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.

Sunday, 3 March 2024

3rd March 2024 Lent3

 O Lord, Increase Our Faith  H. Loosemore

Henry Loosemore was born in Devon.  He was a chorister and afterwards a lay clerk in one of the Cambridge colleges. At some time he was organist at King's College. In 1660 he became organist at Exeter Cathedral.  He died suddenly in 1670 whilst in Exeter. 

O Lord Increase Our Faith has incorrectly been attributed to Orlando Gibbons in the past, and in Gibbon's version, has the word "our" replaced by "my".  However a manuscript was found of Loosemore's which allowed the correct attribution and also the correction of the text.

 

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