The Art and the Hours

by Br. Gilbert Heater, OSB Music is a profound and transcendent mystery, piercing the innermost places of our heart and moving us in ways that

by Br. Gilbert Heater, OSB With its elegant touching melody and a rich resonant harmony of suspended 9ths and 11ths, it would be easy to

by Br. Gilbert Heater, OSB Leopold Godowsky’s Java Suite is a collection of tone poems written by the early 20th century Lithuanian composer after visiting Indonesia. This composition

by Br. Gilbert Heater, OSB There is something mysterious about music and its ability to captivate our souls. It is a ubiquitous part of our

by Br. Gilbert Heater, OSB Christmas is a time for celebration in the Word made flesh, but it is a celebration of smallness and weakness

by Br. Gilbert Heater, OSB Advent draws to a close and together with expectant Israel we at last come to kneel before the manger and

by Br. Gilbert Heater, OSB The fourth week of Advent takes us deeper into darkness. The umbral twilight of the approaching winter solstice evokes the

by Br. Gilbert Heater, OSB The third week of Advent brings us ever deeper into the theme of anticipation and I have been pondering the

by Br. Gilbert Heater, OSB Franz Schubert’s Impromptu in G flat minor was composed shortly before his death at the age of 31. He was

by Br. Gilbert Heater, OSB This week I want to share a piece of music that I find absolutely delightful. Paul Drayton’s marvellous Masterpiece is a brilliant