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Written by Claire Barnes on 2025-01-12 at 04:25

"Palestrina is the star of the show" but David Smith also appreciates the interleaving of Byrd, White & Mundy settings of the same motets. He describes #ClareCollegeChoir under the leadership of #GrahamRoss as "a choral powerhouse... for such relatively young musicians their assurance and poise is remarkable."

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/articles/6319--recording-of-the-week-new-palestrina-from-graham-ross-and-the-choir-of-clare-college 🧵 4/

[#]MusicReview #Palestrina #Byrd #SacredMusic #choir

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Written by Claire Barnes on 2025-01-12 at 04:06

The five hitherto-unrecorded works in 'Palestrina Revealed', & their variety, are highlighted in this FT review:

https://www.ft.com/content/a941b691-5956-497b-a0cd-c2cc54b875ea 🧵 3/

[#]Palestrina #ClareCollege #ChoralMusic

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Written by Claire Barnes on 2025-01-12 at 03:53

'Palestrina Revealed' - one of Gramophone's 'five unmissable new classical recordings this week':

https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical%20music%20news/article/the-five-unmissable-new-classical-recordings-this-week 🧵 2/

[#]ClareCollegeChoir #GrahamRoss #NewRelease #ClassicalMusic

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Written by Claire Barnes on 2025-01-11 at 02:38

'Palestrina Revealed' - some glorious music from the Choir of Clare College Cambridge to celebrate the 500th anniversary of his birth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scMrBMt1dZI

https://store.harmoniamundi.com/release/483904-choir-of-clare-college-cambridge-graham-ross-palestrina-revealed-byrd-white-mundy

[#]16thCentury #choral #music #Palestrina #Byrd #ClareCollege #choir #CambridgeUniversity #ClareCollegeChoir

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Written by Claire Barnes on 2025-01-04 at 08:11

Medieval paintings as seen by master conservator Spike Bucklow, through paint samples the size of a dust speck, in his new book 'The Art Beneath': https://centrecentre.co.uk/products/the-art-beneath

[#]NewBook #medieval #painting #ArtHistory #HamiltonKerr @medievodons

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Written by Claire Barnes on 2024-12-27 at 09:32

Simon Knott, master of wonderful websites on the churches of East Anglia, has posted on Bluesky a thread of 3 glorious images for today 27Dec, the feast of St John the Apostle:

https://bsky.app/profile/simoninsuffolk.bsky.social/post/3lebkizowsc2j

[#]StJohn #NameDay #OTD

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Written by Claire Barnes on 2024-12-25 at 07:56

The choir of Clare College Cambridge has been touring in Europe, returned exhausted but happy, and posted these reflections from Graham Ross on Why They Do It.

[#]choral #music #why #ClareCollege #choir #CambridgeUniversity #ClareCollegeChoir

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Written by Claire Barnes on 2024-12-25 at 07:17

'Peace on Earth', composed played & sung by Errollyn Wallen, the Belize-born British composer who was this year appointed Master of the King's Music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BYOjV3T71I

[#]ErrollynWallen #NewMusic #Christmas

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Written by Claire Barnes on 2024-12-06 at 04:19

For a change from our current leaders, shall we try a #BoyBishop?

Celebrating #OTD 6Dec the feast of #StNicholas & traditions explored in last year's thread:

🧵 https://h-net.social/@ClaireFromClare/111531472836477908

🎨 Stowe Breviary, painted in Norwich c.1322-25.

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Written by Claire Barnes on 2024-12-04 at 02:22

"A testament to the strength of affection of a husband to his wife, as well as an elaborate display of royal power": https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2024/11/the-eleanor-crosses.html

[#]EdwardI #EleanorOfCastile #EleanorCross #13thCentury #medieval #MedievalWomen #WalthamCross #CharingCross #BritishLibrary @medievodons

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Written by Claire Barnes on 2024-12-04 at 02:12

"A Psalter, a silver belt, brooches and clasps, Parisian jewels, brown bread from Cologne, nuts and pears"... The last household accounts of English queen Eleanor of Castile: https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2022/11/the-queens-expenses.html

[#]13thCentury #MedievalWomen #EleanorOfCastile #BritishLibrary #medieval #manuscript @medievodons

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Written by Claire Barnes on 2024-11-22 at 16:18

Centuries later, the choral tradtion at both colleges remains strong.

Below, the choirs of Clare & Pembroke.

Above, images from Clare College's recent performance of Britten's 'Hymn to St Cecilia', https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwXXyLpQAXU&t=4700s 🧵 3/3

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Written by Claire Barnes on 2024-11-22 at 16:05

[#]MarieDeStPol founded #PembrokeCollege Cambridge. She’s shown here with #StCecilia, patron of musicians, whose feast is celebrated on 22 Nov.

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Written by Claire Barnes on 2024-11-22 at 15:48

In her 1359 statutes for #ClareCollege Cambridge, the #LadyOfClare stipulated a schedule for religious services, including many "with notes"– illustrated here in the sumptuous breviary of her close friend #MarieDeStPol.

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[#]medieval #choir #choral #music #CambridgeUniversity

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Written by Claire Barnes on 2024-11-15 at 10:10

@laurahelmuth Thank You for the wonderful thread found through high praise from Trish who is bridged to Fedi:

https://bsky.app/profile/trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social/post/3lawozpumwc2x

If now posting on Bsky more than Fedi, would you please activate #Bridgy so that we can still read you here? Best wishes for the sabbatical!

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Written by Claire Barnes on 2024-10-22 at 11:36

Helpful comparision of the pros & cons of the Big3 current microblogging options at 13Oct: https://www.liminalweb.site/life-after-twitter-micro-blogging-in-2024/

It's from @David who has given all a fair try.

TL;DR #Fediverse best overall; #Bluesky easiest for some; all of us should consider #Bridgy to reach readers on both.

Useful for people still on X or considering their social media options; good info for those who don't wish to try all. #TwitterMigration

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Written by Claire Barnes on 2024-09-09 at 03:19

Fascinating article by Lisa Fagin Davis on multispectral imaging, with newly-public images of the Voynich manuscript:

https://manuscriptroadtrip.wordpress.com/2024/09/08/multispectral-imaging-and-the-voynich-manuscript/

[#]multispectral #imaging #Voynich #manuscript #BeineckeLibrary @medievodons @histodons @LisaFaginDavis

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Written by Claire Barnes on 2024-08-31 at 14:30

'Stories of Syria's Textiles' range from the ancient silk routes to preserving skills amid the devastation of war. This book review by Jenny Balfour-Paul in Selvedge magazine talks of the cultural losses in Syria & Palestine, of damask & of gauze.

[#]Syria #Palestine #textiles #BookReview

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Written by Claire Barnes on 2024-08-30 at 11:37

@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social ⬆️ maybe worth a boost on Bluesky? as I see there's a following there for the #ChoirofClareCollege & #GrahamRoss

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My post comes to you from the Fediverse c/o #Bridgy - maybe also invite your Bluesky readers to bridge back? https://fed.brid.gy/

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Written by Claire Barnes on 2024-08-30 at 11:25

"Nothing less than astonishing", & available free online: the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610, performed by the Choir of Clare College Cambridge, conducted by Graham Ross, audio producer John Rutter. Review & link:

https://www.planethugill.com/2024/08/nothing-less-than-astonishing.html

[#]Monteverdi #Vespers #ClareCollegeChoir #ClareCollege

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