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It’s worth remembering that, in ecclesiastical terms, the Christmas season lasts until Candlemas on 2nd February – that is, forty days after Christmas Day. So

In this post we’re taking a trip across the pond for a hymn that (you may not have known) is entirely American in origin: ‘To

As little paper poppies begin to grace lapels, we enter the Remembrance season. So in this post our focus is on what is popularly known

In this post we’re dealing with two real heavyweights in the world of music and worship: John Mason Neale and Henry Purcell – whose talents

In this post we turn to the fine hymn-writing tradition of Wales, with a look at ‘King of glory, King of peace’ by George Herbert,

Not ones to shy away from controversy, in this post we’re looking at ‘Stand up, stand up for Jesus’ by George Duffield (1818-88) to the

In this post we’re looking at that old favourite of Evensong, ‘Glory to thee, my God, this night’ by Thomas Ken (1637-1711), set to TALLIS’S

  Church musicians owe an enormous debt to Sir David Willcocks, who died aged 95, on 17th September 2015. As a précis of his eventful

­ In this post we’re looking at that hoary old chestnut of Harvest-tide: ‘Come, ye thankful people, come’ by Henry Alford (1810-71), to the tune

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