This was my first attempt at modifying Kirsten Tibbals’ recipe for Passionfruit Pâté de Fruit using the Lotus brand of Citrus Pectin. And… first time lucky, apparently, because this really worked. It’s nothing like my old pectin jellies, but it’s…
Lullay myn lyking is a slightly more traditional form of the text from yesterday’s piece, but with a far more modern arrangement. This particular text dates from a 15th-century manuscript (from which the lyrics to Adam Lay Y Bounden and…
This is a continuation from my previous lab book post, as I’m still working on how to get the best results with the two kinds of pectin I’ve been using by modifying the two recipes I’ve been given. The main…
Much as artists throughout the ages have been inspired to paint the Madonna and Child, composers have been similarly inspired to write songs depicting Jesus on Mary’s knee. Many of these include a lullaby chorus, and I think that these…
I thought I’d finish this sequence with a 20th century arrangement by a woman composer, Elizabeth Maconchy. Maconchy was born in 1907 in Hertfordshire, England, and seems to have written mostly for string quartets and chamber orchestras, though she wrote…
I bet you thought that Jesus was the only rose in this story. Surprise! Mary also gets to be a rose. Obviously, this horticultural affinity runs in the family. There is no rose of such virtue is a medieval text…
