I write this the day after returning home from a 9-day singing and conducting summer school with Sing for Pleasure. Based at Jesus College, Cambridge, it was utterly exhausting yet completely exhilarating. Work began at 8.45am last Sunday morning as we started learning Sarah Quartel’s “A Winter Day”, led by the SfP tutors. Sublime … More Why Sing?
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
Whether you love or loathe the work of Karl Jenkins, he is one of the most performed living composers in the world. His most popular piece (alongside his full choral work, “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace”) is this one … More Adiemus – Jenkins (1944-present)
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)
This is a joyous song in the American gospel tradition. It encourages us to celebrate and give thanks for all the small blessings in life – a sunny day, the bus coming on time, righting a mistake … More Sing Amen (Stuart Overington 2018)
Every Monday and Friday throughout Lent we were pleased to offer you an appropriate Lenten hymn.
Lent is over, and we’re truly in the season of Easter, so here’s a last extra hymn to help you celebrate … More Thine be the Glory
Every Monday and Friday throughout Lent we are pleased to offer you an appropriate Lenten hymn.
Today is Easter Day – alleluia! – when better to have a cheeky extra hymn? … More Jesus Christ is Risen Today
Every Monday and Friday throughout Lent we have been pleased to offer you an appropriate Lenten hymn.
Today is Easter Eve, the day on which the Exsultet plainsong is usually used. This uplifting hymn is based on that chant … More Rejoice, Heavenly Powers
Every Monday and Friday throughout Lent we are pleased to offer you an appropriate Lenten hymn.
This is Good Friday, in Holy Week, so Tom and Carol offer your this hymn … More Thy Will Be Done
Every Monday and Friday throughout Lent we are pleased to offer you an appropriate Lenten hymn.
Today is Maundy Thursday, so here’s an extra for you to join in with, sung by Rev Deborah, accompanied by Tom and Carol … More I Danced in the Morning
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