"May the road rise up to meet you" is an old Irish blessing that's been set for chorus countless times through the years. Tune in March 17 at 8PM as Phoenix-area bass singer and KBACH contributor Charles Newton presents an hour of choral music for St. Patrick's Day, from a 14th century plainchant, to Arvo Pärt's 21st century setting of St. Patrick's Breastplate.

Playlist

8:01 PM
John Rutter - A Prayer of St. Patrick
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, director
Collegium 100

8:03 PM
Anonymous (14th c.) - Laeta lux est hodierna
National Chamber Choir of Ireland
Paul Hillier, director
RTÉ Lyric 131

8:10 PM
Charles Villiers Stanford - Three Motets
His Majestie's Clerkes
Anne Heider, director
Cedille 36

8:19 PM
Ernest John Moeran - Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in D Major
St. Edmundsbury Cathedral Choir
Mervyn Cousins, director
Scott Farrell, organ
Priory 554

8:25 PM
Arvo Pärt - The Deer’s Cry
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, director
Coro 16140

8:30 PM
Irene Buckley - Luireach Phadraig (St. Patrick's Breastplate)
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral Girls' Choir
Continuum Youth Choir
Blanaid Murphy, director
St. Mary's Digital Download

8:33 PM
Rhona Clarke - Cantate Domino & Siofra Si
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral Girls' Choir
Continuum Youth Choir
Blanaid Murphy, director
St. Mary's Digital Download

8:39 PM
Traditional - Three Irish Folksongs: #1 & 2 (arr. John Buckley)
The Mornington Singers
Orla Flanagan, director
Divine Art 25187

8:45 PM
Patrick Cassidy - The Mass: Gloria & Sanctus
London Symphony Orchestra
Ben Parry, conductor
London Voices
Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano
Supertrain Records 015

8:53 PM
Traditional - Danny Boy (arr. Percy Grainger)
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, director
Collegium 104

8:57 PM
Traditional - Irish Blessing
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
Timothy Seelig, director
SFGMC 0717