Nathaniel Peters

Earlier I mentioned seeing the all-male a cappella group Chanticleer perform at the Met. The most interesting piece they performed was John Tavener’s “Village Wedding.” Tavener describes the piece as follows: Village Wedding is a series of musical and verbal images, describing a . . . . Continue Reading »

Sally Thomas has a lovely performance of the Herefordshire Carol by an impressive English chorister. Below is Ralph Vaughn Williams’ setting as sung by the King’s College Choir. The carol is a meditation on how the Incarnation undoes the effects of the Fall, a fitting subject on which . . . . Continue Reading »

Few pieces of music I know capture the mystery of the Incarnation better than Victoria’s motet “O Magnum Mysterium.” The words are: O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, jacentem in praesepio! Beata Virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt . . . . Continue Reading »

Yesterday in St. Patrick’s Cathedral a crowd of 750 bid farewell to Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. in a beautiful funeral Mass. Fordham University and the New York Times have accounts of the occasion. . . . . Continue Reading »

Last year around this time I wrote about a Christmas carol called “Adam Lay Ybounden.” Thanks to our friend Sally Thomas , here’s a video of the carol as performed by the King’s College Choir: . . . . Continue Reading »

Those seeking more information about Avery Cardinal Dulles might look at an obituary by Joseph Bottum, which ran today in the Times (London). . . . . Continue Reading »

Also receiving the Presidential Citizens Medal was Chuck Colson, the founder of Prison Fellowship and a co-founder of Evangelicals and Catholics Together. We send our hearty congratulations to him along with Prof. George . . . . . Continue Reading »

A few days ago, Keith Pavlischek drew our attention to Mollie Ziegler’s response to Newsweek ‘s article “The Christian Case for Gay Marriage.” Since then, she’s written two follow-up pieces ( here and here ), and Christianity Today weighed in as well, reminding us that . . . . Continue Reading »

Every year, Chanticleer , an all-male a cappella group, sings in front of the Christmas tree in the medieval sculpture court at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I was able to go last Thursday and had the most fun at a concert that I’ve had in a long time, maybe ever. The concert was a mix of . . . . Continue Reading »

The replacement of Christmas, and even now Thanksgiving, with the generic noun “Holiday” shows its absurdity to a degree I had not foreseen. . . . . Continue Reading »