Podcasts about choristers

In this episode, Richard Brasier talks about some of the startling discoveries he made whilst researching for his new edition of the organ and harmonium works of Cesar Franck. He also plays an unpublished work by Franck for the first time. After five years' work, having studied previously lost manuscripts, Richard explains the approach to registration and performance based on historic evidence and the organs Franck played. https://richardbrasier.com/education/cesar-franck/Christopher Stokes, Organist and Master of the Choristers at Manchester Cathedral, talks about his design and planning of the Tickell organ that was installed in the cathedral in 2016. Demonstrating some of the sounds and colours of the new instrument, Chris explains how a cathedral organ designed principally for repertoire will then naturally be able to excel in accompanying the choir.https://manchestercathedral.org/worship/cathedral-organshttps://npor.org.uk/survey/H01013Get in touch! theorganpodcast@rco.org.ukhttps://www.rco.org.uk/

This episode checks in with Choristers Guild. I began my ministry in church music in the late-1970s and early 1980s, and Choristers Guild was a primary source I turned to for wonderful and high-quality children's Christian music. Back then, church music was organized around graded choirs and music ensembles. But during the mid-1970s and early 1980s, the "seeker" churches grew rapidly and with them the use of "contemporary" Christian music. During the 1990s "contemporary" Christian music became dominant. The result, often, was the loss of graded choir programs. In its origins, Choristers Guild had a strong focus on children's music. This episode seeks to learn of the state of things in church music and how Choristers Guild is navigating the challenges of the current situation with Christianity in the United States and music ministry. My guests are Katie Houts and Mark Burrows. Katie has worked with Mark in editing some of his music pieces. Katie Houts is the Sacred Choral and Curriculum Editor for Choristers Guild. Serving CG since 2013, Katie curates and edits sacred choral anthems, collections, musicals, curriculum, and teaching resources; she also serves on the faculty of the Choristers Guild Institute. She studied music at Wartburg College (Waverly, IA), where she majored in Church Music (Organ) and Religion. She has served in ELCA, UCC, and UMC congregations as Director of Music, Worship Curator, Organist, and Children's Choir Director. Katie is a published composer, professional accompanist, and a frequent clinician at sacred conferences throughout the country. She currently serves on ACDA's National Committee for Composition Initiatives, working to support and champion the work of living choral composers. Katie is based in Salt Lake City, where she leads choral ensembles throughout the community, including Rise Up Children's Choir - Utah's premiere contemporary vocal performance group for ages 6-18. She conducts RUCC's intermediate ensemble, Rise Up Ignite, and is the assistant director and accompanist for the advanced mixed children's choir. She also teaches second grade music and directs the 5th and 6th grade choirs at Wasatch Charter School (Holladay, UT). What Choristers Guild and other publishers say about Mark Burrows is this: Mark Burrows (b. 1971) is a composer and clinician whose works are published by many major houses, including The Lorenz Corporation, Shawnee Press, Abingdon Press, Choristers Guild and Warner Brothers. Several works, such as the Gettin' Down with Mama Goose Series, The Body Electric, and Outside the Lines top many best-seller lists. Known to little listeners as “Mister Mark” he tours the country performing concerts for children and families. His three children's albums – You've got a Song, Go Ape!, and Go, Galileo! – have won a total of nine national awards. His songs can be heard on XM Radio, and one song, Amazon Rock, was recently recorded by Nick Records for a Dora the Explorer album. Mark is currently the Director of Children's Ministries at First United Methodist Church – Fort Worth, Texas, where he leads the weekly Children's Message, a monthly worship service for families called Children First, and directs the 65-voice Youth Choir. Mark received his undergraduate degree in music education from Southern Methodist University, and his graduate degree in conducting from Texas Christian University. He lives in Fort Worth with his wife, Nina, and their two daughters, Emma and Grace. What Mark prefers to say about himself is this: Mark loves traveling the country reminding people how amazing they are and how, together, they can do amazing things! While Mark does not have perfect pitch, he does have “perfect dynamics.” He can tell, just by listening, if a piece of music is loud or soft. Mark loves cinnamon rolls and tacos but can't stand peas. He's a Ravenclaw, and he adores classical music (especially Haydn for his sense of humor).

In this Episode, Mark O'Brien joins Martin Renshaw, from the organ charity, Pipe-up, as he and a team of volunteers remove an organ from a closed-down Baptist chapel in Hertfordshire. Mark also has a look around Martin's warehouse, where several historic organs are lying in storage, waiting for a new home in the UK - or about to be transported to Europe.Pipe Up for Pipe OrgansKatherine Dienes Williams talks about her role as President of the Cathedral Organists' Association and reveals some of the concerns expressed by cathedral organists to the increasing demands of their job. She also shares her experience of being the first female Organist and Master of the Choristers in a Church of England Cathedral.Katherine Dienes WilliamsEmail the Organ Podcast: theorganpodcast@rco.org.ukhttps://www.rco.org.uk/

Trying something a little different with a mid-week AT YOUR SERVICE - there's still lots on offer as we celebrate the Island's Patron Saint - Maughold - with walks, talks and food all based around Kirk Maughold - the Parish Church (set in the most stunning countryside with amazing coastal views!)The Choristers from St John The Baptist Parish Church in Broughton, Lancashire are back on the Island for their annual choir school and holiday- hear them on the programme - and in person in Douglas this week!The 2-week Port St Mary Beach Mission is under way - fun games and faith for 0 - 17 year olds - no need to sign up for the whole 2 weeks - come for as many or as few days as you wish - all welcome - go to psmbm.im to get all the information and enrol your child(ren)One of the Beach Mission Leaders has a couple of stories to share - her first-hand experiences of true humility ......And of course there's notice board news too - and music (including a VERY popular hymn!)

