At Evening Prayer in the week immediately before Christmas, we sing a special antiphon before and after the Magnificat each day. Each...

During the course of this Advent calendar project I have enjoyed encountering pieces of music new to me, and also those about which I'd...

Today in church we keep the memorial of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of Mexico. I have not chosen a piece of music from that place...

I've chosen today a rather longer work - Wachet Auf (BWV 140), a cantata for advent by Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach composed cantatas for...

Later this week, on Saturday 8th December the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. At St Michael's that day we...

It wouldn't be Advent or Christmas without at least one reference to Handel's oratorio Messiah. Composed in 1741, this is perhaps...

We transport ourselves forward in time today by nearly four hundred years for our next piece, Ecce Concipies, by English composer Matthew...

Today I've chosen a piece by the English Renaissance composer William Byrd. He had a varied professional career and a huge output for the...

Today is Advent Sunday, the beginning of four weeks' preparation for Christmas. Our Advent Carol service (another plug!) is tonight at...

Strictly speaking, Advent does not begin until after sundown tonight. However, it would be remiss of me not to give another plug to our...

The season of Advent is nearly upon us! It is a season where we are invited to prepare ourselves in heart and mind for the coming of...