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.

Apart from August (every year) ,choir practice is on Friday evenings between 6:00 and 7:00pm, in the church or church rooms.

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.

Thursday, 14 June 2018

10th June 2018 Trinity 2

Lord For Thy Tender Mercy's Sake  Music could be by either Farrant or John Hilton.  Arrangement by Anthony Green. Words from J Bull, Christian Prayers and Holy Meditation (1568)

Henry Bull died in 1577.  He was an eminent theological writer.  In 1553 when Mary I came to the throne, he with the help of a conspirator snatched a censer from the hand of an officiating priest and was expelled from Magdalen. He was quiet during the rest of her reign, but came back to prominence on the ascension of Elizabeth I. He was also the editor of Christian Praiers and Holy Meditacions which appeared first by 1570, from which the text of our anthem today was taken.
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