James O'Donnell is one of the leading organists and choral conductors of his generation. He was Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral, and subsequently Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey for over 20 years, during which time he was responsible for the music at several significant events – most notably the wedding of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Katherine, and the state funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Since 2023 he has been Professor of Organ and Sacred Music at Yale. In this conversation, James shares some of the history of the remarkable institutions he has served, and we delve into some of the recordings he has made with the Choirs of Westminster Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. We also hear about some of the broader responsibilities which came with his service at Westminster Abbey. James O'Donnell performs the opening recital for the new Bicentennial pipe organ at St James King Street on Friday 26 July.

The Harbour Voices Festival has been on the go here in town all week, with choirs from across the country making a joyful noise. This morning we spoke with Ella Estey from Iqualuit, Danny Najjar from Vancouver, and Sophie Daigle from New Brunswick.

Graham Laycock talks to Katherine Dienes-Williams, Organist and Master of the Choristers at Guildford Cathedral talks about an open evening aimed at girls aged 9-18 who have ever wondered what it's like to be a Cathedral chorister. This special event will take place on Tuesday, June 25 from 6.30pm to 8.30pm

Delia Smith CH CBE is one of Britain's most popular and successful cookery writers and broadcasters. Her first book, How to Cheat at Cooking, was published in 1971 and she presented her first television series, Family Fare, two years later. Since then she has presented many more series and her books have sold more than 21 million copies in the UK alone. Her widespread influence has led to the phrase ‘the Delia effect', when large numbers of shoppers sought out her recommendations. Delia was born in Woking in 1941, and grew up in Bexleyheath. She attended the local secondary modern school, but left without any qualifications. She eventually found work as a pot washer and then a waitress in a French restaurant in London, where the chef encouraged her interest in cooking and food. In 1969 she landed the job of cookery writer on the Daily Mirror's new colour supplement. There she honed her simple, no-nonsense instructions and met her husband, Michael Wynn-Jones.She hung up her apron in 2013 to spend more time on her other passion - football. Delia and Michael have been long-standing supporters – and, since 1996, majority shareholders - of Norwich City FC. She lives in Suffolk countryside in the same cottage she and Michael bought as their first home. DISC ONE: The Sound of Silence - Paul Simon DISC TWO: Within You Without You - The Beatles DISC THREE: Gnossienne No 1. Composed by Erik Satie and performed by Alexandre Tharaud DISC FOUR: Caruso – composed by Lucio Dalla and performed by Luciano Pavarotti DISC FIVE: Kyrie: Call To Prayer – Muezzin from the Muhammad Ali Mosque, Cairo. Performed by Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Choristers of St. George's Chapel, Windsor and composed by David Fanshawe DISC SIX: This Woman's Work - Kate Bush DISC SEVEN: He Moved Through the Fair - Sinéad O'Connor DISC EIGHT: Happy - Pharrell WilliamsBOOK CHOICE: Sister Wendy's 100 Best-loved Paintings by Wendy Beckett LUXURY ITEM: The Desert Island Discs archive CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Kyrie: Call To Prayer – Muezzin from the Muhammad Ali Mosque, Cairo. Composed by David Fanshawe and performed by Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Choristers of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Presenter Lauren Laverne Producer Sarah Taylor

What makes music sacred? A young, slightly lost university student wanders into York Minster on a Saturday afternoon, after football practice. The choral music he hears there will change his life.Aleem Maqbool hears his story, and is joined by a panel of talented musicians and composers from the Christian, Sikh and Sufi Islamic traditions to explore what makes the music they perform and compose spiritual. Is music a way they are able to connect with the divine? His guests include Abi Sampa and Rushil Ranjan from the Orchestral Qawwali Project, Indian classical musician Jasdeep Singh Degun and Elizabeth Stratford, organist and Master of the Choristers at Arundel Cathedral. Producer: Rebecca Maxted Assistant Producer: James Leesley

Catherine's day takes a musical turn and she ends up at a carol concert rehearsal. ---We're actively seeking brand partners and sponsors for this podcast and would love to talk to you. Please email us at whereareyougoing@loftusmedia.co.uk---Where Are You Going? is a unique storytelling podcast in which Catherine Carr interrupts people as they go about their everyday lives and asks simply: “Where are you going?” The conversations that follow are always unpredictable: sometimes funny, sometimes heart-breaking, silly, romantic or occasionally downright ‘stop-you-in-your-tracks' surprising.Be transported to places around the world and into the lives of others: You just never know what story is coming next… Presented by Catherine Carr Music by Edwin PearsonProduced by the team at Loftus Media Follow whereareyougoing on InstagramCheck out our site: whereareyougoing.co.uk Send us an email: whereareyougoing@loftusmedia.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Words, inspired & landscaped from the text Speaking is not seeing from the book The infinite conversation by Maurice Blanchot, link: https://oceanfloor.group/ghosts/tic.pdf music, Suo Gân, a welsh lullaby. Recomposed & layered by oceanfloor group. in the end, Suo Gân performed by Cai Thomas, Choristers of St. Thomas on the Bourne, Robert Lewis, The Bourne Ensemble

Tom Service talks to Anthony McGill, Principal Clarinettist with the New York Philharmonic, as he commences his tenure as Artist-in-Residence at Milton Court in London. They discuss his recent performances of Anthony Davis powerful and operatic work for clarinet and orchestra, You Have the Right to Remain Silent, and his Grammy nominated album, American Stories, on which he collaborated with the Pacific Quartet. On the 400th anniversary of the death of the composer Thomas Weelkes, Music Matters visits Chichester Cathedral - the scene of some of his greatest music and noted misdemeanours. BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker, Dr. Ellie Chan, and Organist and Master of the Choristers at Chichester Cathedral, Charles Harrison, discuss how he advanced the English choral tradition. Following the recent news that the Music Department at Oxford Brookes University it set to close, Professor of music at Oxford University, Jonathan Cross, shares his thoughts about the place of music education in our society. And, Sara Mohr Pietsch sits down with the pianist Imogen Cooper to talk about her life in music, studying with Alfred Brendel, her love of Schubert, and how she's curating darkness and light into her forthcoming concert programmes.

