Music is an important part of our regular worship.
Our Senior Choir sings regularly for the Sunday morning Eucharist, and we also sing Evensong, Compline, or a special service on the First Sunday evening of each month. At the moment we are singing the setting of the Eucharist music by Margaret Rizza, which is now familiar to all the congregation. We take great care over the selection of hymns, trying to achieve an acceptable balance between the old and familiar and newer, more contemporary, ones and also which fit the theme of the specific Sunday. During 2010 our special evening services included one rejoicing in music as well as celebrations of Easter and Christmas. We have also a Junior choir who sing with us on special occasions, and who sometimes take the lead in singing for our monthly Family Service; they also sing for weddings. From time to time, for special occasions our choir is augmented by friends from the other churches in the village.
In 2009 we produced a CD of music and readings illustrating the history of our Church. We sang plainsong, Tudor polyphony (Tallis), an 18th C gallery hymn, John Rutter (20th) and some fine hymns. Copies are available from the Church
We have a very fine organ and we are lucky to have several fine organists who share regularly, (see web site Organ)
For Easter, 2011, we plan to sing the Hallelujah chorus, from Handel’s Messiah, as part of our Evening service on May 1st. We hope to make this service a special Alleluia in celebration of Easter. Our practices are normally on alternate Fridays, 7.30 p.m.and the special ones for Easter will be on April 1st, 15th , and 29th.
We are always ready to welcome new singers – and we are a very friendly group.
