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Monday, the 19 th of January 2026                        #ClassicFM #AlexanderArmstrong #ClareMcIntyre #radio #monastic #officehours #plainchant #polyphony #liturgy #AlisonHawes #SimonAshdown #DominicMcGonigal #Victoria #Rachmaninov #Palestrina #Parsons #Holst #Rimsky-Korsakov #Sheppard #BickleighCastle  Thank you, ClassicFM and Alexander Armstrong, for the namecheck!   And thank you, Clare McIntyre, for the tip-off!  Alexander Armstrong namechecked “composer Dominic McGonig

Sunday, the 18 th of January 2026                        #monastic #officehours #plainchant #polyphony #liturgy #AlisonHawes #SimonAshdown #DominicMcGonigal #SetMeAsASeal #MyHolyPlace #Victoria #Rachmaninov #Palestrina #Parsons #Holst #Rimsky-Korsakov #Sheppard #BickleighCastle   What a feast of music! My head is full of Victoria, Palestrina, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Sheppard, Schutz, Holst and... McGonigal! We ended with my Set Me As A Seal which will be the title trac