Tag Archives: Church music

And the House was filled with smoke!

Posted on Thursday, 31 July, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

My statistics page indicates that someone was looking for an anthem containing the words “And the house was filled with smoke”, which I believe come from the Prophet Isaiah. It is none other than John Stainer’s I saw the Lord. … Continue reading →

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The Liturgical Organist

Posted on Saturday, 10 May, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The craft of the church organist is an old one. I first accompanied a hymn in my school chapel in 1973 – and made a mess of it. I was totally nerve-racked and little less than racked by my housemaster … Continue reading →

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Cecilian Movement

Posted on Thursday, 24 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have written a couple of articles recently about Don Lozenzo Perosi and his major compositions, in particular his oratorios and secular orchestral works. I mentioned his church music in passing, for its style is totally different. These works are … Continue reading →

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La Risurrezione di Cristo

Posted on Saturday, 19 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Yesterday, I sang the praises of that great Italian musician and churchman Don Lorenzo Perosi. As we enter the Promised Land flowing with milk and honey, one of the Old Testament figures of the Transitus Domini, I present you one … Continue reading →

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Don Lorenzo Perosi

Posted on Friday, 18 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

You might not know the music of Lorenzo Perosi (1872-1956) (more detailed article in Italian) who was an extremely gifted composer in the great Italian operatic tradition. However, he never composed operas. Giacomo Puccini is quoted as saying that “C’è … Continue reading →

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In pace in idipsum

Posted on Thursday, 17 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

For this Good Friday, I offer you my musical setting of the text In pace in idipsum, which is sung at the Burial of Christ at the end of the Mass of the Presanctified in the Use of Sarum. Our … Continue reading →

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Great Peter of York

Posted on Wednesday, 12 February, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I was looking for some old York Minster choral and organ music from the Dr Francis Jackson days, and I came across something that really brings back old memories. It is nothing other than Great Peter, the bourdon bell of … Continue reading →

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Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

Posted on Saturday, 30 November, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Advent arrives once again, and we lose the Gloria and the Ite missa est, at least those of us who follow the Sarum rules. Like the Alleluia silenced in Septuagesima and Lent blooming forth at the Paschal Vigil, the Gloria … Continue reading →

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Josef Rheinberger

Posted on Wednesday, 13 November, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I pinched this beautiful motet in German by Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) from the Anglican Diaspora forum, but I have my own thoughts about this little-known nineteenth-century composer born in Leichtenstein amidst the soaring Alps. Bleib bei uns, denn es will … Continue reading →

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Anglican Patrimony – the world seen from the organ loft

Posted on Wednesday, 18 July, 2012 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Now this is what I call Anglican Patrimony. Many years ago, we had humour, and sometimes we didn’t take our religion very seriously… This is taken from Gordon Reynolds, Full Swell, Novello 1972. * * * PHRASES IN CONSTANT USE … Continue reading →

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