Classics for Easter: Mozart, Ave Verum Corpus K 618
I WAS lucky enough to sing this with my school choir 60 years ago, and it is on my list of requests…
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Classics for Easter: ‘Drop, drop, slow tears’ by…
THE poem ‘Drop, drop, slow tears’ was written by Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650). The son of an MP, he…
Classics at Easter: Fauré/In Paradisum
THIS IS the seventh and last part of the Requiem by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). It is not strictly…
Classics for Easter: Easter Hymn from Cavalleria…
A LONG time ago I wrote about the one-act opera Cavalleria Rusticana and the marvellous Intermezzo,…
Classics for Easter: Stabat Mater/Pergolesi/Palestrina
THIS is a 13th century hymn Christian hymn describing the vigil kept by the Virgin Mary at the foot…
Classics for Easter: J S Bach’s St Matthew…
THIS masterpiece is Bach’s second Passion to survive in its entirety. The first was the St John…
Classics for Easter: Allegri/‘Miserere mei Deus’
THERE is probably more legend surrounding this piece than any other. ‘Miserere mei, Deus’ (‘Have…