Jeremy Eichler's new book, Time's Echo, just out from Faber (HB; £25) tangles with memory – what we choose to remember, what to forget – as history takes hold, and he argues that music can become in many ways the most powerful form of memorial. To illustrate this argument, he engages with works by Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg, Dmitri Shostakovich and Benjamin Britten. James Jolly caught up with him recently to talk about the book.  The musical excerpts which appear on the podcast, with kind permission, are: Shostakovich Symphony No 13, 'Babi Yar' Nikita Storojev; CBSO & Choir / Okko Kamu (Chandos) Schoenberg A Survivor or from Warsaw Franz Mazura; CBSO & Chorus / Simon Rattle (Warner Classics) R Strauss Metamorphosen Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (Chandos) Britten War Requiem Soloists; Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral; LSO & Chorus / Richard Hickox (Chandos) This Gramophone Podcast is published in association with Wigmore Hall. Visit Wigmore Hall's webite for full details of this week's events.

PJ talks to Brian and Kate who face eviction and an uncertain future because of renovation plans for Choirsters House. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Road safety - Justin says there's no point in rules or regulation without enforcement…Choristers House - where are we to go - say the tenants - there's nothing out there.. If your devices are listening to you - Dee's must think she's mad & lots more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Early Modern England, there was a rash of abductions of boys, who were being forced to work as actors. Then a child was taken whose father was in a position to actually do something about it.  Research: Soth, Amelia. “Her Majesty's Kidnappers.” JSTOR Daily. 12/17/2020. https://daily.jstor.org/kidnapping-for-the-queens-choir/ Early Modern London Theaters. “Viewing Event Record: Star Chamber, Clifton v Robinson et al: Clifton States His Case.” https://emlot.library.utoronto.ca/db/record/event/93/ Reynolds, Patricia. “Kidnapped to order: child actors in Shakespeare's day.” The National Archives. 5/12/2016. https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/kidnapped-order-child-actors-shakespeares-day/ Map of Early London. “Blackfriars Theatre.” https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/BLAC6.htm Shapiro, Michael. “Children of the Revels: The Boy Companies of Shakespeare's Time and Their Plays.” New York: Columbia University Press. 1977. Fleay, Frederick Gard. “A Chronicle History of the London Stage 1559-1642.” New York. G.E. Stechert & Co. 1909. Benet, William Rose. "Blackfriars." Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., Harper & Row, 1987, p. 103. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A18034327/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=fefb4932. Accessed 21 June 2023. Munro, Lucy. "Living by Others' Pleasure: Marston, The Dutch Courtesan, and Theatrical Profit." Early Theatre, vol. 23, no. 1, June 2020, pp. 109+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A638900245/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=ce5c9645. Accessed 21 June 2023. Dutton, Richard. “The Revels Office and the Boy Companies, 1600-1613: New Perspectives.” English Literary Renaissance , SPRING 2002, Vol. 32, No. 2. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43447637 Wridgway, Neville. "Giles, Nathaniel (c. 1558–1634), choirmaster and composer." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Date of access 22 Jun. 2023, https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-10724   Barrie, Robert. “Elizabethan Play-Boys in the Adult London Companies.” Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 , Spring, 2008, Vol. 48, No. 2. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40071333 Mamujee, Shehzana. “'To serve us in that behalf when our pleasure is to call for them': performing boys in Renaissance England.” Renaissance Studies , NOVEMBER 2014, Vol. 28, No. 5. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24423452 Jones, Roger T. “The Role of the Junior English Schools in the Development of the Drama.” A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Loyola University September, 1944. Bradbrook, M.C. “'Silk? Satin? Kersey? Rags?' The Choristers' Theater under Elizabeth and James.” Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 , Spring, 1961. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/449339 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James O'Donnell is a Professor in the Practice of Organ at Yale University's Institute of Sacred Music and the Yale School of Music, where he teaches graduate-level organ majors and other students in sacred music. He also directs a newly-established professional liturgical vocal ensemble at Yale. James O'Donnell brings to New Haven his exceptional talent and vast experience as a concert organist, choral conductor, liturgical musician, and teacher, having served as Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral and Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey. Suzanne spoke with James O'Donnell about his life in music, including his work on such historic events as a 2010 service attended by Pope Benedict and the 2011 wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.

Today we're joined by Dr. Mark Ardrey-Graves, Master of the Choristers & Schola at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem, N.C. We talk about singing, praying, and the whole entirety of life. Questions for reflection: - What hymns can you find that are based on a psalm? - Are you taking anything on, or giving anything up, for Lent? - Where have you encountered God this week? - How do the Psalms reflect the breadth of human experience? Readings for next week: Keep reading your favorite Psalms! Links mentioned in this episode: - Dr. Mark Ardrey-Graves (https://www.stpaulsws.org/staff/mark-ardrey-graves) - Dr. Tony's summary of the Psalms (https://www.biblelovepodcast.com/uploads/images/intro-to-psalms_517.pdf) - The Bible Project (https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/psalms/) - Check us out on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@biblelovepodcast) The show music is "Silver Lining" by Brent Wood, licensed under Soundstripe

Synopsis On today's date in 2005, the chancel of the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis was transformed into a performance stage for vocal soloists, choirs, and the Minnesota Orchestra led by Osmo Vänksä. The occasion was the world premiere performance of a new oratorio entitled To Be Certain of the Dawn, featuring music by the American composer Stephen Paulus and a text by the British-born poet Michael Dennis Browne. The Basilica had commissioned the oratorio as a gift to Temple Israel in Minneapolis in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camps in 1945. As Paulus explained, the idea for the oratorio began with a former rector of the Catholic basilica, who felt that Christians should acknowledge and teach about the Holocaust as much as—or more so—than Jews. “It was he,” wrote Paulus, “who decided that an oratorio would be a powerful vehicle for communicating… [and] that children are key to the prevention of genocide, both today and in the future.” With telling effect, actual informal photographs of Jewish children taken in European ghettos during the 1930s and 40s were projected onto screens during the performance. As poet Michael Dennis Browne wrote, “The faces of children are the sun, moon, and stars of this work.” Music Played in Today's Program Stephen Paulus (1949 - 2014) To Be Certain of the Dawn Minnesota Chorale; Minnesota Boychoir;Basilica Cathedral Choir and Choristers;Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vänskä, cond. Bis CD-1726

