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Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) is best remembered for his
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) is best remembered for his contribution to church music, but also composed a good number of major instrumental w...

A Choral Eucharist was sung by the Women and Girls’ Choir at
A Choral Eucharist was sung by the Women and Girls’ Choir at 10:00 am on January 10th, The Baptism of the Lord. The Eucharist was preceded by the ba...

A Choral Eucharist will be sung by a volunteer choir at 10:00 am
A Choral Eucharist will be sung by a volunteer choir at 10:00 am on December 28, 2014, the First Sunday after Christmas Day. Readings will be Isaiah 6...

A Choral Eucharist at 11:00 pm on Christmas Eve was sung by the
A Choral Eucharist at 11:00 pm on Christmas Eve was sung by the Combined Choirs. Readings were Isaiah 52: 7-10, Hebrews 1: 1-4 and John 1: 1-14 and th...

The First Nowell, which was the offertory hymn at the service of
The First Nowell, which was the offertory hymn at the service of Nine Lessons and Carols, is a traditional carol that dates from the 16th or 17th cent...

The next carol was by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), Quem vidistis
The next carol was by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), Quem vidistis pastores dicite, FP 152 No. 2 from “Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël”. Writte...

O Magnum Mysterium is a responsorial chant from the Matins of
O Magnum Mysterium is a responsorial chant from the Matins of Christmas. Among the many well-known composers who have reworked it into a contemporary ...

Up! Good Christen Folk and Listen was first published in the
Up! Good Christen Folk and Listen was first published in the Cowley Carol Book, which was edited by the Rev. George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848-1934). W...

The genesis of “The Cherry Tree Carol” is uncertain, but the
The genesis of “The Cherry Tree Carol” is uncertain, but the legend of the cherry tree is very ancient. The lyrics are inconsistent with the canon...