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John Rutter’s Requiem – Every song has a story
John Rutter decided to write a requiem, a desire fueled by his love for the requiem by Gabriel Fauré and also by the death of his father. Rutter got to work on the piece, but, as he says, “illness intervened, which was slightly worrying when I thought of poor Mozart writing his Requiem and dying […]
Every song has a story – Shedding light on Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna
Could ten weeks change your life? What if you spent those weeks all alone on a fire lookout tower in the Pacific Northwest near Mount St. Helens, with your only human contact from the once-a-week food delivery? That’s what put Morten Lauridsen on track to becoming one of the greatest living composers. This book is […]
Every song has a story – Understanding Letters from Ireland
“Letters from Ireland” is a delightful set of arrangements of Irish folk songs by Mark Brymer with accompanying extracts from letters and diaries of the time. This book contains historical and literary essays on the lyrics of those folk songs. Have you ever wondered what a “cockle” is or why the color green is associated […]
Singing better than you know how
What can you do on your own to improve your singing of choral selections? Nowadays you don’t have to sit in front of your harpsichord and plunk out the notes from your music manuscript that’s been copied with a quill pen. There are all kinds of tools and resources available to you as a 21 […]
Hoist the main sail!
It’s maybe not so curious as to why the humble #seashanty has become so popular recently, since its origins lie in being typically performed to keep the spirits of seafarers high during their work and to keep synchronised for tasks like hoisting sails and pulling in fishing lines, when everyone needed to be unified in […]