Director of Music Blog - 2020
Existed from eternity…before the earth was made…
24th December, 2020 Having just recently celebrated the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, we find ourselves basking in this great mystery of such gladness and joy as we are on the ...
115 years ago…
7th December 2020 Once upon a time, there was a little pipe organ - she was built in the country of New Zealand... Sounds a bit like a fairy-tale... It was 1905: the ...
NEWS ITEM: Announcing our new Organ Scholar !!
2nd October, 2020 It’s with great excitement that we announce Xavier Jarvis as our new Organ Scholar here at St Mary’s Cathedral !! Xavier was presented with his Scholarship on Sunday ...
Sounds a bit like Lent – in September?
16th September, 2020 It’s September - and it seems we find ourselves in a bit of Lent - or at least it sounds a little like Lent, just briefly... We once again hear ...
NEWS ITEM: Ave Maria recital – THIS SUNDAY
11th September, 2020 We are very delighted to invite everyone to our very first recital following the COVID-related closures in the community. Each year, the Cathedral salutes Our Lady, its Patroness, for ...
Some more thoughts from our young choristers
1st September, 2020 After some poignant thoughts shared recently by our young choristers regarding the Mass, here are some more: ‘The Mass is very important to me because it is where all Christians ...
Clothed with the sun…
21st August, 2020 What an awesome image - a woman clothed with the sun...the moon beneath her feet... This image and the constant theme of angelic rejoicing helps to give us a ...
Our young choristers speak about Mass
19th August, 2020 Following the closure of the Cathedral during the past few months, it has been wonderful to be back in the Cathedral for Mass and for our choir to ...
O depth of the riches
12th June, 2020 O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God !! So begins the short reading from 1st Vespers and the Epistle at Mass from antiquity ...
Happy 110th !!
29th May, 2020 And so, our Grand pipe organ - our grand old lady turns 110 !! On Sunday 29th May, 1910 at the Solemn High Mass she was solemnly blessed and ...