Have you recovered from yesterday’s post yet? I’m still giggling about it, to be honest. But moving along, here’s a somewhat more conventional setting of the same text. Edward Bairstow was one of the great composers of English (Anglican) church…
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Advent Calendar Day 4: Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord (Michael Wise)
Now that we’ve seen what Handel does with Every Valley and Isaiah generally, I thought it might be fun to see what someone else does with the same text. Also, of course, we sang this piece on Sunday and I…
Advent Calendar Day 2: The Record of John (Orlando Gibbons)
I know I link to this every year, but to me, this is where Advent starts. I’ve been singing this with the Wesley Choir for about twelve years now, most of that time as the alto soloist, though I have…
Monday Music: My Shepherd is the Living Lord (Tomkins)
Did you know that singers are like bats? Or at least, I am. I can’t think of any other way to describe it, but sitting at Mt Carmel on Friday, getting ready to sing for the Order of St Lazarus…
Friday Fun: Let all the People Praise Thee, O God (William Mathias)
Today’s post is a bit late, mostly because I’ve been on leave and got engrossed in another project until very late last night… and then woke up late and headachey moving in slow motion this morning. Since part of this…
Easter Sunday: Now the Green Blade Riseth
I thought I should finish my Easter sequence of music with my favourite Easter Carol. There’s something about this one that has always spoken to me, even in my pagan / agnostic days. The harmonies are beautiful and haunting, the…
Maundy Thursday: Ubi Caritas et Amor (Mariano Garau)
We had the Maundy Thursday service this evening at Christ Church Brunswick. It’s a truly stunning piece of liturgy, particularly when the priests and servers stripped the altar and its surrounds of all decoration – first putting out the candles,…
Easter Schedule
Given that I’m doing five services over Easter, I thought I’d post my schedule here, for anyone who is interested, rather than try to keep up with upcoming performances.
Monday Music: Litany (William Walton)
I had all these lovely plans about a little festival of Lenten music for Holy Week, but in all honesty, between work and the fact that I’ve got choir rehearsals, music lessons, and Easter themed singing every day this week,…
Music for a Monday: Ach, Arme Welt (Brahms)
Since we are now in Lent, and we’ve been operatic for a few weeks now, I thought I would share some of my favourite Lenten music. This turns out to be harder than expected, because apparently I really like obscure…