music

THE B-LIST: QUESTIONABLE MUSICAL MOMENTS #14 – MARVEL HEROES THEME SONGS

by David on May 6, 2013 · 0 comments

Just like half the population of the world (I’m not sure that’s an exaggeration), I went to see Iron Man 3 this past week. You can find out what I thought over at Aleteia. You know, it’s hard to believe…

Why Gregorian Chant Rocks

by Judy Keane on April 15, 2013 · 3 comments

Today we can scarcely go to a clothing store, a health club or even a gas station without being besieged by a variety of thumping, agitating and jarring music blasting from speakers above.  While I appreciate a variety of music,…

Mozart’s Laudate Dominum in Ahmeek, Upper Michigan (pop. 123)

by David Clayton on April 5, 2013 · 0 comments

In some ways it is surprising that I became an artist (apart from the lack of talent in painting that is…before someone comments!) I always find that music can transport me more readily and more powerfully than any painting can.…

Update on Vespers at the Veterans’ Hospital in Manchester, NH

by David Clayton on March 15, 2013 · 0 comments

Readers may remember my writing about a small group of us making the commitment to sing Vespers and Compline at the Veterans hospital in Manchester, NH. We have been singing there fortnightly now since September last year. One of the…

Keeping Quiet for Lent

by Dan Lord March 15, 2013

It’s 2013, and if I want to hear music I don’t have to be deprived for a single split-second.  I just pop in one of the 400 CDs I own. After an entire morning of one CD after the other,…

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Thomas More College Choir Sings for the Extraordinary Form, First Sunday of Lent

by David Clayton February 19, 2013

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Here are some recordings of what we sang. Last Sunday, the First Sunday in Lent, the Thomas More College choir sang at St Patrick’s in Nashua, NH. We sang at the invitation of Fr Kerper, the pastor at St Patricks.…

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Singing the Psalms with Victoria

by David Clayton February 14, 2013

And thinking about her in the week of her birthday
Not long ago I wrote an article in which I suggested ways of developing the cultural sensibilities of children, here. I have many blessings in my life and one is…

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A Wedding in the Chapel at Thomas More College, Merrimack, New Hampshire

by David Clayton January 4, 2013

I recently attended a wedding at the chapel of Thomas More College. The bride was stunningly beautiful, the music was sublime, the art was gorgeous.
I probably should declare at this point that my opinion on this matter is not…

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Creativity and Fun with Substance

by David Clayton November 12, 2012

Dudley Moore parodying Beethoven piano sonato and Schuber lieder (‘Die Flabberghast’) I saw the first video below on Damien Thompson’s blog on The Daily Telegraph website. It is Dudley Moore playing his own composition, a parody of a Beethoven piano…

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The Music of Roman Hurko and the Principle of Noble Accessibility

by David Clayton September 11, 2012

Below is some new music written by Roman Hurko, a Byzantine Catholic. It is the Our Father from his Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, which has recently come to my attention.I have written a couple of times on the importance…

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