Welcome to St Mary's choir blog

We are affiliated to the Royal School of Church Music(RSCM)..

The choir is a four part harmony choir with its main responsibility to sing at the 10am Sunday service, including an anthem.

We do not require any fees to belong to the choir or for any training. New members are always welcome whatever their standard. If you are interested in joining us please contact our Director of Music (Joanna) via the  Contact Us page.

Saturday, 28 October 2017

22nd October 2017 Trinity 19

"Ave Verum Corpus" Edward Elgar.

Ave verum corpus  is traditionally a communion hymn written by Pope Innocent VI, set to music by many composers over the years.

Edward Elgar (1857-1937) was born in a village close to Worcester.  His father had a music shop in Worcester and tuned pianos. Elgar was mostly self taught.  His influence grew in the 1880's and 1890's  despite his being a Roman Catholic in a largely Anglican community. In 1889 he married one of his pupils, Caroline Alice Roberts, against opposition from her family. She played a major part in his career development.

Elgar is one of the great English composers, who has left a legacy of great orchestral and choral works.
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