Exactly a week after Add to Playlist won the category of Best Radio Music show at the prestigious international Prix Italia awards, Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye are joined by trumpet player Laura Jurd and operatic tenor Nicky Spence. Together, with the help of Dr Martin Neary - former Organist and Master of Choristers at Westminster Abbey - they add five more tracks to the playlist, taking them from Jamaica and an early sample in 1985 to a popular religious choral work via experimental indie rock from San Francisco. Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye Producer Jerome Weatherald The five tracks in this week's playlist: Under Me Sleng Teng by Wayne Smith À Chloris by Reynaldo Hahn, sung by Susan Graham Whither the Invisible Birds? by Deerhoof Miserere mei, Deus by Gregorio Allegri Alfie by Cilla Black Other music in this episode: Hey, Mrs. Jones by Ramsey Lewis Afro Blue by Melanie De Biasio Air on the G String (Suite No. 3, BWV 1068) by J. S. Bach

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A Sermon for Palm Sunday Philippians 2:5-11 & St. Matthew 21:1-17 by William Klock Two Gospels in one service!  We began this morning reading St. Matthew's account of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem.  It wouldn't be Palm Sunday without that Gospel, without waving our own palms as we sing “All glory, laud, and honour”.  This is the Sunday we hail the King.  And then St. Matthew's Passion narrative.  That long reading that we all join in.  The one time of the year when we literally put ourselves in the biblical story.  (Did you know that tradition goes back to the Middle Ages?  Choristers would sing the various parts that today we hand out to members of the congregation.  That tradition was carried on in the Lutheran churches of the Reformation and gave us the great Passion oratorios by the likes of Bach.)  Today's Gospels powerfully show us Jesus and, even if we miss the other services and lessons of Holy Week, they lead us right to Easter.  But they do not stand alone.  As powerful as the readings from St. Matthew are, our Epistle today, the lesson from the second chapter of Philippians, is the lens through which we read the Gospel.  St. Paul tells the same story, but in a very different way.  What's remarkable to me is that what took Matthew two long chapters to tell—we only read the second of those two chapters this morning—what took Matthew two long chapters to tell, St. Paul summarises in a mere thirty-six Greek words as he tells us about the servant-king.  Most scholars think that verses 6-11 of our Epistle were actually an early Christian hymn, maybe even written by St. Paul himself.  Whatever the case, this poem brilliantly and succinctly sums up who Jesus is as it draws on both Israel's story and the story of the whole fallen human race.  It opens the Passion narrative of the Gospel-writers and shows us the theological cogs and gears inside—and, I think most importantly, it tells us what to do with it. In today's Gospel Matthew shows us the King.  For most of us Christians, we know the story, we know that Jesus is a different kind of king than earthly kings, but Palm Sunday comes around every year and makes sure we don't take that for granted.  The lessons ought to prompt us to think about what a king is, because, as St. Paul reminds us today, who Jesus is says something powerful about who we are as his people and what sort of life and character ought to be manifest in us. So what is a king?  What's a king like?  Today we might think of some of the modern kings of the world—or queens.  Today they're mostly figureheads and public servants.  Five years ago, when our own Queen turned ninety, the Bible Society published a commemorative book titled “The Servant Queen and the King She Serves”.  In it the Queen spoke of her faith and how it shapes her role as monarch.  But the title highlights the role we expect of modern monarchs.  Today's kings—or their viceroys—may open Parliament, but they make no decisions.  That's for the legislators.  When there's a war modern kings stay home and work to bolster the morale of their people.  Politicians make declarations of war, generals plan strategy, and soldiers go off to fight.  But ancient kings—kings in Paul's day were very different.  Alexander went off at the head of an army and conquered most of the known world.  The Emperor Augustus headed an army that ended the Roman civil war and brought peace to the empire.  Alexander and Augustus did great things—and because of what they'd accomplished, both believed they had a right to divinity.  They didn't serve God; they were gods.  They claimed that right because they had taken charge, destroyed their enemies, and wrestled whole empires into peace with the threat of further violence.  Why was Rome at peace under Augustus?  Because he'd destroyed his enemies once and any would-be future enemies knew he could probably do it again.  Kings and emperors grasped at divinity, men like Pharaoh and Alexander and Caesar.  Even many of Israel's own leaders in the Old Testament, in Jesus' day, and in Paul's grasped for power—even for divnity in all but name.  Jewish leaders knew better than to claim divinity like the pagan rulers did, but they grasped at the same power that Caesar held and they sought to control the reigns of empire in the hopes of one day climbing to the top of the heap. And yet this was not just the problem of kings or would-be kings.  Brothers and Sisters, this is the problem of the whole human race.  Ever since Adam believed the serpent's lie and grasped at divinity for himself, we humans have been doing the same in one way or another.  We fight, we kill, we steal, we cheat, we do whatever we can get away with to look out for ourselves, to get what we want, to climb to the top of the heap. Look at the book of Genesis.  Adam rebels and in a single generation brother is murdering brother.  Noah comes along in Chapter 6 and his story is introduced by the announcement that the earth was filled with violence.  Noah was the only righteous man left.  And so the Lord destroyed all but Noah and started over.  But even the righteous bear the seed of humanity's fall.  Only a single chapter separates the story of Noah from story of the Tower of Babel.  Once again the human race lost all knowledge of God and sank into pride, idolatry, and sin.  And yet this time the Lord did something different.  Out of the darkness the Lord called Abraham.  The Lord's solution to humanity's problem was to call forth a people for himself, a people who lived in his presence for the life of the whole world, a nation of servants.  Long before Isaiah's song of the Suffering Servant was claimed by Jesus, Israel understood this to be her unique role. But, of course, like Noah in his day, Israel suffered from the same problem as the rest of humanity and so Paul uses this hymn in our Epistle, in Philippians 2, to show us the solution.  Look at Philippians 2:6-8 where Paul writes these words about Jesus. Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.  And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.  (Philippians 2:6-8) God humbled himself.  Jesus, who the hymn says was in the form of God, who was in some way God himself, emptied himself to take on Adam's flesh and Israel's servant role.  