Various Artists - Scattered Light in WinterJames Jordan writes: "I think when life challenges us, our common human tendency is to look toward the stars for wisdom and answers, for the abundances and peace that sometimes one's focus toward the heavens brings to us. Looking toward the stars and the heavens often clears our vision so we can feel authentically with our hearts. Carols during Advent and Christmastime seem to also embody that spirit of mystical searching for hope and wonder. And

Like all Montreal musical collectives

the perils of social isolation and the fragility of mental health

' using the minor mode to depict a distress and heartache that are certainly not unconnected with the famous 'Heiligenstadt Testament

moving on by the ageof twelve to the first Fugue in G minor to tackling at fifteen the Ciaconna

In the collective imagination

He had to find a way to cope with the sense of pressure

It was largely thanks to these two composers that the vihuela attained such popularity in 16th-century Spain

One thing is for certain: this sprightly

The For nearly a hundred years

as if dazzled from having gazed upon too many images'

Fabio Pignatelli

Tribute to Hamp was recorded in Nov