A great start to our Christmas journey with a beautiful "Once in Royal" solo from choral scholar Rebecca, and 9 Lessons and Carols in 63 minutes, including the 19th century Yorkshire pub carol version of "While shepherds watched" by Foster. In God's Grand Design, His Son Jesus was born in an…
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
“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn't it?” Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. So here are a few highlights of October at St Michael's. Sunday 5th October; new singers especially welcome.…
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…
Even on the saddest occasions it is lovely to see old friends. Thank you to all who came to John Hughes' Requiem, whether from near or far.... Read more
Details of Requiem for Fr John Hughes, and information on other Services and Music during August.... Read more
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…
By midday on Sunday 8th June both the female Peregrine chicks (HeBe & HeiDi) had fledged and flown too. With no need for monitoring from us on the ground this year, it's been hard to keep track of their first movements, but it seems all 3 are already able to…
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,…
We start May with two of the most joyful and uplifting Anthems for Easter from the Anglican Choral tradition; I wrote about "Ye Choirs" this time last year. Singing Samuel Sebastian Wesley's "BBGF" is always a treat (the male recits, the girls' antiphony, the massive organ chords and the final…