Today’s Telegraph reports:
Music
Trad Catholic joke
As a crypto-medievalist I sympathize with this joke
I Am a Muslim And I Am Not a Terrorist #DeenSquad
Just about the time.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDM4gqciqs8 Deen Squad– Muslim Man (Official Music Video) Making dhikr all night Praying for an angel to be in my life I’m just tryna do it right and I will do anything for a… Read More ›
Os Justi (“The mouth of the righteous”)
This sublime choral piece was composed by Anton Bruckner in 1879. The text of the motet is two verses from Psalm 37 Os justi meditabitur sapientiam: et lingua ejus loquetur judicium. Lex Dei ejus in corde ipsius: et non supplantabuntur gressus… Read More ›
Ubi caritas et amor – Durufle
Magnifique!
Thomas Tallis – If Ye Love Me
Performed by the Cambridge Singers under John Rutter. Glorious music and lovely scene from Disney’s “Fantasia”. Thomas Tallis lived c. 1505 – 1585 in England. If ye love me, keep my commandments, and I will pray the Father, and He shall… Read More ›
Palestrina – Sicut Cervus
Simply beautiful Psalm 42:1 Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum, ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus. As a hart longs for the flowing streams, so longs my soul for thee, O God.
Monteverdi – Lamento della Ninfa
Just love this piece