Music: Agnus Dei
Posted on 20. Feb, 2008 in Music
Our music selection this week is Agnus Dei taken from the Dublin Choral Foundation’s album Mozart 250 and conducted by Ite O’Donovan.
All You Need is Love
Posted on 20. Feb, 2008 in Film Reviews, Music
This week Peter O’Connor reviews All You Need Is Love, a musical love story directed by Julie Taymor. Set in the 1960’s and moving from Liverpool to New York, All You Need is Love is paired with a whole host of songs that defined the era.
Music: The Love I have for you
Posted on 06. Feb, 2008 in Music
This week our music is from James Kilbane – The Love I have for You’ from his CD Divine Love.
Music: Regina Caeli
Posted on 23. Jan, 2008 in Music
Our music piece this week is Regina Caeli from the album Biscantorat: the Sound of the Spirit from the Glenstal Monks, featuring Sinead O’Connor.
Traditional Airs
Posted on 09. Jan, 2008 in Music
Brigid Tunney comes from a long line of traditional singers who passed their songs down from generation to generation. As a teenager she loved singing and being involved with sessions, but then she became a Loreto sister and her life became more involved with teaching. However for the last two years she has been on […]
Music: An Mhaighdean Mhara
Posted on 01. Jan, 2008 in Music
Our music piece this week is “An Mhaighdean Mhara” from Brigid Tunney’s album “Hand in Hand”. It’s a piece of music that Brigid says reminds her of the wide-eyed children in Darjeeling who listened to her as she sang the story of the mermaid to them at the foothills of the Himalayas.
AMEN
Posted on 26. Dec, 2007 in Church Teachings, Music
Noirin Ni Riain’s musical and personal background is rooted in the traditions of Ireland. Her music gives a voice to many long forgotten Irish and Celtic songs, that would otherwise be lost forever. She has a long association with the Monks from Glenstal Abbey and the Cistercian nuns in Glencairn where her latest CD AMEN […]
Music – Still, still, still
Posted on 12. Dec, 2007 in Music
Music: From the CD Sing Choirs of Angels, the Lassus Scholars & Piccolo Lasso -directed by Ite O’Donovan – sing Still, Still, Still.
Music – The Gift You Are
Posted on 12. Dec, 2007 in Music
Music: From her new CD ‘The Gift you Are’ Sr. Marie Cox sings the title track – written by John Denver.