Pentecost IV - 20 June 2021

We celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Pentecost with a livestreamed mass.

10.00 am Sung Mass (traditional language)

You can find the service HERE.

You can find the leaflet HERE.

Monday, 21 June, is the National Indigenous Day of Prayer in the Anglican Church of Canada. The Rev’d Leigh Kern has generously provided us with a sermon for the day, which you can find HERE.

An organ recital in progress: part 88

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 Craig Sellar Lang's Fanfare.


Born in New Zealand, Craig Sellar Lang (1891-1971) was educated in England and studied at the Royal College of Music with Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. Though best-remembered for his Tuba tune, Lang wrote a number of choral works as well in addition to his Fanfare (published in 1961).



With best wishes,
Andrew Adair
Director of Music

Pentecost III - 13 June 2021

We celebrate the Third Sunday of Pentecost with a Sung Mass (modern language).

10.00 am Sung Mass (modern language)

You can find the service HERE.

You can find the leaflet HERE.

An organ recital in progress: part 87

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 Gabriel Fauré's Pavane.


French composer, organist, pianist, and teacher Gabriel Urbain Fauré (1845-1924) became one of the leading French composers of his era, and his music had a lasting influence on 20th century composition. Written in 1887, his Pavane, Op. 50, was originally written for the orchestra; Fauré published a piano version two years later, and the work became one of his most popular compositions.



With best wishes,
Andrew Adair
Director of Music

The Solemnity of Corpus Christi - 6 June 2021

We celebrate the Solemnity of Corpus Christi with a livestreamed mass (traditional language) and Benediction.

10.00 am Sung Mass (traditional language), Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, and Benediction

You can find the service HERE.

You can find the leaflet HERE.

An organ recital in progress: part 86

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 Olivier Messiaen's Apparition de l'église éternelle.


The music of Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) is strongly rooted in his deep Roman Catholic faith, a foundation on which Messiaen crafted and informed his art. His Apparition de l'église éternelle, written in 1932, paints a bold vision of the eternal Church. Messiaen described the work as an ‘enormous and granite-like crescendo. The Church comes into sight and recedes. The pedals mark the hammer-blows of the Grace that builds the divine edifice’.



With best wishes,
Andrew Adair
Director of Music