About the choir.
The St Mary's Festival Choir normally sings at special services throughout the year, such as at Easter, Christmas, Harvest Festival, Remembrance Sunday and Remembering Together.
The choir is usually available to sing at weddings, when it will sing the hymns in support of the congregation, and will, at no extra cost, perform an anthem during the signing of the register, if required. Please discuss requirements for the choir with the Parish Administrator in the first instance.
New members to the choir are always welcome. Choir rehearsals are usually on a Friday evening from 6.00pm to 7.00pm, in church.
Choir Master: Graham Hinton [contact]
Organist: Andrew Divine
Choir Calendar 2022 - updated 21st May 2022
The Festival Choir will be rehearsing / singing at the following services:
Sunday 22nd May
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5.30pm Evensong (Meet at 5pm)
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Tolite Hostias
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Thursday 26th may (Ascension Day)
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7.30pm Eucharist
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As the dear pants for the water (R 592)
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Friday 27th May
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6.00 pm Practice
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Friday 3rd June
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6.00pm Practice
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Saturday 4th June
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11.30am Wedding
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Sing Hosanna (R 638) and Amazing Grace (R 587)
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Sunday 5th June Pentecost and Jubilee
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10am Special Service
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Anthem: 'In Our Service' by Thomas Hewitt Jones
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Friday 10th June
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6.00pm Practice
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Friday 17th June
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No practice
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Sunday 19th June
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10am Eucharist - Lisa's first service after Ordination
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Anthem - TBC
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Friday 24th June
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No practice
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Activity during lock-down /Covid 19 Restrictions
During the period of restrictions on singing in church, the choir continued to meet weekly (normally a Monday evening) via 'Zoom', to share common thoughts and fellowship, and to select the next hymn or anthem to perform. Over the intervening days each member individually recorded the chosen hymn/anthem at home while listening to a specially prepared 'master' track. The individual recordings were then centrally mixed into a single 'performance' of the music with appropriate accompaniment, and incorporated into the following Sunday's Morning worship by the vicar or curate. A list of all the recordings made can be found below - a link to a Youtube video of some of the recordings may be included. Please note: For technical reasons, the accompaniment is computer generated, and therefore does not benefit from the skill, creativity and musicianship of our organist or the quality of our new organ.
List of hymns and anthems recorded by St Mary's Virtual Choir |
All my hope on God is founded |
Be still for the presence of the Lord |
Beauty for brokenness |
Brother, sister, let me serve you |
Christ triumphant |
Come down O Love divine |
Come Holy Ghost our souls inspire |
Dear Lord and Father of mankind |
Eternal father strong to save |
Fight the good fight. |
For all the saints |
For the beauty of the earth |
From Ashes to Ashes |
God is love |
God so loved the world > |
Guide me O thou great redeemer |
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God almighty |
How great Thou art |
How lovely are the mountains (Good News) |
I cannot tell |
I the Lord of sea and sky > |
Immortal love for ever full |
In Christ alone |
Let all mortal flesh keep silence |
Like the murmur of the dove's song |
My song is love unknown > |
O for a thousand tongues to sing |
O Holy Night ~ Words: John Sullivan Dwight / Music: Adolphe Charles Adam. Arranged MG Sinshack > |
O thou who at the Eucharist didst pray |
Once in Royal David’s city |
Rock of ages |
Seek ye first |
Shall we not love thee, Mother dear? |
Song of Mary |
Sweet sacrament divine |
The Lord bless you and keep you |
The Lord’s my shepherd (Howard Goodall) |
The Lord’s my shepherd (Stuart Townend) |
Thine be the glory |
This is my body |
This joyful Eastertide |
Torches |
We have a Gospel to proclaim |
We will remember them |
Will you come and follow me |
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