Ave Verum Corpus
April 9, 2022
Every Saturday in Lent we bring you an appropriate anthem. Tomorrow is Palm Sunday, so Carol and Tom offer you Mozart’s “Ave Verum Corpus” … More Ave Verum Corpus
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Great Peace Have They
April 2, 2022
Every Saturday in Lent we bring you a suitable anthem. Tomorrow we think about the Passion of Christ. Carol and Tom offer this anthem by James H Rogers … More Great Peace Have They
Ave Maria (Bednall)
March 26, 2022
Every Saturday in Lent we bring you an appropriate anthem. Tomorrow is Mothering Sunday, so Maggie’s Music Makers sing for you this contemporary arrangement of “Ave Maria” by David Bednall, accompanied by Carol and Tom … More Ave Maria (Bednall)
The Lord Bless You and Keep You
March 12, 2022
Every Saturday in Lent we will bring you an appropriate anthem, and from tomorrow the liturgical theme will be the transfiguration. Carol, Jennifer and Tom bring you this beautiful anthem by John Rutter … More The Lord Bless You and Keep You
Create in me a clean heart, O God
March 5, 2022
Every Saturday in Lent we will bring you an appropriate anthem. From tomorrow the liturgical theme will be temptation, so Carol and Tom sing this beautiful song for you … More Create in me a clean heart, O God
Thou Visitest the Earth
November 9, 2021
music: Maurice Greene (1696-1755), words Psalm 65, vv9,12 This article was written for the October issue of our parish magazine. About a year ago, in the autumn of 2020 we had endured a full national lockdown, a summer of somewhat eased restrictions, and were entering a time of less-than-clear tiered restrictions. If memory serves, that … More Thou Visitest the Earth
The Importance of Music in Worship
July 18, 2021
Good morning and a very warm welcome to our service of Holy Communion, celebrating our patron saint, St Margaret of Antioch. We also celebrate music! Despite Covid regulations still restricting singing during worship, today we share with you all we recently learned during the “Inspiring Music in Worship” course attended by many of our music group, Maggie’s Music Makers. Rev Sue will preside, Rev Deborah will preach, and Reader Christine will share with us the reasons behind each hymn choice … More The Importance of Music in Worship
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep (ME Frye 1905-2004)
June 22, 2021
This well known poem was written in 1932 by Mary Elizabeth Frye in response to a conversation with a Jewish friend. The friend had fled Germany for America, and for obvious reasons was unable to be with her terminally ill mother when she died … More Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep (ME Frye 1905-2004)
Love Leadeth Me (Chris O’Hara)
June 8, 2021
The liturgical theme for the fourth Sunday of Easter is always “the Good Shepherd” – who is of course Jesus. There are many references in the gospels of Jesus likening himself to the shepherd of a flock (in which we are the sheep), and of course there is the famous parable of the Lost Sheep … More Love Leadeth Me (Chris O’Hara)
The Song of the Tree of Life – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
May 11, 2021
Is it only me that has a favourite compendium of sacred anthems? It’s “the blue and yellow one”, also known as “Anthems for Choirs 2: Twenty-four Anthems for Sopranos and Altos (unison and 2-part)” … More The Song of the Tree of Life – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
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