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…
The main result of the YOC on Monday 14th July was a feast of music making on our new pipe organ from the 9 talented competitors for some 70 people gathered in St Michael's.... 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…
A quick update on exciting current and forthcoming events. Tonight! Wednesday 21st May, 7.30pm. St Michael's Recital. Alex West (Organ). See Organ Recitals for details. Application date for Young Organists' Competition extended to Sat 7th June. See details here Peregrine chicks weighed, measured and ringed, all three are healthy, developing well and getting…
A week on from the hatching of our three chicks, and the fourth egg is still intact, so we must assume it will not now hatch. The adults are still keeping it close to their young and half-heartedly trying to incubate it, but to no avail. The good news is that…
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…
Applications now invited up until Sat 7th June (please note change of date). With our Heritage Lottery Funded Project to install a large, restored pipe organ at the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Mount Dinham, nearing completion, as one of our celebratory events we are holding a Young Organists'…