Songs of Praise
Songs of Praise is being recorded today and tomorrow in Great St Mary's, in the middle of Cambridge. Conducted by the lovely John Rutter. A good time will be had by all.
But, alas, it seems that there has been serious difficulty in raising a congregation (unusually so for Songs of Praise, which, despite its cardigan-and-slippers image, is usually packed to the rafters.)
I'm not altogether surprised, since any and every event in Cambridge struggles against a proliferation of events to raise an audience. There is just SO MUCH going on here, and only so many people to go round. On any given day or evening in this fine city, should you be looking to go to something, you would find two or three events to choose from that would appeal to you.
All the same, if you are shouting distance from Cambridge and free at any of the times below, you can just show up and sing. Being conducted by Jonh Rutter would be an experience. I am making an educated guess that the sound recordings need people who can sing like nightingales but prefer to slob about in their pyjamas, whereas if you are a stylish person with tin ears, you should choose the visual recordings. Go on, I dare you.
Great St Mary's is just off the Market Square in the centre of Cambridge.
| Saturday 24th October 15:30 – 17:30 | Sound recording (Royal Society) |
| Sunday 25th October 12:30 – 16:30 | Vision recording (Royal Society) |
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The “reading age” of parts of the Common Worship baptismal liturgy for example is around 16 years – more than the “quality” newspapers require.
…what I find a real struggle is that the words words and more words that have been such a blessing to me in my journey of faith
often
appear to be a terrible obstacle to so many others…
Is it possible to buy any Maggi Dawn Albums !!
I would especially like the track
I will wait.
you can buy Elements here:
http://www.evinsol.co.uk/order.html
unfortunately I Will Wait is on an album that is no longer available, but there are plans afoot for a best-of album in 2010/11.