tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69169492990129614372024-02-21T01:38:14.381-06:00 The Music of the SpheresWith Heart toward the SacredCharles Kinnairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07651225996573989932noreply@blogger.comBlogger195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916949299012961437.post-52263402515026793902022-08-15T20:58:00.001-05:002022-08-15T20:58:00.166-05:00Ave Maria (Robert Parsons)<p><a href="https://www.siglodeoro.co.uk/" target="_blank">Siglo de Oro</a> is a London-based Vocal ensemble "bringing unusual and neglected music to life." On this Marian feast day (<a href="https://bustedhalo.com/ministry-resources/understanding-and-celebrating-the-feast-of-the-assumption" target="_blank">The Assumption of Mary</a>), I found their video of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Parsons_(composer)" target="_blank">Robert Parsons</a>' "Ave Maria."</p><div><div style="text-align: center;">
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-Charles Kinnairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07651225996573989932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916949299012961437.post-12509188947849293832020-05-24T05:00:00.000-05:002020-05-24T05:00:05.666-05:00Matines de Pentecôte - Venite 8Matines de Pentecôte - Venite 8, Lecture, Repons<br />
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-Charles Kinnairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07651225996573989932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916949299012961437.post-82218534754992046872020-05-10T05:00:00.001-05:002020-05-10T07:45:17.214-05:00God of the Sparrow (Craig Courtney)God of the Sparrow is a beautiful new choral anthem. Published in 2019, the text is by Jonathan Cook, music by Craig Courtney.<br />
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-Charles Kinnairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07651225996573989932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916949299012961437.post-41642157539748496572020-05-03T05:00:00.000-05:002020-05-03T09:42:41.918-05:00It Is Well with My SoulDuring our time of sheltering in place, here is a beautiful smooth jazz virtual collaboration of the Gospel hymn, "It Is Well with My Soul." Thanks to my friend, David Brazzeal for bringing this to my attention.<br />
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<i>With friend musicians Johnaye Kendrick (vocals), Dawn Clement (fender rhodes), Evan Flory-Barnes (bass), Rogerio Boccato (drums) and myself (guitar, arrangements, and production) we used our cell phones during the stay at home order to record this timeless hymn, "It is Well", for the Jazz Vespers of Lake Forest Park.</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Though we never had been false to Your word </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">You make us like the sheep for the slaughter </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">You make us now the taunt of our neighbors </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">My face is now covered with shame </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">This befell us though we had not forsaken </span><br />
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"...Notre-Dame de Paris (meaning "Our Lady of Paris"), often referred to
simply as Notre-Dame, was a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la
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architecture. Its innovative use of the rib vault and flying buttress,
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