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23rd June 2010
Midsummer
Music
The Midsummer event at Caistor was really
special. Over 40 singers from eight different choirs joined
for a service under the title 'Rejoice'. Steven Maxson again
wove his magic spell and we provided a mixture of introit,
intercessions, anthems, hymns, and readings for our service
which left many of us delighted at the quality of the result
after only some ninety minutes rehearsal.
The peaceful atmosphere within Caistor church
provided a lovely background, and an appropriate sermon from Canon
Ian Robinson gave the final polish to our evening.
The joy of the website is that the delightful music
for the evening was available to all of us to take hard copies for
use in our own services, at a time of our own choice.
Peter Hill
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11th October 2009
Lincoln Area Festival
The
annual Area Festival took place this year in St. Botolph's Church,
Boston as part of their 700th Anniversary year. It was directed by
Aric Prentice, Director of Music at
Lincoln Cathedral and the
organist was Charles Harrison, Assistant Director of Music at Lincoln
Cathedral. Awards to candidates successful in the Bishop’s and Dean’s
Chorister examinations were presented by the Precentor of Lincoln, Canon
Gavin Kirk. The
music will included:
O come in one -
Tallis
Psalm 150 -
Stanford
O praise the
Lord - John Goss
O how
amiable - Ralph Vaughan Williams
How
lovely are thy dwellings - Brahms
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Other events in 2009
included the now ever popular
annual Midsummer Music at Caistor Church
as well as another Awards
Training Evening at Moulton Parish Church.
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5th July 2009
Small Choirs Together
Members of churches in
the South District gathered in All Saints Church, Holbeach for an
afternoon of music making led by Eric Wayman, Director of Music at St.
Botolph's Church, Boston. Using music from the 2009 Area Festival Book
and chanted versions of the canticles, they rehearsed for a service of
Evensong, at which they were joined by members of the church's
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24th March 2009
Music for Lady Day
Peter Hill writes about
the event at Holy Trinity Church, Messingham:
"All went extremely
well as Fred Goodwin led us purposefully into a well chosen and well
organised musical mixture to reflect the 'Annunciation'. The experience
was thoroughly worthwhile. There was some very fine singing at the
service which ended the evening. Thanks due to Alan Phillips' work
behind the scenes and also at the organ on the evening. Well over thirty
choristers from eight parishes took part."
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4th October 2008
Lincoln Area Festival
The 2008 Area Festival was held at St James, Louth. It was directed by
Andrew Carwood, Director of Music at St Paul's Cathedral. Andrew is an
early music specialist, well known for his work with The Cardinall's
Musick, and for his knowledge of 16th and 17th century choral music. We
were particularly honoured to have him conduct the choir for the introit
Let thy merciful ears by Thomas Mudd.
Other music included the rarely heard anthem, Let all the world in
every corner sing by William Mathias which includes the eponymous
well-known hymn, and the much loved Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D
by Arthur Herbert Brewer. The Preces and Responses were those
written by Bernard Rose for Magdalen College, Oxford.
We
were introduced to the new Diocesan Music Development Officer,
Rosemary Field, who has begun a number of projects to increase church
music making within the area, as well as a mentoring scheme to encourage
young directors and instrumentalists. During the service, the RSCM
Dean's and Bishop's awards were presented to all
the choristers who had been successful in the year’s examinations.
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20th September 2008
The King of Instruments
Thirty
organ
enthusiasts spent a morning at The Burtey Fen
Collection, Pinchbeck, which houses a four-manual
concert pipe organ, together with Wurlitzer and Compton
cinema pipe organs.
They
were able to explore the inside workings and Nicholas
Pitts, the co-owner of the collection, explained
some of the technical details about the installations.
Both he and Eric Wayman gave demonstrations
and several took up the opportunity to have a play
themselves.
Visit
the website of
The Burtey Fen
Collection to
find out more about this unique musical centre.
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25th June 2008
Midsummer
Music
Peter Hill reports:
Our Midsummer Music event was once again held at Caistor
Parish Church, this year involving not only about sixty
choristers, but also a brief address by Rosemary Field,
Lincoln Diocesan Music Development Officer. One major
improvement has been that the congregation for the
service has grown significantly (an eightfold
improvement for this year). The theme was 'Prayer', with
the anthem being Mendelssohn's 'Hear My Prayer'. The
very accomplished soloist was Lizzie Adams. The chorus
consisted of ten church choirs plus a few singers from
other choirs. Steven Maxsom was, as usual, our guide and
mentor for the event, which, as Canon Ian Robinson said,
has become the highlight of our summer. More choirs made
use (eventually!) of our website to obtain information
and the music. |
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