Alleluia! He is risen! I can’t give you darkness and candles being lit one by one to light the darkness, but I did find a lovely version of the Exsultet online. It’s a little more elaborate than the ones I’ve…
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Music for a Quiet Lent: Friday, April 10 – Good Friday
Good Friday is a day of tradition and ritual for me. I usually get up early after my Maundy Thursday service the night before, to sing a morning service at Wesley, then help lead the Way of the Cross around…
Music for a Quiet Lent: Sunday, March 29
Today is the 5th Sunday in Lent. The Anglican Lectionary is calling this one Passion Sunday, but the Revised Common Lectionary doesn’t have Passion Sunday until next Sunday, and I’m inclined to go with that. Readings: Ezekiel 37:1-14, Psalm 130,…
Music for a quiet Lent: Sunday, March 22
As of Friday, all the churches I sing at have closed down, to help protect communities from the spread of the virus. It’s the right decision, but it makes me sad nonetheless. I find it hard to even conceptualise Lent…
Advent Calendar Day 7: Comfort Ye / Ev’ry Valley – Handel
Well, now, I could hardly have a ‘prepare ye the way of the Lord / make His path straight’ theme and not include Handel, now could I? I’m pretty sure there is a law about that sort of thing. The…
Advent Calendar Day 17: Rejoice Greatly (Handel)
I know, I know, I’m really milking this Rejoice business now, aren’t I? But you see, I went looking for a Magnificat, and then fell down an internet rabbit hole and found myself listening to Patricia Petibon singing Der Hölle…
Friday Fun: Spera e godi, il mio tesoro (Handel)
I went to see Opera Australia’s production of Partenope on Wednesday. It’s a wonderful, insane production of a wonderful, bonkers opera. The plot concerns Partenope, the soprano and the Queen of Naples, who is beloved by everyone, including Arsace (a…
Monday Music: El Vito (Joaquín Nin y Castellanos) sung by Patricia Petibon
Really, how gorgeous is Patricia Petibon? I mean, first there is that impeccable, light coloratura voice, full of personality, and then there is her amazing, almost outrageously expressive face. I wish there were more videos of her singing live, because…
Good Friday: He Was Despised and Rejected (Handel)
I actually sang Erbarme Dich, Mein Gott at this morning’s Good Friday service, and had every intention of posting it here. But as I was sitting at my desk, writing about last night’s Maundy Thursday service in more detail, Mayhem,…
Monday Music: Scherza Infida (G.F. Handel)
I think my love for both Handel and Ian Bostridge are pretty well established now, and if you spend much time on this blog, you will probably find yourself getting to know them rather well. Part of me feels that…