Pentecost XV - 5 September 2021

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

10.00 am Said Mass (traditional language)

You can find the service HERE.

You can find the leaflet HERE.

An organ recital in progress: part 99

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 Fuga sopra il Magnificat.


Johann Sebastian Bach’s (1685-1750) Fuga sopra il Magnificat BWV 733 uses as its subject Luther’s Magnificat, a German variant of the Gregorian tonus peregrinus. Here Bach plays with the subject in fantasia fashion (with a taste of stile antico, as the title might suggest) before boldly introducing the tune as a cantus firmus in the pedals.



With best wishes,
Andrew Adair
Director of Music

Pentecost XIV - 29 August 2021

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

10.00 am Said Mass (traditional language)

You can find the service HERE.

You can find the leaflet HERE.

An organ recital in progress: part 98

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 Engelbert Humperdinck’s Abendsegen.


Engelbert Humperdinck’s (1854-1921) Abendsegen (Evening prayer) comes from act 2, scene 2 of his opera Hänsel und Gretel, and was transcribed for the organ by Edwin Lemare. In the forest, the Sandman appears to comfort Hänsel and Gretel, and to put them to sleep. He drops sand into their eyes, and as he departs, they struggle to keep their eyes open. Gretel reminds Hänsel to say their evening prayers, and they fall asleep.



With best wishes,
Andrew Adair
Director of Music

An organ recital in progress: part 97

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, today's instrument is a musical facsimile of the great 'Father' Willis organ at Hereford Cathedral.

Today, I present Samuel Sebastian Wesley's Voluntary in D major.


English cathedral organist and composer Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) single-handedly raised standards in ecclesiastical English music through his tireless efforts and skill as one of the leading organists and choirmasters of his generation.



With best wishes,
Andrew Adair
Director of Music

An organ recital in progress: part 96

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 Sigfrid Karg-Elert's Clair de lune.


Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) was born as Siegfried Theodor Karg at Oberndorf am Neckar in Germany. Though somewhat popular during his lifetime, his music drifted into obscurity after his death until a revival of interest in the 1970’s. The second of Trois impressions, Clair de lune was first published in 1909.



With best wishes,
Andrew Adair
Director of Music