Every Saturday in Lent we are pleased to offer you an appropriate Lenten anthem. From tomorrow the liturgical theme will be transfiguration, so Carol, Jennifer and Tom sing this beautiful song for you: St Margaret’s Church Prestwich holds CCLI licences CCL 79250, MRL 775231 and 466111 for music streaming and One Licence M-40120 for music … More Lenten Anthems
Every Sunday, Monday and Friday in Lent we are pleased to offer you an appropriate Lenten hymn. St Margaret’s Church Prestwich holds CCLI licences CCL 79250, MRL 775231 and 466111 for music streaming and One Licence M-40120 for music streaming.
Many commercial traders consider February to be the month in which we celebrate romantic love – although records show that the story of the real St Valentine have little to do with the chocolates, flowers and soppy greetings cards we are encouraged to buy. St Valentine lived in the third century, and as well as … More Love is the Touch of Intangible Joy – Words Alison Robertson (b. 1940), Music John Bell (b. 1949)
Every Sunday, Monday and Friday in Lent we are pleased to offer you an appropriate Lenten hymn. Today our choir sings for us “At the Name of Jesus”: St Margaret’s Church Prestwich holds CCLI licences CCL 79250, MRL 775231 and 466111 for music streaming and One Licence M-40120 for music streaming.
Every Sunday, Monday and Friday in Lent we are pleased to offer you an appropriate Lenten hymn. Today Carol and Tom sing for you “On Jordan’s Bank”: St Margaret’s Church Prestwich holds CCLI licences CCL 79250, MRL 775231 and 466111 for music streaming and One Licence M-40120 for music streaming.
Every Saturday in Lent we are pleased to offer you an appropriate Lenten anthem. From tomorrow the liturgical theme will be temptation, so Carol and Tom sing this beautiful song for you: St Margaret’s Church Prestwich holds CCLI licences CCL 79250, MRL 775231 and 466111 for music streaming and One Licence M-40120 for music streaming.
Every Sunday, Monday and Friday in Lent we are pleased to offer you an appropriate Lenten hymn. Today Carol and Tom sing for you “Drop, Drop, Slow Tears”: St Margaret’s Church Prestwich holds CCLI licences CCL 79250, MRL 775231 and 466111 for music streaming and One Licence M-40120 for music streaming.
Did you know that carols, like puppies, are not just for Christmas? According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, a carol is a song characteristically of religious joy, associated with a given season, with uniform stanzas or verses that may alternate with a refrain. The musical emphasis is on melody and rhythm rather than harmony. Interestingly, the … More The Crown of Roses – words Pleshcheev (1825-93) tr. Drearmer, music Tchaikovsky (1840-93)
Musicians planning repertoire for their ensembles are usually considerably ahead of the calendar. It was no surprise then that all the students on a conducting training weekend in June 2024 were set Christmas carols from a new publication, “Carols for Choirs 6”. We learned some fabulous new Christmas music that weekend, and most students programmed these carols for their choirs this Christmas – including Notability, the Whitefield choir that I practiced with ahead of the course … More The Owl – Toby Young (b. 1990), text by Jennifer Thorpe (b. 1988)
Originally a hit for Little Peggy March in 1963, this song was made popular once more in 1992 when it was included in Sister Act, as Whoopi Goldberg led a chorus of singing nuns … More I Will Follow Him
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