Society of Saint Gregory

I wrote a much longer critique but does not seem to have uploaded.

Who or what was the guy in the elongated Bitetto frolicking about at the start of the broadcast?

This is an encouraging development. I just hope that it does not suck the musical promise out of the parishes and into the cathedral. Something that supports both is what is needed. My experience of similar enterprises in the north of England was that everything initially became focused on the ...

At my church they ignored the processional rites of the Church but decided to preempt the Feast of St Blaise with a blessing of throats after each Mass!!! The music followed the Feast however and included Bernadette Farrell's unpublished Presentation of the Lord verses for Christ be our Light. In ...

I have the same irritation with the preface dialogues and a rude interruption by the celebrant of the people’s response. We rarely interrupt them (much as we might like to!)

I have a wedding tomorrow of one of my cantors here in Florida. There will be 13 flower girls and11 bridesmaids and groomsmen. The processions start at 5pm but I wonder when the bride will arrive and I also wonder how many times I’ll have to play pachelbel’s Canon in D

Happy Easter from an Englishman in Trumpton!

And just add to the usual concerns we did Easter Vigil (and Holy Thursday) bilingually which meant that the Litany had some challenges!

We started at 8.30pm and with 11 baptisms but only 3 readings/psalms we were done by 11.15pm. I was not a happy bunny to be playing the sunrise mass at 6am but I was delighted to be singing Joncas’ ‘As morning breaks’ as a post communion song just as the sun graced our worship.

We have decided to sing Cochereau’s victimae paschali laudes (in English) as a recessional for the ‘choir mass’ each Sunday in Easter tide. Perhaps that’s what musicians can do: sing the music of Notre Dame while that cathedral is silent.

I eat my words! St Marie's Cathedral in Sheffield appointed Robert Webb as organist/choirmaster for a period of 2 years. I knew him as a consumate and very popular musician. I append a biog from his website. Robert is a Sheffield based free-lance musician: Conductor, accompanist, arranger, composer ...

There is a guy who has held fast to the organist post there for decades. He’s retiring from his post which was unpaid since the financial debacle which led to the post of director of music of diocese and cathedral being declared redundant at Easter 2014. The post is only for 2 years, I understand, ...

No they are paying about 6k
Almost voluntary!

No they are paying about 6k

St Marie's Cathedral, Sheffield has just advertised the post of Organist/Choir Master.
Apply to office@stmariecathedral.org for details