Paul is clear that this doesn't mean that Jesus ceased to be God or that he gave up his divinity in some way.  Just the opposite.  Jesus actually shows us what true divinity looks like.  It doesn't look at all like Adam's grasping or Pharaoh's grasping or Alexander's grasping or Caesar's grasping at power, authority, or divine prerogative.  Instead, true divinity is revealed as God humbles himself for the sake of his rebellious people and offers himself as a sacrifice for their sins.  It's utterly backwards to anything humanity ever expected.  Humans are supposed to offer sacrifices to the gods to placate their anger, but this God—the one, true God—instead offers himself as a sacrifice on our behalf and he does so out of love. Think of today's Gospel.  Jesus was rejected.  At the time, almost no one could accept that this is what divinity looks like, that this is what God would do.  When Jesus rode into Jerusalem, the people may have thought it weird that he rode a humble donkey, but they expected him to finally start an uprising—to bash some Roman and Herodian heads and to set things right.  When later that day he flipped the tables in the temple and drove out the merchants, people were sure that this was it.  Jesus was ready to clean house.  But then it didn't happen.  He got the people's hopes up.  Here, finally was the Messiah.  But—apparently—not.  At least that's how most of Jerusalem took it.  Jesus' own people, in anger, cried out for his crucifixion.  As far as they were concerned, he was a blasphemous impostor.  He rode into the city as the Messiah, but then he let everyone down.  Even the servant people themselves could not understand the serving God. And yet, it was there all along in Israel's Scriptures.  Matthew tells us that Jesus' entry into the city on a donkey fulfilled the prophecies of Isaiah and Zechariah.  He cites Zechariah 9:9, but what's interesting is that it's the next verse, Zechariah 9:10 that points to the significance of the donkey.  Matthew's first readers would have known this.  Not knowing the Old Testamant like they did, we probably don't.  Here's what Zechariah writes: I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim          and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off,          and he shall speak peace to the nations; his rule shall be from sea to sea,          and from the River to the ends of the earth. The Lord's King would not come in might, but in humility.  He would not come with the cavalry or an army of chariots.  He would not come with a bow, ready to do violence.  Just the opposite—and just as we see in the Gospels.  By humbling himself he would take his throne and bring peace to the nations.  His rejection and death would qualify him for the role and by his resurrection alone would he defeat his enemies and take is throne.  It's right there, but almost no one could see it. But, of course, God knew this and so the hymn turns on verse 9. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.  (Philippians 2:9-11) The people crucified Jesus as a false messiah and God overturned their verdict against him.  Precisely because Jesus had humbled himself and taken on the role of the suffering servant for the sake of his people, God raised him from the grave and exalted him to his right hand—God declared Jesus to be the world's true King so that in time every knee will bow and every tongue confess—that one day everyone will acknowledge that Jesus is creation's Lord—and that in this God will be supremely glorified.  This is how God sets creation to rights, this is how God sets fallen humanity to rights: Not by charging in with a sword, but by submitting himself to the cross—by allowing evil and death to do their worst, by dying himself, so that he can pass through to the other side and leave them powerless over him—and then powerless over all those with him.  This is the new exodus that leads, not through the Red Sea, but through death itself to the life of God. Now, back to verse 5.  Paul doesn't simply tell us this so that we better understand who Jesus is and what he's done.  That's important, but Paul has a very practical reason for writing this to the Philippian Christians.  Remember that who Jesus is, what kind of King he is, tells us what sort of people we are or should be as his subjects.  He writes: Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus… “Have this mind among yourselves.”  Jesus' people are to “have this mind among yourselves”.  That's why he's done what he's done, to solve the problem that began when Adam grasped at divinity for himself.  As we identify with Jesus, we become a part of the renewed servant people of God.  We are forgiven our past grasping, our past selfishness, and are filled with God's own Spirit.  As the Spirit turns our hearts and minds to the self-giving God, we become a people whose chief characteristic is self-giving humility.  As we pass through death to ourselves we come out the other side alive to God.  The Spirit works a miracle in our hearts, he purges us of selfishness, of that powerful desire to grasp at whatever we can for our own benefit, and places in us a desire for God, a desire to please God, a desire to do the things that please God.  In Jesus and the Spirit we finally become that servant people. What does that look like?  Well, it looks like the fruit of the Spirit.  We're the people who should be characterised by love, by joy, by peace, by patience, by kindness, by goodness, by gentleness, and by self-control.  There are all sorts of things that ought to mark out the people of God, but first and foremost, it's these seven fruits of the Spirit by which we should be known.  They don't grow all at once.  The Spirit plants them, but they require cultivation by the means of grace—by the sacraments, by immersion in the word, by prayer, and by fellowship with each other.  They grow.  And the more we put them into practise the more they grow and multiply in us and in our brothers and sisters.  It starts here in the Church.  Brothers and Sisters, Paul wrote these words as an exhortation to the Philippians to be that servant people God has created for the life of the world.  We can't be that people for the world when we aren't first the people for each other in the Church. Here's how he put it to the Ephesians: I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.  (Ephesians 4:1-3) Even in the Church it's easy to forget who we are in Jesus.  It's easy to act out of selfishness or anger or fear.  It's easy to be impatient with each other.  So, Friends, remember the Servant King.  When you're tempted to act out of anger or fear, when you're tempted by impatience with a brother or a sister, when you've been wronged and all you can think about is righting the injustice, think of our King riding on the donkey, our King mocked and scourged, our King on the cross—for our sake.  There we see humility and gentleness and patience as he bore with his sinful people out of love, eager to reconcile us to himself, eager to establish a new people united in the Spirit.  And it's in that that we see God glorified as never before or since. Let's pray: Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for mankind you sent your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross, giving us the example of his great humility:  Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  Amen.

