An organ recital in progress: part 64

Dear SMM Community,
 

The next part of my online organ recital is here, and I hope that you enjoy it. I offer up these musical meditations as part of our parish efforts to find ways to keep you connected at this time. Recorded on my house organ, the instrument is a musical facsimile of the great 'Father' Willis organ at Salisbury Cathedral.

Today, I present Johann Sebastian Bach’s In dir ist Freude.


Johann Sebastian Bach’s (1685-1750) chorale In dir ist Freude BWV 615 comes from the New Year section of the Orgelbüchlein. Composed during Bach’s time as organist at the ducal court in Weimar (1708-1717), the ‘little organ book’ was augmented after 1726 during his time as cantor at the Thomasschule in Leipzig.



With best wishes,
Andrew Adair
Director of Music

An organ recital in progress: part 63

Dear SMM Community,
 

The next part of my online organ recital is here, and I hope that you enjoy it. I offer up these musical meditations as part of our parish efforts to find ways to keep you connected at this time. Recorded on my house organ, the instrument is a musical facsimile of the great 'Father' Willis organ at Salisbury Cathedral.

Today, I present Louis-Claude Daquin's Noël Suisse.


The Parisian Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772), famous for his keyboard skills from an early age, was favoured by the aristocracy and drew large audiences to his performances. In 1739, at the height of his career, he was appointed organist to King Louis XV at the Chapelle Royale, and in 1755 he became organiste titulaire of Notre-Dame Cathedral.



With best wishes,
Andrew Adair
Director of Music

Christmas I - 27 December 2020

We celebrate the First Sunday of Christmas with two livestreamed masses.

9.00 am Sung Mass (modern language)

You can find the service HERE.

You can find the leaflet HERE.

11.15 Sung Mass (traditional language)

You can find the service HERE.

You can find the leaflet HERE.

You can find the Angelus HERE.

Christmas at SMM!

“O come, let us adore him…”

This Christmas, like many things in 2020, the way we come together to adore the Christ child at the manger will be different from what most of are used to.

Though we won’t be able to gather in person, our services for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will be offered online on our YouTube channel.

As the links for these services become available, we’ll add them below.

We hope you’ll tune in as we gather, each in our own homes, to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the light that shines in the darkness and illumines every heart.

Christmas Eve
4.00 pm A short service of Christmas lessons & carols
Officiant: Fr. Andrew MacDonald
Lessons & Carols Leaflet

11.00 pm Traditional language Midnight Mass
Celebrant: Mtr. Johanna Pak
Preacher: Fr. Andrew MacDonald
Midnight Mass Leaflet

Christmas Day
10.00 am Modern language Christmas Day mass
Celebrant: Fr. Andrew MacDonald
Preacher: Mtr. Johanna Pak
Christmas Day Leaflet

Advent IV - 20 December 2020

We celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Advent with two livestreamed Sung Masses.

9.00 am Sung Mass (modern language)

Find the service link HERE. (The link will go active Sunday morning.)

Find the leaflet HERE.

11.15 am Sung Mass (traditional language)

Find the service link HERE. (The link will go active Sunday morning.)

Find the leaflet HERE.

An organ recital in progress: part 62

Dear SMM Community,
 

The next part of my online organ recital is here, and I hope that you enjoy it. I offer up these musical meditations as part of our parish efforts to find ways to keep you connected at this time. Recorded on my house organ, the instrument is a musical facsimile of the great 'Father' Willis organ at Salisbury Cathedral.

Today, I present Sverre Eftestøl's Englar kveda.


Englar kveda (Angels sing) is one of the Seven allegorical pictures based upon the Norwegian folk tune Kling no, klokka by Sverre Eftestøl (born 1952). The set is dedicated to the concert organist Christopher Herrick, and was published in 2000. Eftestøl studied piano and organ in Kristiansand and Oslo, and composition with George Crumb and Mauricio Kagel in Salzburg. The Norwegian folk tune Kling no, klokka (Sound the bell) comes from the Oppdal region, though a variant of the tune can be traced back to Halle from 1705 or 1708.



With best wishes,
Andrew Adair
Director of Music