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
This is one of the most challenging pieces of music I sing in the liturgical year (the other being the Lent Prose, for all the same reasons). It’s an ancient plainsong chant, using text from Isaiah, in which the patriarchs and prophets of the Old Testament express their longings for the coming of the Messiah and cleansing of human sins. It is sung through Advent, building the number of verses Sunday by Sunday … More The Advent Prose (Rorate Coeli)
We hope you’ve enjoyed our daily Digital Advent Calendar and musical gifts for each of the Twelve Days of Christmas. We finish now with a cheeky little extra gift from Tom and Carol … More The 13th Day of Christmas?
It’s the twelfth day of Christmas, and our final gift to you can only be twelve drummers drumming. We move into Epiphany now, and celebrate the arrival of the wise men, with their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh … More The 12th Day of Christmas 2024
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