The Queen has died. I live a mile away and I have not heard the bells ring/peel. Cathedrals around the realm have done so. Unless I am deaf, what is the excuse?
I noticed there was quite the gathering of several hundred definitely-not-Anglicans outside the Cathedral on the Thursday afternoon before Easter. And yet, despite the Church's keenness to comment on other current events, not a word about something literally on this chap's doorstep. How strange.
Psalm 19:1-3. I performed this work with my Church Choir Holy Trinity (Ang) Church Ebute Ero Lagos, Nigeria for more than 25 years. I'm glad to be a Christian. Jesus is Lord!
Duke Ellington did exactly the same in the 1960s. His Sacred Concerts were taken all over the world, even into Westminster Abbey. He was singing the Lord's song in the way that showed him at his best. Why should jazz musicians not offer of their best to praise their Maker, from whom their talent and their music comes?
Well done on performing an exceptionally tricky anthem from the genius of William Byrd, performed refreshingly (if not a wee bit fast in parts) by the choir. These videos from Wakefield are a real pleasure.
