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London, England, Jun 9, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Some of St. John Henry Newman’s best-loved words will be heard on Thursday as they have never been heard before.They will feature in a new work by the composer Si… […]
Vatican City, Feb 4, 2021 / 06:05 am (CNA).- Pope Francis praised musicians on Thursday for showing “new creativity” despite severe restrictions imposed on their work by the coronavirus pandemic.
In a Feb. 4 video message to … […]
The 20th anniversary of Whit Stillman’s paean to disco reminds us of another great American form of entertainment that has all but disappeared: the romantic […]
Marie sings her parable-songs, and through them we learn of her husband, her family, her friends, her Christian faith…and herself. […]
The new movie is an antidote of sorts to the pretentiousness and hypocrisy of scandal-ridden Hollywood. […]
CWR’s editor on writing: “Both a joy and a responsibility…it is full of demands and full of graces.” […]
The unlikely spiritual journey of a 1960s hit-maker Carl D’Errico, whose songs have been performed and recorded by The Animals, Neil Diamond, the Yardbirds, Gene Pitney, and […]
Earlier this year, Carnegie Hall in New York City presented a series of performances of the Nine Symphonies of Anton Bruckner by the Staatskapelle Berlin led by Daniel Barenboim. This was the first time the […]
In the history of classical music, there are figures who stand out above all the rest. While there are seemingly countless composers who left indelible marks, or who created works of indescribable beauty and poignancy, […]
Henryk Gorecki is not a name that is known to the general public; in fact, it’s likely not a name that the general public even knows how to pronounce. But he was a figure of […]
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