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 Faith in a Hard Ground: Essays on Religion, Philosophy and Ethics (St. Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs) $34.90 Includes essays by the celebrated twentieth-century philosopher, G.E.M. Anscombe  1862 CHURCH ST ANDREW DUBLIN LUKE HULL WOODHOUSE-GROVE $55.10 FULL PAGE FROM THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS DATE 1862.AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER.WEEKS DATE AS SHOWN ON TOP OF PAGE. SIZE APPROX 15.5 X 11 NCHES(395x280)ALL ARE GENUINE ANTIQUE AND NOT MODERN COPIES, THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE  A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols $16.98 This disc could be more succinctly titled Christmas for Anglophiles. Few sounds are more British than the boy soprano-dominated Choir of King's College in Cambridge. And the group is heard--in some sections recorded live--in an actual Christmastide service amid the generous reverberation of a cathedral acoustic with little more than a tasteful though austere organ accompaniment. The repertoire isn't just conservative, traditional hymns and carols. One is harmonized by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and there are a number of contributions by contemporary composers Thomas Ads, Judith Weir, and John Tavener, all of which are probing, sincere, even personal examples of their art (and some are daringly liberated, harmonically speaking). The downside for some listeners--at least on repeated hearings--is that the entire service is heard, sermons and all. Others may take this in the spirit of a Paul McCreesh liturgical reconstruction, with congregational singing included. --David Patrick Stearns |
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