Mary Black’s voice is beautiful and evocative in her rendition of this Irish Jacobite song, Mo Ghile Mear (“My Gallant Darling”).
Sting did a version of this with the Chieftains on The Long Black Veil.
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Tagged Brendan Coyle, Downton Abbey, Hugh Bonneville, Television Drama, Video
I love this carol.
“Huron Carol” or “Jesous Ahatonia”:
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” performed by Leonard Cohen. My favorite performance of this song.
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Tagged Leonard Cohen, Music video, Poetry
Samuel Barber’s setting of the Agnus Dei
(his Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 )
Performed by King’s College Choir
Posted in Choral, Human Life, Music, Poetry, Video
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