tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20318294.post5782867871413741554..comments2023-10-28T06:49:17.434+00:00Comments on O cuniculi! Ubi lexicon Latinum posui?: ...as it were a span long...Warwickensishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01310450226153796760noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20318294.post-53947499614943615412011-07-18T15:32:20.256+00:002011-07-18T15:32:20.256+00:00The Psalms offer us a wonderful microcosm of the r...The Psalms offer us a wonderful microcosm of the range of human emotions and moods. They tell us that those moments of darkness and light are truly gifts from God. Those Psalms, dark in nature, reflect those moments when we, like the psalmist, turn inward to examine our hearts when afflicted with pain and heartbreak. Other Psalms reflect those moments when we reach out with praise, thanksgiving, and joy in our hearts. Without the darkness the light has little meaning. <br /><br />Your brief reference to Maurice Greene reminds me that his compositions often epitomize that dichotomy. He is a favorite of mine and I never tire of his works. The contrast between his setting of Psalm 39, “Lord, let me know mine end” and the almost giddy joy of his tongue-twister setting of Psalm 65, “Thou visitest the earth and blessest it” ably make the point. <br /><br />I've selected this version by a very competent high school choir simply because it captures the joy and the spirit of it where the other recordings are a bit somber.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtmvvNyDISMJamesIIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425024208115911443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20318294.post-88441631610688707382011-07-18T06:28:30.007+00:002011-07-18T06:28:30.007+00:00Much obliged to you, Father. Thanks.Much obliged to you, Father. Thanks.Warwickensishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01310450226153796760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20318294.post-10724664335859890322011-07-18T01:20:35.953+00:002011-07-18T01:20:35.953+00:00Re "Hope is a little girl of no importance&qu...Re "Hope is a little girl of no importance"<br /><br />from a poem by Charles Péguy<br /><br />see: http://solo.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.554388&catNum=554388&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English<br /><br />sinc.<br />Fr. Robert Mansfield, SSCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com