Just a few days until the start of my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024!
Join me every day between 1st and 25th December as I share some of my favourite seasonal pieces of music, old and new.
Join me every day between 1st and 25th December as I share some of my favourite seasonal pieces of music, old and new.
November 28, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Just a few days until the start of my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024!
Join me every day between 1st and 25th December as I share some of my favourite seasonal pieces of music, old and new.
Join me every day between 1st and 25th December as I share some of my favourite seasonal pieces of music, old and new.
It’s here! 🎉 Join me every day in opening a new door between 1st and 25th December, as I share some favourite pieces of seasonal music, old and new.
Day 1 is coming up next…
#MusicalAdventCalendar2024
Day 1 is coming up next…
#MusicalAdventCalendar2024
December 1, 2024 at 7:46 AM
It’s here! 🎉 Join me every day in opening a new door between 1st and 25th December, as I share some favourite pieces of seasonal music, old and new.
Day 1 is coming up next…
#MusicalAdventCalendar2024
Day 1 is coming up next…
#MusicalAdventCalendar2024
After a four-year break, my Musical Advent Calendar is back!
Join me on Bluesky and Facebook from 1st-25th December as I share some of my favourite seasonal pieces of music.
A varied mix of old favourites and new surprises to enjoy each day in the run-up the Christmas!
#MusicalAdventCalendar2024
Join me on Bluesky and Facebook from 1st-25th December as I share some of my favourite seasonal pieces of music.
A varied mix of old favourites and new surprises to enjoy each day in the run-up the Christmas!
#MusicalAdventCalendar2024
November 23, 2024 at 9:07 AM
After a four-year break, my Musical Advent Calendar is back!
Join me on Bluesky and Facebook from 1st-25th December as I share some of my favourite seasonal pieces of music.
A varied mix of old favourites and new surprises to enjoy each day in the run-up the Christmas!
#MusicalAdventCalendar2024
Join me on Bluesky and Facebook from 1st-25th December as I share some of my favourite seasonal pieces of music.
A varied mix of old favourites and new surprises to enjoy each day in the run-up the Christmas!
#MusicalAdventCalendar2024
Join me a week today on Bluesky and Facebook as I share some of my favourite seasonal pieces of music in my ever-popular (!) #MusicalAdventCalendar2024
A varied mix of old favourites and new surprises to enjoy each day in the run-up the Christmas!
A varied mix of old favourites and new surprises to enjoy each day in the run-up the Christmas!
November 24, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Join me a week today on Bluesky and Facebook as I share some of my favourite seasonal pieces of music in my ever-popular (!) #MusicalAdventCalendar2024
A varied mix of old favourites and new surprises to enjoy each day in the run-up the Christmas!
A varied mix of old favourites and new surprises to enjoy each day in the run-up the Christmas!
Day 18 of this year’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024, and a lovely, simple carol from Stephen Paulus, ‘Wishes and Candles’: youtu.be/G_9YpogYCrw?...
Wishes and Candles (Stephen Paulus)
YouTube video by New World Records / CRi
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December 18, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Day 18 of this year’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024, and a lovely, simple carol from Stephen Paulus, ‘Wishes and Candles’: youtu.be/G_9YpogYCrw?...
I feel that my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024 wouldn’t be complete without this infectiously cheery number, ‘The Christmas’, from the pen of Thomas Hewitt Jones, for Day 22: youtu.be/wp__KiSfcyk?...
The Christmas Bells (they ring-a-dong ding)
YouTube video by thomashewittjones
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December 22, 2024 at 7:50 AM
I feel that my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024 wouldn’t be complete without this infectiously cheery number, ‘The Christmas’, from the pen of Thomas Hewitt Jones, for Day 22: youtu.be/wp__KiSfcyk?...
Day 3 has just been posted, but there are still 22 days to go. Join me as I share a selection of favourite seasonal pieces of music, old and new. in my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024!
December 3, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Day 3 has just been posted, but there are still 22 days to go. Join me as I share a selection of favourite seasonal pieces of music, old and new. in my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024!
Day 2 of this December’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024, and a new discovery for me this year, Becky McGlade’s beautiful setting of ‘What Child is This?’ which appears in Carols for Choirs 6.
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What child is this? - Becky McGlade
McGlade crafts a moment for each part to shine in her soothing setting of William Chatterton Dix’s 'What child is this?'.
