From Quires and Places...
Much More Than Music
In 1893, former Durham choristers were surveyed as to their post-chorister careers a decade after leaving. They included an organist, a teacher of music (neither of which is surprising), various...
Much More Than Music
In 1893, former Durham choristers were surveyed as to their post-chorister careers a decade after leaving. They included an organist, a teacher of music (neither of which is surprising), various...
"Hear my law, O my people..."
"Hear my law, O my people: incline your ears unto the words of my mouth." So begins Psalm 78, the longest portion of psalm appointed for Morning or Evening Prayer...
"Hear my law, O my people..."
"Hear my law, O my people: incline your ears unto the words of my mouth." So begins Psalm 78, the longest portion of psalm appointed for Morning or Evening Prayer...
Humour in Holy Week
Holy Week is the most solemn week of the Church’s year. Donkeys on Palm Sunday lead into the Passion narrative and a series of early-week services that vary from place...
Humour in Holy Week
Holy Week is the most solemn week of the Church’s year. Donkeys on Palm Sunday lead into the Passion narrative and a series of early-week services that vary from place...
A Christmas Message
"I guess this is your busy time of year, huh?" It is. Yes. Every year. Choirs across the country spend the week leading up to Christmas rehearsing, preparing for, and...
A Christmas Message
"I guess this is your busy time of year, huh?" It is. Yes. Every year. Choirs across the country spend the week leading up to Christmas rehearsing, preparing for, and...
A new song
O sing unto the Lord a new song. Yesterday, as I was singing MacMillan's little anthem, A New Song, with its slightly bonkers organ accompaniment, it struck me how,...
A new song
O sing unto the Lord a new song. Yesterday, as I was singing MacMillan's little anthem, A New Song, with its slightly bonkers organ accompaniment, it struck me how,...
O may we soon again renew that song
As we accelerando into July, many are approaching an unwanted double bar line in their life. Around five years ago, musical children or musical parents heard about something that - for...
O may we soon again renew that song
As we accelerando into July, many are approaching an unwanted double bar line in their life. Around five years ago, musical children or musical parents heard about something that - for...