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Music at St Michael’s (25/05/2025)
Music at St Michael’s (08/06/2025)
The motet for Pentecost is “Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire”, by Thomas Attwood (1765 – 1838). The text of the anthem was written by John Cosin (1594-1672), based on a 9th century Latin hymn for Pentecost “Veni Creator Spiritus”. At evensong (6.30pm) the introit, “O Holy Spirit Lord of Grace” is by Christopher Tye (1505 – 1572), and the responses are by John Sanders, written in 1983. The canticles are from the Evening Service in F minor by Alan Gray (1855–1935), and the anthem for Pentecost is another exquisite piece by Thomas Tallis (1505 – 1585), “O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit”.
Six excited young choristers, their parents and siblings made the 250-mile jou Six excited young choristers, their parents and siblings made the 250-mile journ rney to Beverley in Yorkshire last week for a four-day choral course run by RSCM… Read more at link below…
Miko and friends lunchtime concert: 1pm this Friday (13th June), featuring some favourite composers. Don’t miss it!
Plus: Aoife Scully on Thursday, 19th June at1pm; Nathan Yam on Monday 23rd June at 2pm; & The Pennard Ensemble on Friday 2nd July, 1pm.
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Join our Junior Choir
Our Junior Choristers start from Year 3 and Youth Singers from Year 7.
find out moreHalf-Term Singing Days
Open singing days run during half terms for those in years 3 and over.
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Listen to audio and video recordings of the St Michael and All Angels’ Choir.
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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