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December 2, 2024 at 7:55 AM
Day 2 of this December’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024, and a new discovery for me this year, Becky McGlade’s beautiful setting of ‘What Child is This?’ which appears in Carols for Choirs 6.
on.soundcloud.com/4M8nLZBRyFHf...
on.soundcloud.com/4M8nLZBRyFHf...
Today is the second Sunday in Advent, and Day 8 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024; here is @johnrutter.bsky.social’s ‘All Bells in Paradise’: youtu.be/P8TyKNycHes?...
John Rutter: All Bells In Paradise - Official Video
YouTube video by KingsCollegeChoir
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December 8, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Today is the second Sunday in Advent, and Day 8 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024; here is @johnrutter.bsky.social’s ‘All Bells in Paradise’: youtu.be/P8TyKNycHes?...
As we reach Day 4 of this year’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024, I think that for me, Will Todd’s ‘My Lord Has Come’, is one of the poignant and beautiful Christmas works of our generation.
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Todd: My Lord Has Come
YouTube video by Voces8 - Topic
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December 4, 2024 at 7:41 AM
As we reach Day 4 of this year’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024, I think that for me, Will Todd’s ‘My Lord Has Come’, is one of the poignant and beautiful Christmas works of our generation.
youtu.be/JK1hAqT0zW8?...
youtu.be/JK1hAqT0zW8?...
On Day 5, one of my very original discoveries, way back from my first musical advent calendar, @seapieparcel.bsky.social’s ‘Alleluia! Into the Light’. #MusicalAdventCalendar2024
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Alleluia! Into The Light, Cheryl Camm
YouTube video by seapieparcel
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December 5, 2024 at 8:04 AM
On Day 5, one of my very original discoveries, way back from my first musical advent calendar, @seapieparcel.bsky.social’s ‘Alleluia! Into the Light’. #MusicalAdventCalendar2024
youtu.be/E_Oa_6ji1Zk?...
youtu.be/E_Oa_6ji1Zk?...
With just one day to go of this year’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024, Day 24 brings what I consider to be one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written; Sally Beamish’s ‘In the Stillness’: youtu.be/7KLRwDUQGvg?...
VOCES8: In the Stillness by Sally Beamish
YouTube video by VOCES8
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December 24, 2024 at 8:46 AM
With just one day to go of this year’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024, Day 24 brings what I consider to be one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written; Sally Beamish’s ‘In the Stillness’: youtu.be/7KLRwDUQGvg?...
As lovely as the Poston is, other settings are available, including this haunting one by Colin Mawby. ‘Jesus Christ the Apple Tree’ is behind Day 20’s door of this year’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024: youtu.be/p9Ju-pf5uus?...
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
YouTube video by Exeter Cathedral Choir - Topic
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December 20, 2024 at 8:30 AM
As lovely as the Poston is, other settings are available, including this haunting one by Colin Mawby. ‘Jesus Christ the Apple Tree’ is behind Day 20’s door of this year’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024: youtu.be/p9Ju-pf5uus?...
Don Macdonald’s ‘When the Earth Stands Still’, is, in my view, one of the most beautiful and exquisite pieces of music ever written, and captures so wonderfully everything about this season; the time and place of this moment. Day 17 of this year’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024: youtu.be/PZTm51I0Mwg?...
VOCES8 announces Lyyra: When the Earth Stands Still by Don Macdonald
YouTube video by VOCES8
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December 17, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Don Macdonald’s ‘When the Earth Stands Still’, is, in my view, one of the most beautiful and exquisite pieces of music ever written, and captures so wonderfully everything about this season; the time and place of this moment. Day 17 of this year’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024: youtu.be/PZTm51I0Mwg?...
With its gentle lilt, Day 10 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024 brings Sarah Quartel’s ‘This Endris Night’: youtu.be/Bstvne9q2fc?...
This Endris Night
YouTube video by Somerville College Choir, Oxford - Topic
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December 10, 2024 at 8:20 AM
With its gentle lilt, Day 10 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024 brings Sarah Quartel’s ‘This Endris Night’: youtu.be/Bstvne9q2fc?...
Day 12 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024, and another work which should be better known; Malcolm Archer’s ‘Carol of the Stable’: youtu.be/Zpi1hlD2CfM?...
Carol of the Stable
YouTube video by Convivium Singers - Topic
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December 12, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Day 12 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024, and another work which should be better known; Malcolm Archer’s ‘Carol of the Stable’: youtu.be/Zpi1hlD2CfM?...
Day 19 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024, and here is Bob Chilcott’s ‘The Shepherd’s Carol’: youtu.be/q2nRMnUiBA4?...