Evensong from Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland Choral Evensong: Leo the Great Join us the as we commemorate Leo the Great, Bishop, 461. The Choristers of St. Paul's, Cleveland Heights  will sing and the The Rev. Brandon Ashcraft, Assistant Rector, St. Paul's, Cleveland Heights will deliver the homily. This hybrid Evensong service is held in the nave and livestreamed here and at facebook.com/trinitycleve.    Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license #719993-A. All right reserved. The post Evensong Podcast: Leo the Great appeared first on Trinity Episcopal Cathedral.

On this Easter Day, Betsy Hooper-Rosebrook officiates, and Carri Patterson Grindon preaches. Readings and prayers are offered by Zachary Abbott, Kara Ramirez, Lauren Cecconello, George Rothwell, Kendall Simmonds Sr., the Moynihan Family, and the Mischler Family. Mark Robson, Vincentia Geraldine, and Lisa Sylvester provide our live music, and our video anthem was shot and produced by Kara Morgan, and features our Choristers, adult choir, and a special appearance by our Easter bell choir! https://youtu.be/ExlU9g9sNuc We are sent out into the world to proclaim the risen Christ by Saint Mark's parishioners from far and near.

On this last Sunday after Epiphany, Sylvia Sweeney preaches, and Carri Patterson Grindon presides. Our readings and prayers are led by Nic Arnzen, Sue Peace, Rick Keaton, Terri Jones, and Jannette Allen. Our music includes an original piece by Mark Robson, and another by Kara Morgan, sung by our Choristers. Our hymn this morning is led by Lisa Sylvester and Kara Morgan.

Our Consecration Sunday Worship features readings and prayers from members of our congregation; a powerful sermon from our guest preacher, The Right Rev. Robert Wright, Bishop of the Diocese of Atlanta; and glorious music from Lisa Sylvester, Mark Robson, and our Choristers!

Selections from the All Saints' Virtual Concert presented by St. George's Choir & Choristers on Sunday, November 1, 2020. Dr. Woosug Kang, Director of Music Ministries Debra Lee Williamson, alto Christopher Stenstrom, cello Gerry Senechal, organ Music Selections: O CHRIST, WHO ART OUR LIGHT AND DAY, Robert Whyte (c.1538 – 1574) PIE JESU (FROM REQUIEM), Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) THEY ARE AT REST, Edward Elgar (1857-1934) LUX AETERNA (FROM ENIGMA VARIATIONS), Edward Elgar (1857-1934) PSALM 23 (FROM REQUIEM), Herbert Howells (1892-1983) HYMN: ROUND THE LORD IN GLORY SEATED, Rustington Program Credits: Sarah Bailey, sound engineer Christian Copyright Solutions WORSHIPcast License #11176 Permission to podcast / stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, License # M-400528. All rights reserved.

Canberra Choirs - Singing through the pandemic - Part 1 looks at how Canberra choirs have fared during the Covid 19 lockdown, and how choristers felt when face to face choir gatherings stopped. Choristers share their love of singing and why being part of a choir is important to them.

Join us for Evensong from the Book of Common Prayer. Thank you to Philip for the music that begins the service and to the Choristers of St Martin in the Fields for the hymn at the end, Great is thy faithfulness. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anne-le-bas/message

Front Row is featuring interviews with all the shortlisted authors for this year's Women's Prize for Fiction. Tonight, Maggie O'Farrell, whose novel Hamnet is about the son of William Shakespeare who died aged 11, an event thought to be the inspiration for Hamlet. In her novel, Maggie O’Farrell imagines the family life and tragedy of one of our greatest playwrights, about whom so little is known. Group singing has been severely affected by government advice on restricting the spread of Coronavirus as inhaling microscopic droplets expelled by fellow singers is a high risk activity. But choirs serve functions beyond singing together. We speak to Katherine Dienes Williams, Master of The Choristers at Guildford Cathedral and to Martin Trotman, director of The Wellbeing Choirs which aim to promote and maintain good mental and physical health through singing. This week we’ve been hearing from artists and creators who’ve been telling us about their Lockdown Discoveries, a cultural find that has given them pleasure in the dark months of isolation. Today crime writer Mark Billingham reveals his unexpected rediscovery…jigsaws! Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Sarah Johnson

Welcome to our service of Evensong from the Book of Common Prayer. The hymn which begins the service is “Lord thy word abideth,” and we shall finish with the anthem “Behold the Tabernacle of God” by Harris, both sung by the Choristers of St Martin in the Fields. The words of the hymns and the service sheet can be found on the church website. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anne-le-bas/message

Join us for Evensong from the Book of Common Prayer. Thank you to Vanessa Griffiths for our readings, Philip for our opening music and the Choristers of St Martin in the Fields for our closing hymn, Thy Hand O God has Guided. The words can be found on our church website www.sealpeterandpaul.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anne-le-bas/message

Join us for morning worship. Thank you to Jill Myers and Gesiena van Setten for our readings, to Emily Durling.for our music, and to the Choristers of St Martin in the Fields for our hymns, "I come with joy" and " Christ is our Cornerstone". The words of the hymns can be found on our church website. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anne-le-bas/message

Join us for Evensong from the Book of Common Prayer. Thank you to Emily Durling for the snippet of music at the beginning and to the Choristers of St Martin in the fields for our closing hymn. The service sheet and hymn words can be found on our church website. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anne-le-bas/message

Choristers can take the pain?? It’s all in your Mildly Interesting Facts of the Weekend!

Wesley presents an audio journal of his Winter Solstice celebrations, including lots of caroling and bike riding.Bike Norfolkhttps://bikenorfolk.org/Social Cycling Norfolkhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/643296432533211O’Connor Brewing Companyhttps://oconnorbrewing.com/Smartmouth Brewing Companyhttps://smartmouthbrewing.com/Christ & St. Luke’s Episcopal Churchhttps://www.christandstlukes.org/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Tellmeaboutyourbike)

Our festival of nine lessons and carols is patterned after the traditional service from King’s College, Cambridge. One of the most beautiful services of the year, it includes performances by our Jr. and Sr. Choristers. 

