Nothing More Corny Than This
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in d minor…
“Is it not true that prohibiting or suspecting the extraordinary form can only be inspired by the demon who desires our suffocation and spiritual death?” —The Vatican’s chief liturgist from 2014-2021; interview with Edw. Pentin (23-Sep-2019)
A theorist, organist, and conductor, Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He completed studies in Education and Musicology at the graduate level. Having worked as a church musician in Los Angeles for ten years, in 2024 he accepted a position as choirmaster for Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Michigan, where he resides with his wife and children. —Read full biography (with photographs).
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in d minor…
“Light most blessèd, shine on the hearts of Your faithful—even into their darkest corners…”
“Light most blessèd, shine on the hearts of Your faithful—even into their darkest corners…”
Once upon a time, Catholic composers were trained from birth in a special art of musical composition…
“Sisters in pants distribute communion, while priests sit idle in the sanctuary. This ‘option’ results from a decay of the reverence for the Lord’s Presence.” —Fulton J. Sheen (1976)
Precious few modern masterpieces exist…but this motet by Kevin Allen is one.
Do you understand why I only apologize once—and not twice—for the Soprano line?
“…He shall not speak of Himself; but what things soever He shall hear, He shall speak…”
Why Do We Produce Rehearsal Videos? And what made more than 600 people show up for Santa Barbara’s first Latin Mass in fifty years?
Sheen replied: “Mr. President, I’m not the least bit impressed with your source.”
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