Grigorjeva in quality. One is MacMillian's Sun Dogs, the other Anne Boyd's As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams (to which I was introduced at the Vale of Glamorgan Festival, sung by the brilliant Ars Nova Copenhagen). A lovely performance of the latter is <a href="https://youtu.be/wbNA-lXs0WU" rel="nofollow">here</a><br /><br />Well, enough rattling on! The music you've offered here will be my Sunday afternoon listening, with grateful thanks. Then tomorrow, it's off to NYC for a double-header opera: Monday, Der Rosenkavalier; Tuesday, The Flying Dutchman. Then back home to make final preparations for our trip.Susanhttps://prufrocksdilemma.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-37528879799508281282017-04-22T23:50:12.764+01:002017-04-22T23:50:12.764+01:00I think you would like the Grigorjeva - very sensi...I think you would like the Grigorjeva - very sensitive word setting.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-32657722117387490502017-04-21T22:08:31.970+01:002017-04-21T22:08:31.970+01:00How did I miss this lovely post? Well, never too l...How did I miss this lovely post? Well, never too late, and such a trail of treasures you've led us down here. Susanhttps://prufrocksdilemma.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-53581870717986872212017-04-21T14:07:39.307+01:002017-04-21T14:07:39.307+01:00Thanks, Elizabeth - spring flowering especially fo...Thanks, Elizabeth - spring flowering especially for a Newleaf. Happy to spread the love around, always.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-68836469886800609932017-04-21T13:53:05.800+01:002017-04-21T13:53:05.800+01:00What a lovely, lovely post! I also love John 19:26...What a lovely, lovely post! I also love John 19:26-27 and had forgotten about it, so thank you! And the Bruckner is beautiful - I have borrowed it to post on Facebook. Charmingly enhanced by your floral photos, gorgeous as always! -- Elizabeth<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-65175007055716818302017-04-17T12:50:56.414+01:002017-04-17T12:50:56.414+01:00Indeed. Curious, but there are still curiouser con...Indeed. Curious, but there are still curiouser conversions....Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-33772300711633482222017-04-17T03:52:42.482+01:002017-04-17T03:52:42.482+01:00I was baptisted and thought never confirmed went t...I was baptisted and thought never confirmed went to our Anglican parish however when Iwa about 10 my mother had a falling out with the vicar. Next thing I knew we were Presbyterian. Hard to believe I'm sure but I was a Sunday school teacher, choir member and head of the Youth Group. Then I lapsed until I "converted" and was confirmed in the Anglo-Catholic faith. I was a sub-deacon for quite a few years and then once again became lapsed. A religious life "crowded with incident"!!Willymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652532356102638621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-6744135063001446742017-04-16T09:59:06.473+01:002017-04-16T09:59:06.473+01:00That sounds extraordinary. Recently we had an adap...That sounds extraordinary. Recently we had an adaptation of Colm Toibin's Mary book with Fiona Shaw, but I must admit that Deborah Warner's production was over-mannered. <br /><br />The Reproaches were also by Victoria (Tomas Luis de). So you converted from...? Plain Anglicanism?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-69590665121385402552017-04-16T01:32:20.043+01:002017-04-16T01:32:20.043+01:00The great actress Siobhan McKenna had a one woman ...The great actress Siobhan McKenna had a one woman show called And These Be Women; one of the pieces was a conversation between Christ on the Cross and Mary his mother at the foot of the cross. I recall it was in Gaelic and she simply stood with her right arm raised - when she looked up she was Mary with her hand on the cross when she looked down she was the crucified Christ. I only wish there was a video record of that somewhere but sadly I have found nothing after several searches.<br /><br />What Reproaches did they use during Veneration? I must admit after I converted to Anglo-Catholicism it was one ceremony that my Protestant mindset had problems with. Willymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652532356102638621noreply@blogger.com