Tag Archives: Music
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St Patrick – Not a Tipsy Leprechaun
Leave a commentMarch 16, 2018 by lucieromarin
The Feast of St Patrick is not for binge-drinking and dancing jigs in silly hats. That’s because it’s not about …
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The Doctor. The Disaster. The Drone. (Three Unrelated Theories)
1October 13, 2014 by lucieromarin
Last week, while absorbed in the thought that the majestic, aristocratic, nuanced, heart-rending Peter Capaldi is most certainly the best …
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Suffering, Sewing, Sentiment: Notes from a Week
1September 13, 2014 by lucieromarin
I wanted to tell you the story of how my hair fell out and then grew back. Then I realised …
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Linkage
Leave a commentAugust 4, 2014 by lucieromarin
Because I should be writing job applications right now: Here’s the transcript of a debate between Bertrand Russell and Frederick …
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An Assumption Motet
5July 23, 2014 by lucieromarin
Speaking of choirs and whatnot, Assumption is not far off, and we’re learning this motet. Obviously, we’re going to sound …
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The View from the Loft
2July 16, 2014 by lucieromarin
The obvious piece of advice to give anyone thinking of joining a liturgical choir is this… don’t do it! Are …
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The Triduum Ten, 2014
1April 21, 2014 by lucieromarin
The Easter Triduum is done! Here are some things to love about it: 1. Young men amassing It’s like seeing …
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Draw Me, We Shall Run
1April 15, 2014 by lucieromarin
My godson is getting married! So, in between Triduum and Easter music, I’m learning the second alto line of this …
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And Here’s the Franciscan Answer to Simonopetra
4April 4, 2014 by lucieromarin
And hurray for the men who still send it reverberating off chapel walls!
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Why Men Were Created
3April 4, 2014 by lucieromarin
It was so they could do this (listen for the very growly note at the bottom):
Roadkill Rhapsody 