Fr David and the clergy, servers, choir and congregation extend a warm welcome each and all to come and join us at St Michael’s, Mount Dinham, for any or all of our Services over the Advent, Christmas and Epiphany seasons.... Read more
It was an excellent mid-August weekend, with three dozen communicants at the Feast of the Assumption on Friday 15th, about 40 for Sunday Mass, and a congregation and choir totalling 40 for our extra Evensong at St Martin's Church on Cathedral Yard. All the music was sung well and with…
The warm mid-June Monday evening past, about 120 of us heard the technical brilliance, musicality and sheer joy of David Briggs (www.david-briggs.org) in his spectacular Inaugural Recital on our new Organ. I think every pipe, pedal, key and stop was played, individually and all together! Starting with a Fanfare by Graham…
Hopefully you've seen the Posters in the recent News Update blog. This is the same information in Diary form combined with the Music List for June. We have now had a myriad (10,000) views of the blog, from 65 different countries - thank you. Meanwhile, keep watching our Peregrine chicks,…
Manifold thanks to Fr David Hastings and assisting Clergy, to Servers, Choir, Conductors, Organist, Readers, Cantors, Flower Arrangers, Cleaners, Welcomers and Refreshment providers, for another memorable Holy Week; and to all who visited St Michael's physically or digitally, once or several times. Please come again. These are my highlights. Thanks to Erika,…
Not in 2020 or 2021 - Good Friday, 8pm Tenebrae – an ancient service with texts from Lamentations and Psalms, sung in Latin and English from the West Gallery to plainsong and polyphony by Lassus (1532-1594) and Palestrina (1525-1594), ending in darkness and silence to symbolise Jesus’ descent to the…
But first... a brief Peregrine update - as hoped for, a 3rd egg had been laid by the evening of Mon 24th March and incubation proper has started; but most unexpectedly I have twice glimpsed four eggs present during changeover between female and male. Wednesday 2nd April, 7.30pm. 21st Anniversary St…
I've left the March Music List to the last minute to allow maximum exposure on the blog for David's excellent posters for the next two exciting St Michael's Lectures. St Michael's Choir and friends spent a most enjoyable day visiting the home of our benefactor William Gibbs (1790-1875). Our thanks to…