Child choristers have been singing at Salisbury for 900 years. This film follows Salisbury Cathedral's current choristers. The Cathedral's separate boy and girl choirs each contain 16 of the most musically gifted 8-13 year-olds in the country. Their role, now as always, is to sing, day-in day-out some of the most sublime music ever written in one of Britain's most beautiful buildings. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thehistoryexpress/support

Speaker: James O'Donnell Chair and interlocutor: Clare Moriarty James O’Donnell is Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey. Internationally recognised as a conductor and organ recitalist, he has performed all over the world and appeared in the BBC Proms and at many other festivals. As soloist and director James has worked with many of Britain's leading ensembles. He is Music Director of St James' Baroque and appears regularly with the BBC Singers. He is Visiting Professor of Organ and of Choral Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music and was President of the Royal College of Organists from 2011–2013. Clare Moriarty is Permanent Secretary for the Department for Exiting the European Union. Previous roles include Permanent Secretary for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Director General, Rail Executive in the Department for Transport; and Constitutional Director, Ministry of Justice. Part of Art, Imagination and Public Service, Westminster Abbey Institute's 2019 autumn programme.

In this episode, recorded in June 2019, Thomas and Richard talk about some of the more ‘modern’ music which was on the Choir’s programme at the end of the Easter season and around Trinity Sunday. Music discussed includes Gerald Finzi’s Lo the the full, final sacrifice, Matthew Martin’s Ut unum sint, and Francis Grier’s Missa Trinitatis Sanctae. After Thomas answers a listener question about Vespers in Latin, Richard has the opportunity to talk to some of the boy Choristers.If you like Staved Off, please write a review for the podcast on iTunes, and make sure that you subscribe so that you always receive the latest episodes when they're released. You can get all the information about how to subscribe on the podcast page on the website, at www.cathedralchoir.sydney/podcast. You can also leave comments there on individual episodes.

In our October 2019 podcast, we discuss the news that Jules Buckley has been taken on the role of creative artist in association at the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the family of a girl chorister has sued Berlin Cathedral Choir after it rejected her application for an audition. Plus, we introduce our October issue, in which we talk to husband-and-wife team mezzo Magdalena Kožená and maestro Simon Rattle about their recording of works for voice and piano. We also try out the BBC Philharmonic’s new in-concert app, and, as usual, we each bring along a new recording we’ve been enjoying this month. This episode is presented by editor Oliver Condy, who is joined by deputy editor Jeremy Pound and reviews editor Michael Beek. It was produced by Ben Youatt and Jack Bateman.Recordings:Brahms String Sextet No. 1 in B flatRaphael EnsembleHyperion CDA66276‘Il volo cosí fido al doce’ from Handel’s Riccardo PrimoHandel’s QueensLucy Crowe, Mary Bevan, London Early Opera/Bridget CunninghamSignum SIGCD579Olly’s choice: Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon OvertureMalmö Symphony Orchestra/Darrell AngNaxos 8573859Jeremy’s choice: Lassen Violin ConcertoLinus Roth, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Antony HermusHyperion CDA68268 Michael’s choice: ‘The Duel’ from John Williams’s The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the UnicornAcross the StarsAnne-Sophie Mutter, The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles/John WilliamsDeutsche Grammophon 4797553Stories:Bagpiper receives noise complaints for practising in back garden: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/4601608/alan-jamieson-wishaw-bagpipes-sunderland-hate-mail/Berlin choir accused of gender discrimination by girl chorister: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/09/berlin-choir-accused-of-gender-discrimination-by-nine-year-old-girlJules Buckley announced as creative artist in association: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/aug/26/stormzy-collaborator-jules-buckley-bbc-symphony-orchestra See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sermon by The Reverend Helen O'Sullivan, Chaplain, at Evensong with Valediction of Choristers on the Fourth Sunday after Trinity, 14th July 2019.

After the January break, including Thomas’s trip to Japan, the Choir is back for another year’s singing. In this episode, Thomas and Richard talk about the induction of new Choristers which recently took place. They then discuss best practices in the choice of music at school Masses, before moving on to the seeming tension between English-language hymns and Latin chants. Thomas talks about his experience running an office and how he keeps his team together. The Choristers will join forces with The Song Company for a performance of Bach’s Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden (Stabat Mater) in April, and the Scholars are off to St James’, King Street, for Evensong, part of which you can hear in this episode! For next month, please send in your questions about what you’ve always wanted to know about cathedral music.

Police are treating the vandalism of a Jewish cemetery in Manchester this week as a hate crime. It follows a spate of other attacks on religious sites across the UK. Dr Chris Allen, Associate Professor in Hate Studies at Leicester University, explains why these attacks are happening now. Armed police officers have arrested at least 20 Jehovah's Witnesses in raids across Russia this week. Anastasia Golubeva explains why Jehovah's Witnesses are seen as an extreme organisation in Russia. Choristers from Hereford cathedral will make a historic trip to the Vatican to become the first Anglican cathedral choir to sing at a Papal Mass for the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul. Harry Farley has been to meet them. A UK judge has ordered the declassification of documents expected to shed light on Britain's involvement in the storming of Sikhism's holiest site in 1984. The Sikh Federation's Davinder Singh and the BBC's Mark Tully talk to William about those events. In the week that President Trump did a U-Turn on the administration's policy to separate children from their parents at the US border, we hear from Catholic Extension, a charity that works on the border. Plus Tara McKelvey, BBC's White House Correspondent, on the influence of religion inside the White House following Attorney General Jeff Sessions' use of the Bible to justify this policy. An independent report into the Church of England's handling of its 2007-9 Past Cases Review into sexual abuse has identified a range shortcomings in the way the PCR was conducted. David Greenwood, a lawyer representing survivors and Bishop Peter Hancock respond to the findings, respond to the report. Producers: Rajeev Gupta Lissa Cook Series Producer: Amanda Hancox.

