Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two. Today it’s “other” Tom’s turn, with “Walking in the Air”, Rev Sue reads “Why the chimes rang”, by Raymond MacDonald Alden, and Carol & Tom sing the advent carol “Lo, He comes with clouds descending”. St Margaret’s Church Prestwich … More Digital Advent Calendar 2025 day 06
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two. Today, in keeping with this year’s theme of angels, we hear about the annunciation, from the parish choir in “Gabriel’s Message”, Rev Sue reads “Annunciation” by Lucy Moore” and Tom, Carol and Jennifer sing “Deo Gracias” from Benjamin Britten’s … More Digital Advent Calendar 2025 day 05
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two. Today our friend Michael reads “angels”, a poem written especially for this Digital Advent Calendar by his brother Geoff Knaggs. Then it’s the Advent carol “Veni, Veni Emmanuel” sung by our parish choir, and “Noel: Christmas Eve 1913” by … More Digital Advent Calendar 2025 day 04
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two. Today it’s the anthem “Adam Lay Ybounden” sung by our parish choir, and the poem “High in the Heaven” by Charles Causley, read by Maureen. St Margaret’s Church Prestwich holds CCLI licences CCL 79250, MRL 775231 and 466111 for … More Digital Advent Calendar 2025 day 03
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two. Today it’s an anthem recorded a while ago by our parish choir, and a poem by Laura Gibson, read by Sue G. St Margaret’s Church Prestwich holds CCLI licences CCL 79250, MRL 775231 and 466111 for music streaming and … More Digital Advent Calendar 2025 day 02
The Bethlehem Carol Sheet is having its 70th anniversary this year. Not only is it an affordable way to have in one convenient place nearly all the carols we might want to sing, but its profits support projects helping the poorest people in the Middle East. You won’t find Jingle Bells in it, though – … More December letter to the parish
Every day throughout Advent we are pleased to offer you a little Advent treat or two. Today it’s the ancient plainchant “Advent Prose” from Carol P and Tom, and “God’s Phone Number”, read by Carol O: St Margaret’s Church Prestwich holds CCLI licences CCL 79250, MRL 775231 and 466111 for music streaming and One Licence … More Digital Advent Calendar 2025 day 01
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)
What’s in a name? Some of us have names that were chosen for their meaning, or because they were in the family. Sometimes there is an association, and other times the parents simply liked the name. Some people like their names and some hate them, and choose their own nickname instead. My father was named Albert George, but at one workplace they already had a Bert and a George, so they randomly called him Tony … More What’s in a name?
This is the last day of Advent. The liturgical season of Christmas starts tomorrow. One more sleep. Behind the last virtual door of our parish digital Advent Calendar we have the choir singing the fabulous “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”, Tome and Carol sing “The Christmas Song”, and the choir treats you to some very familiar words set to an equally familiar – yet unexpected – tune … More Digital Advent Calendar 2024: day 24
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