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Music at St Michael’s (26/01/2025)
The motet at Eucharist this morning is “O sing joyfully” by Adrian Batten (1591-1637). Batten was born in Salisbury and was a chorister and organ scholar at Winchester Cathedral. He later sang and played the organ at Westminster Abbey and St Paul’s Cathedral until he died – just before the English Civil War. He was a prolific composer, though much of his work has now been lost. This celebratory anthem is based on the opening verses of Psalm 81.
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Open singing days run during half terms for those in years 3 and over.
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We sing Choral Eucharists Evensongs, Carol Services,
The Family Service…We rehearse on Wednesdays from 7.30–9.00pm (6.30–7.45pm for younger singers) and before services. The choir doesn’t sing at St Michael’s immediately after Christmas and Easter, or during the school summer holiday, when cathedral visits are sometimes arranged.
Director of music: Andrew Hanley
The Choir and COVID-19
During COVID times, it was hard to keep singing! Yet as a choir, we found it more important than ever. We worked hard to keep a choral sound available, and keep practising. Virtual anthems and hymns were produced for services. We ran a “virtual pub” after Zoom-based choir practices, complete with the occasional “pub” quiz, and birthday and special occasion celebrations. From the first service featuring our recordings (Palm Sunday, 2020) through to the end of the second lockdown in May 2021, well over 100 recordings of our hymns, anthems, and psalms were used in our services.
You can view the recordings of these virtual anthems on the YouTube “NSABparish” channel. virtual anthems on YouTube