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A lovely review in the December issue of Organists' Review of my book, Evensong - Notes from the Choir, available now from Amazon, other good booksellers, and of course quiresandplaces.com/products/evensong-notes-from-the-choir
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Tim Peake says - of this new wave of moon missions - we're, "keeping the cadence up". Nobody knows cadences like Rutter.
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ok, wait, is that a quaver, crochet, or minim
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Excellent advice. Nothing further to add.
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Sing what, though?
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Ok, now do the bass clef.
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Who wants to join my really cool club? The secret knock is the rhythm of the opening of the canticles distributed each week.
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Frankly, Handel's tune is just a bit unnecessary after a big week of singing. Too much, G.F. Too much.

Try this calmer alternative instead and go and enjoy your pub lunch.

#CursedCarols
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(It's Pavlovian, isn't it? You can't help but finish the phrase, can you?)
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To save everyone commenting the same thing, did you know that before Felix came along, Hark! the Herald was originally sung to the Wesley tune to which these words are often sung.

This is a manifestation of the flipside of that coin.

Happy Easter, everyone. Alleluia! Christ is risen!
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"The story of a summary trial and vividly-told execution is, one might not unreasonably assume, not a natural place for humour."

Following our latest Holy Week Edition of #CursedCarols, a reshare of one of our blog posts from a couple of years ago.

quiresandplaces.com/blogs/from-quires-places/humour-in-holy-week
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Curséd.

#CursedCarols #HolyWeekEditions
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IF THOU LET THIS MANGO

Our Easter weekend discount is back!

Until the end of Easter Monday (11.59pm BST), enter the code MANGO at checkout for 15% off your order at quiresandplaces.com.
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Thomas Aquinas wrote, 'man with man in Converse blending'.

This was a reference to the disciples' habit of sharing their footwear, and explains why Jesus washed their feet at the Last Supper.

In this Ted Talk I will
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"Renewing a commitment to ministry is a curious act: you don't see other industries do this annually, though one wonders if they should. It serves as a reminder of why they do what they do."

On Maundy Thursday, extracted from 'Evensong - Notes from the Choir'.

quiresandplaces.com/products/evensong-notes-from-the-choir
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Because it all gets a bit relentlessly grim over the next 48 hours...

#CursedCarols #HolyWeekEditions
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After a lot of research, we're delighted to share our latest product, designed with choral musicians in mind.

Coming soon to Quires and Places, the all-new FOLDING FORK. For cassocks!

Order your exclusive Folding Fork today, only from quiresandplaces.com.
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Went to a performance of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater the other day and thought, fac me, that was good.
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Trans rights are human rights. #transdayofvisibility
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Really hope the choristers are looking forward to their Kit Kat Easter Eggs this year.
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Have we all got this printed out and ready to go for Sunday?
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Great words, great tune, awful, awful, awful.

#CursedCarols
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Get Palm Sunday off to a galloping start with this new iteration of Ride On, Ride On in Majesty which has the benefit of actually feeling like you're riding. Somehow this improves both the words AND tune.

#CursedCarols
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The struggle. It's real.
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Bairstow has entered the chat.
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TFW you get to the end of the Easter Vigil service
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