Tag: music

Lord of all Hopefulness

October 11, 2022

The parishes of St Margaret’s Prestwich and St George’s Simister are blessed. We have been selected to host an hour of Great Sacred Music at 1.00pm on Saturday 22 October 2022. More than a concert, but not quite a service, this will be an hour of exquisite music performed by HeartEdge – an ensemble of talented choral scholars drawn from across the diocese, many of them being current students at the Royal Northern College of Music … More Lord of all Hopefulness

The Storm

September 25, 2022

Good morning and welcome to our service of holy communion for Sunday 25 September. we are still in Creationtide, and the theme today is The Storm. Rev Sue will preach and preside.

There were some issues with our livestream this morning, including complete loss of signal, and a 12 second lag between video and audio! However our techies have done their best for you – please bear with us. … More The Storm

Animal Sunday

September 18, 2022

Good morning and welcome to our service of Holy Communion for Sunday 18 September 2022: Animal Sunday. Rev Sue will preside and Reader Christine will preach. We begin with the hymn “O worship the King all glorious above” … More Animal Sunday

I Will Come to You – M Fairbairn (b. 1986)

August 23, 2022

Like many of the pieces I write about in this blog, I was introduced to this song at a rehearsal of the Manchester Chorale. We were learning it for our summer concert programme in 2018. Imagine our pleasure when one of the Chorale members chose it as the bridal entry music for her wedding, and asked us to sing it for her … More I Will Come to You – M Fairbairn (b. 1986)

King Jesus Hath a Garden – Trad., tr. Woodward (1848-1934)

August 9, 2022

Once more I am dipping into the chorister’s staple, “100 Hundred Carols for Choirs”, usually given out at rehearsals some time in late October, and collected in for storage in early January. As I have mentioned previously though, not all carols are for Christmas, and this is another. The original “Heer Jezus heeft een hofken” is set to a traditional Dutch melody. It was later translated by Rev George Woodward (1848-1934) and harmonised by Charles Wood (1866-1926) … More King Jesus Hath a Garden – Trad., tr. Woodward (1848-1934)