The King's Singers - The Shepherd's Carol (Bob Chilcott)
YouTube video by The King's Singers
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December 19, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Day 19 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024, and here is Bob Chilcott’s ‘The Shepherd’s Carol’: youtu.be/q2nRMnUiBA4?...
With its gentle lilt, Richard Rodney Bennett’s ‘Lullaby Baby’ arrives behind Day 15 of this year’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024: youtu.be/FstZUgfqfg0?...
Lullaby Baby
YouTube video by Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir - Topic
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December 15, 2024 at 7:48 AM
With its gentle lilt, Richard Rodney Bennett’s ‘Lullaby Baby’ arrives behind Day 15 of this year’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024: youtu.be/FstZUgfqfg0?...
To me, one of the most exciting and exuberant of modern carols, Judith Weir’s ‘Illuminare, Jerusalem’ is behind Day 14 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024: youtu.be/AIxor9yUdqE?...
Illuminare, Jerusalem
YouTube video by Clare College Orchestra, Cambridge - Topic
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December 14, 2024 at 8:29 AM
To me, one of the most exciting and exuberant of modern carols, Judith Weir’s ‘Illuminare, Jerusalem’ is behind Day 14 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024: youtu.be/AIxor9yUdqE?...
Day 13 of this year’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024 and here’s Sydney Carter’s haunting ‘Every Star Shall Sing a Carol’, sung here by @excathedrachoir.bsky.social: youtu.be/QKK0Tzje4so?...
Every Star Shall Sing a Carol
YouTube video by Philip Sheppard - Topic
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December 13, 2024 at 8:03 AM
Day 13 of this year’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024 and here’s Sydney Carter’s haunting ‘Every Star Shall Sing a Carol’, sung here by @excathedrachoir.bsky.social: youtu.be/QKK0Tzje4so?...
As the wind roars outside, what could be cosier than a ‘Caballé Family Christmas', filmed at Beaulieu Palace House, and “Five Gold Rings” as you’ve never heard them before! Day 7 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024
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"The twelve days of Christmas" with Montserrat Caballé
YouTube video by Archive of Recorded Church Music
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December 7, 2024 at 8:35 AM
As the wind roars outside, what could be cosier than a ‘Caballé Family Christmas', filmed at Beaulieu Palace House, and “Five Gold Rings” as you’ve never heard them before! Day 7 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024
youtu.be/ismNo8Bsx6U?...
youtu.be/ismNo8Bsx6U?...
On Day 3 of this year’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024, these most traditional of words are given a fresh new feel in this lilting setting by June Nixon: ‘The Holly and the Ivy’.
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The Holly and the Ivy (Arr. for choir and organ by June Nixon)
YouTube video by Somerville College Choir, Oxford - Topic
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December 3, 2024 at 8:01 AM
On Day 3 of this year’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024, these most traditional of words are given a fresh new feel in this lilting setting by June Nixon: ‘The Holly and the Ivy’.
youtu.be/hd7v7iSABfk?...
youtu.be/hd7v7iSABfk?...
Just a few days of this year’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024 to go, and for Day 21, something with a little jazz influence in John Dankworth’s ‘Light of the World’: youtu.be/i6BbVGHv0H8?...
Light of the World
YouTube video by Anna Lapwood - Topic
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December 21, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Just a few days of this year’s #MusicalAdventCalendar2024 to go, and for Day 21, something with a little jazz influence in John Dankworth’s ‘Light of the World’: youtu.be/i6BbVGHv0H8?...
Day 16 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024, and one of my all-time favourites, Warlock’s ‘Benedicamus Domino’, sung here at a decent tempo (some recordings are painfully slow!) by @thecaricesingers.bsky.social: youtu.be/Fm1hlwzprMY?...
Benedicamus Domino (Peter Warlock)
YouTube video by The Carice Singers
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December 16, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Day 16 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024, and one of my all-time favourites, Warlock’s ‘Benedicamus Domino’, sung here at a decent tempo (some recordings are painfully slow!) by @thecaricesingers.bsky.social: youtu.be/Fm1hlwzprMY?...
Sometimes the simplest pieces are the most effective (though not always easy to sing!), so for Day 9 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024, here is John Tavener’s ‘The Lamb’.
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The Lamb
YouTube video by The Sixteen - Topic
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December 9, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Sometimes the simplest pieces are the most effective (though not always easy to sing!), so for Day 9 of my #MusicalAdventCalendar2024, here is John Tavener’s ‘The Lamb’.
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