The music of Herbert Howells features regulalry on the normal music lists at Christ Church Cathedral. In the same way that the music of his teacher and mentor, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, had defined the nineteenth-century ecclesiastical soundscape, so too did that of Howells, arguably, for the twentieth...
In this next episode of our hymn series, Nick gives us a basic overview of the largest and oldest repertory of the Church – Gregorian chant. He also presents a practical guide of how you can sing from chant notation.
Our psalm for Monday 29 June 2020, taken from today’s Canadian BCP lectionary is Psalm 118: O give thanks to the Lord for he is gracious. You can download the music for this psalm here, and don’t forget to follow our website and Facebook pages for all the latest musical...
Our latest online choir project – John Ireland’s setting of the Te Deum in F major. A massive thank you to all our choristers for their contributions to these projects, all of which take a significant amount of time for each person involved. Don’t forget you can keep up to...
Our psalm for the Feast of St John the Baptist is Psalm 80. You can download the music here if you would like to follow along at home.
In the next episode of our new hymn series, Nick talks about other hymn writers from Victorian England. Learn more about the creators behind well-loved translations and texts like “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” and “Praise to the Holiest in the Height.” Thank you to chorister Catharine Murray for singing...
A psalm marathon today – all 50 verses of Psalm 89. Both the morning and evening psalms combined together from today’s daily office in the Anglican Church of Canada, or the psalm appointed for the 18th Evening if you follow the BCP lectionary. You can download the music here, and...
The next in our series of COVID-19 psalms, Psalm 97. You can download the music here:
Please enjoy the first episode in our new educational series on hymnody: a look at some of the women who have contributed English-language hymns you sing today. Thank you to chorister Angèle Trudeau for singing the hymn at the end.
Our choir has been working hard behind the scenes again to produce another anthem for our worship. This week they sing Sir Charles Villiers Stanford’s jubilant setting of Psalm 100 – O be joyful in the Lord.
We’re delighted at the enthusiasm and support for our Psalms and Hymns series. Today, our psalm is 72, Give the King thy judgments, O God: a psalm of praise, but also a psalm of reassurance. Don’t forget, you can download and follow the music to this here, and keep an...
As a companion to our popular psalm series, Assistant Organist, Dr Nicholas Capozzoli, has launched a weekly series looking at the history of song in Christian worship. Every Tuesday he will release a new episode exploring the riches of Christian song over the centuries, each one complete with a hymn...