Musical Advent Calendar: O Sapientia
At Evening Prayer in the week immediately before Christmas, we sing a special antiphon before and after the Magnificat each day. Each...
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Dec 12, 20182 min read
Musical Advent Calendar: Day 11
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...
Dec 12, 20181 min read
Musical Advent Calendar: Day 12
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...
Dec 11, 20181 min read
Musical Advent Calendar: Days 9&10
I've chosen today a rather longer work - Wachet Auf (BWV 140), a cantata for advent by Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach composed cantatas for...
Dec 6, 20181 min read
Musical Advent Calendar: Day 6
Later this week, on Saturday 8th December the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. At St Michael's that day we...
Dec 4, 20181 min read
Musical Advent Calendar: Day 5
It wouldn't be Advent or Christmas without at least one reference to Handel's oratorio Messiah. Composed in 1741, this is perhaps...
Dec 4, 20181 min read
Musical Advent Calendar: Day 4
We transport ourselves forward in time today by nearly four hundred years for our next piece, Ecce Concipies, by English composer Matthew...
Dec 2, 20181 min read
Musical Advent Calendar: Day 3
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...
Dec 1, 20182 min read
Musical Advent Calendar: Day 2
Today is Advent Sunday, the beginning of four weeks' preparation for Christmas. Our Advent Carol service (another plug!) is tonight at...
Dec 1, 20182 min read
Musical Advent Calendar: Day 1
Strictly speaking, Advent does not begin until after sundown tonight. However, it would be remiss of me not to give another plug to our...
Dec 1, 20181 min read
Advent Calendar: December 2018
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...
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