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Celebrating our Saints: it’s one way of celebrating our European identity

Michael McFarland Campbell

We all know how much we in Ireland like to celebrate St Patrick’s Day, coming up soon is the Breton equivalent: Gouel Erwan, St Yves. Well this year, the Breton Association in Ireland has chosen to celebrate it in Belfast. Breizh Eire, association des Bretons d’Irlande a choisi de faire cette année la Gouel Erwan à Belfast. Ca va donner ! Slante ! The event came to my attention this afternoon when there were two buskers in Castle Lane in Belfast city centre who were sounding distinctly rustic. Having passed them walking towards Waterstone’s I asked them on the way … Continue reading Celebrating our Saints: it’s one way of celebrating our European identity

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Bicentenary Celebrations begin with fantastic concert at St George’s Belfast

Michael McFarland Campbell

521883_147656575415931_1288860845_nTwo hundred years ago, the foundation stone of the new Parish Church of St George on the site of the old Corporation Church beside the River Farset in Belfast was laid. Three years later, it was duly dedicated and opened. Two hundred years of witness to the city have passed with an emphasis through most of that on quality Church Music, so it was unsurprising that the opening concert of the Bicentenary Celebrations would be a fantastic display of church music.

The choir of St George’s was joined by the Schola Cantorum of St Peter’s Cathedral Belfast and from Worcester Massachusetts the choirs of All Saints’, Worcester and Notre Dame Academy, Worcester.

The four choirs combined to open the concert with the Magnificat in C by C.V. Stanford followed by Mozart’s Ave verum corpus. Hearing these pieces took me back to singing as  a boy Continue reading “Bicentenary Celebrations begin with fantastic concert at St George’s Belfast”

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#PCRMWG – Basshunter in the news

Michael McFarland Campbell
one of my favourite pictures of Basshunter. Can't think why.

I’d like to highlight to my friends that sometimes I do know about Popular culture references*.

It is not often that music stars that I like appear in the news. But today we hear that Jonas Erik Altberg aka Basshunter has been charged over allegations made at a Kirkcaldy nightclub.

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When I go… will they cry?

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Last night was difficult – I’m not quite sure why, but it was. I was watching the last episode of Series 1 of Queer As Folk (American version) with my friend Andrew. Right at the end of this episode is the scene where Justin Taylor, played so excellently by Randy Harrison, ends up as the victim in a vicious homophobic attack. Justin is taken to hospital, and there is a lot of crying, not just on screen – but in the audience. I said something then that I possibly shouldn’t have. But I’m repeating it now to see what others … Continue reading When I go… will they cry?

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disappointment for Michael and musicals

Michael McFarland Campbell

Well, I have just been sitting watching Mel Brooks’s film The Producers (2005) with my friend Andrew. The Producers is a film about a musical called Springtime for Hitler which has been shown in Israel, Germany, and Broadway (amongst other places). At least, that is what I thought until the end of the film. All the way through I thought that there had been stage productions of Springtime for Hitler and then at the end, I discover that this is not the case. I was utterly confused. Earlier on, during the documentary film I had asked Andrew… So, presumably there … Continue reading disappointment for Michael and musicals

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