Andre Campra: Messa da Requiem
Andre Campra: Messa da Requiem
Featuring Philippe Herreweghe (Conductor)
Harmoia Mundi, 1992
Campra wrote this masterpiece around 1699, before he abandoned his duties as maître de musique...
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In defence of the pope
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more.
- Roger Waters, 1973
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January Thaw, Bluffer’s Park, Lake Ontario
Francis Joseph Dvorak is an artist, art restorer and teacher. He studied philosophy at the University of Toronto, and painting in the atelier of...