The Choir is on tour in Europe! In this first of two episodes, we follow the Choristers and Scholars as they participate in the International Gregorian Chant Festival, Watou, while also enjoying Belgian hospitality and taking the opportunity to visit some of the Flanders battlefields.Special thanks to all the Choristers, Scholars, staff, and Festival organisers who appear in the episode.Next month we will have a wrap-up discussion about the second part of the tour, to Italy, and then the Lay Clerks’ trip to the Netherlands.Please let us know if you've enjoyed this episode by leaving a review on iTunes. Subscribe to the podcast if you haven't already! Also, feel free to leave comments on this episode’s web page.Featured music:Hymn: Salve, festa dies (in rehearsal) (10:15)Antoine Brumel (c. 1460–1512/13), Agnus Dei from Missa de Dringhs (Cathedral Scholars) (12:44)Offertorium: Si ambulavero (Cathedral Scholars) (29:05)G.P. da Palestrina (c. 1525–94), Regina Cæli (Choristers & Cathedral Scholars) (31:08)Douglas Guest (1916–96), For the Fallen (Choristers & Cathedral Scholars) (recorded at Polygon Wood Cemetery, 11th May 2018) (34:58)

In the first episode, Thomas and Richard produce ‘a random and meaningless load of drivel’ about Christmas 2017, including how the Choristers are bribed to work on into their school holidays, what inspires the music choice for A Christmas Celebration, and choices for Christmas tree decorations.Read more and buy tickets for A Christmas Celebration on 15th December 2017Black Ops inflatable obstacle course

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #46 (hosted by Vidas Pinkevicius, DMA) http://www.organduo.lt/podcast Today's guest is Tom Trenney, an American organist who is known for his engaging improvisations on hymns, submitted themes, silent films, scripture, poetry, and artwork, Tom became the first organist to be awarded First Prize and Audience Prize in the American Guild of Organists' (AGO) National Competition in Organ Improvisation in 2006. Tom serves as Minister of Music to First-Plymouth in Lincoln, NE, ​guiding the Plymouth Choir (adults) and the Choristers (grades 3-5), playing the magnificent Schoenstein organ, and serving as Artistic Director of Abendmusik: Lincoln, the Abendmuisk Chorus, and ABENDCHOR. Tom is also Music Director of sounding light- the chamber choir of Many Voices…One Song, an extensive music outreach program he founded in Southeastern Michigan. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Eastman School of Music, Tom is grateful for his teachers and mentors: Anton Armstrong, David Davidson, Craig Hella Johnson David Higgs, William Weinert, Anne Wilson, and Todd Wilson. ​Tom shares his passion as pastoral musician, performer, and teacher both in worship at First-Plymouth and in recitals, hymn festivals, choral and organ workshops, and master classes all around the country. Represented by Karen McFarlane Artists Concert Management (www.concertorganists.com), Tom has been featured at regional and national conventions of the American Guild of Organists, the Organ Historical Society, the Presbyterian Association of Musicians, the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, National Pastoral Musicians, the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts, and the Calvin Institute of Worship. In this conversation, we talk about why some organists are afraid of improvising on the organ and what you can do to reduce this fear and anxiety. ​​Enjoy and share your comments below. ​ And don't forget to help spread the word about the SOP Podcast by sharing it with your organist friends. Thanks for caring. Related links: Tom Trenney at Concert Organists: http://www.concertorganists.com/artists/tom-trenney/ First-Plymouth church in Lincoln, Nebraska: http://www.firstplymouth.org/htmlFiles/staff/bio/tomt.html

This was a special item done by our choristers during our Music Day.

Greg Gilpin Music: 2014

Public Lecture: A Hundred Objects, A Hundred Stories Plainchant - Choristers Of Christchurch Cathedral Date: 19 July, 2013 at 7.30pm Venue: Medieval Museum, Cathedral Square, Viking Triangle, Waterford RIAHUM Fintan O'Toole explores why the physical, tangible actual objects beats a digital version anytime in this lecture which explores ‘A hundred objects – a hundred stories'. To see the images of the objects he is talking about visit www.100objects.ie or download the app here - itunes.apple.com/ie/app/history-i…id605767721?mt=8. The book can also be purchased here - www.ria.ie/Publications/Books/…in-100-Objects.aspx. www.ria.ie Disclaimer: The Royal Irish Academy has prepared the content of this website responsibly and carefully, but disclaims all warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information contained in any of the materials. The views expressed are the authors' own and not those of the Royal Irish Academy.

Libby Purves meets actor and comedian Hugh Dennis; David Watson, a chorister at the Queen's Coronation; campaigner Carol Highton and author Liz Trenow. Former journalist Liz Trenow comes from a family of silk weavers. Her first novel, The Last Telegram, is set in a silk mill during World War II and draws on her own 300-year-old family history. The Last Telegram is published by Harper Collins. Hugh Dennis is an actor and comedian. He is best known for BBC Radio 4's The Now Show, satirical panel show Mock the Week and BBC sit-com Outnumbered. His book, Britty Britty Bang Bang, explores the changing image of Britain and Britishness. Britty Britty Bang Bang - One Man's Attempt to Understand His Country is published by Headline. In 2005 Carol Highton's son Brian Shields took his own life as a result of spiralling debts to a loan shark. The loan shark was convicted and is currently serving a long prison sentence. Following her son's death, Carol set up The Brian Shields Trust to help others in a similar situation. As a result of her campaigning work Carol was awarded an MBE which she received from Buckingham Palace this week. David Watson was one of three solo choristers who sang at the Queen's Coronation in 1953. His singing talent was recognised early on and at eight he was accepted into the Westminster Abbey choir. He went on to become a Hollywood actor, appearing in Rawhide and Planet of the Apes, and is now a theatrical agent. He features in the documentary Choristers of the Coronation on BBC Radio 4.

Boy Choir Magazine interviews three Houston Boychoir Choristers: Mark Mendell, Michael Kibbe and Trent Howison. 13 minutes.