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I'm Richard and I'm a tenor in the Anglican choir of St Ann's Church, Dawson Street, Dublin, Ireland.
Formerly of Christ Church Cathedral Dublin, Old Saint Paul's Edinburgh, and numerous other choirs. Choral music and liturgy nerd.
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Formerly of Christ Church Cathedral Dublin, Old Saint Paul's Edinburgh, and numerous other choirs. Choral music and liturgy nerd.
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I started singing as a boy treble in my local parish church of St John's Knaresborough in North Yorkshire.
I was also heavily involved in the RSCM Northern Cathedral Singers, and my parents spent many Saturdays taking me to sing in cathedrals all over the north of England.
I was also heavily involved in the RSCM Northern Cathedral Singers, and my parents spent many Saturdays taking me to sing in cathedrals all over the north of England.
Mathius canticles and anthem at evensong this afternoon. Spiky!
November 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Mathius canticles and anthem at evensong this afternoon. Spiky!
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Today is Stir-up Sunday - the day people traditionally make Christmas puddings.
The name comes from the collect for the day in the Book of Common Prayer: “Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people...”
Are you making a pudding today?
📷: Anna McCrum
The name comes from the collect for the day in the Book of Common Prayer: “Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people...”
Are you making a pudding today?
📷: Anna McCrum
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Today is Stir-up Sunday - the day people traditionally make Christmas puddings.
The name comes from the collect for the day in the Book of Common Prayer: “Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people...”
Are you making a pudding today?
📷: Anna McCrum
The name comes from the collect for the day in the Book of Common Prayer: “Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people...”
Are you making a pudding today?
📷: Anna McCrum
Often when it says 'W' it's shorthand for William, and I wonder if his friends called him Willy? 🤷♂️
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Often when it says 'W' it's shorthand for William, and I wonder if his friends called him Willy? 🤷♂️
Hope you are all having a big day for the feast of Christ the King! The end of the church year.
November 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Hope you are all having a big day for the feast of Christ the King! The end of the church year.
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Organ Prom, Victoria Hall Hanley:
Today at 12:00
Today at 12:00
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Organ Prom, Victoria Hall Hanley:
Today at 12:00
Today at 12:00
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Me, half-singing: it’s beginning to look a lot like Advent!
@frjonathanbish.bsky.social, actually singing: Soon, clouds will descend!
@frjonathanbish.bsky.social, actually singing: Soon, clouds will descend!
November 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Me, half-singing: it’s beginning to look a lot like Advent!
@frjonathanbish.bsky.social, actually singing: Soon, clouds will descend!
@frjonathanbish.bsky.social, actually singing: Soon, clouds will descend!
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Wishing all musicians & music-lovers Gool Cecilia Lowen: happy St Cecilia’s Day! We’re celebrating it by singing Brahms, with soloists Florian Störtz and Francesca Chiejina & accompanied by our good friends the Three Spires Orchestra. Truro Cathedral, 7.30 tonight, tickets on the door if needed.
November 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Wishing all musicians & music-lovers Gool Cecilia Lowen: happy St Cecilia’s Day! We’re celebrating it by singing Brahms, with soloists Florian Störtz and Francesca Chiejina & accompanied by our good friends the Three Spires Orchestra. Truro Cathedral, 7.30 tonight, tickets on the door if needed.
🎶 Blessed Cecilia, appear in visions to all musicians, appear and inspire
St Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians
St Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🎶 Blessed Cecilia, appear in visions to all musicians, appear and inspire
St Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians
St Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians
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Today - 22 November - is St Cecilia's Day, the Patron Saint of music.
It is also the Choral Evensong Trust's 10th anniversary - our Patronal Feast Day, if you will.
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It is also the Choral Evensong Trust's 10th anniversary - our Patronal Feast Day, if you will.
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Patronal Festival Grant Applications 2026 | Choral Evensong
Find choral services in cathedrals, churches, chapels and other choral foundations in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.
www.choralevensong.org
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Today - 22 November - is St Cecilia's Day, the Patron Saint of music.
It is also the Choral Evensong Trust's 10th anniversary - our Patronal Feast Day, if you will.
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It is also the Choral Evensong Trust's 10th anniversary - our Patronal Feast Day, if you will.
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The thing about Select Vestry meetings is that they are simultaneously far too long, and not long enough to discuss everything properly.
November 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The thing about Select Vestry meetings is that they are simultaneously far too long, and not long enough to discuss everything properly.
I used Cloudflare for the new church website to ensure it's super fast and fault tolerant. Today it was neither.
The new church website has suffered from some downtime related to the global Cloudflare outage this afternoon.
November 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I used Cloudflare for the new church website to ensure it's super fast and fault tolerant. Today it was neither.
Saint Cecelia's Day is not until Saturday, but as next Sunday is the feast of Christ the King, we celebrated today with the Howells arrangement of Hymn to St Cecilia. And a bit of Stanford Jubilate in C.
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Saint Cecelia's Day is not until Saturday, but as next Sunday is the feast of Christ the King, we celebrated today with the Howells arrangement of Hymn to St Cecilia. And a bit of Stanford Jubilate in C.
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral has been designated as Dublin's Catholic cathedral. This comes on the 200th anniversary of the cathedral being built, and on St Lawrence O'Toole's Day - patron saint of Dublin.
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Pro-Cathedral designated Dublin's Catholic cathedral
Pope Leo XIV has designated St Mary's Pro Cathedral in Dublin as the city's official Catholic Cathedral, becoming the first in the capital for 500 years.
www.rte.ie
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral has been designated as Dublin's Catholic cathedral. This comes on the 200th anniversary of the cathedral being built, and on St Lawrence O'Toole's Day - patron saint of Dublin.
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Hey David, what's for dinner this evening?
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears: and givest them plenteousness of tears to drink.
(Psalm 80:5)
(Psalm 80:5)
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hey David, what's for dinner this evening?
I got through the rehearsal without my reading glasses, but I'm double checking I have them for the service.
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I got through the rehearsal without my reading glasses, but I'm double checking I have them for the service.
On the eve of the feast of St Laurence O'Toole, patron saint of Dublin, we have a quiet little ditty of Parry I Was Glad!
November 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
On the eve of the feast of St Laurence O'Toole, patron saint of Dublin, we have a quiet little ditty of Parry I Was Glad!
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Depping at Christ Church again after work this evening. Brewer in C and Palestrina Sicut Cervus.
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Depping at Christ Church again after work this evening. Brewer in C and Palestrina Sicut Cervus.
All Saints - Never Ever (UK Version) (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by RHINO
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November 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It's still All Saint in St Ann's this morning
November 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
It's still All Saint in St Ann's this morning
O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
yet all are one in Thee, for all are Thine.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
yet all are one in Thee, for all are Thine.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
yet all are one in Thee, for all are Thine.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
yet all are one in Thee, for all are Thine.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
I thought my sight reading was getting worse. Turns out I just needed reading glasses!
October 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I thought my sight reading was getting worse. Turns out I just needed reading glasses!
The road closures for the Dublin Marathon seem more restrictive this year, which isn't great for a singer trying to get into a city centre parish church. But after a lengthy detour I made it.
October 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The road closures for the Dublin Marathon seem more restrictive this year, which isn't great for a singer trying to get into a city centre parish church. But after a lengthy detour I made it.
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We have something new being installed in St Ann's today!
October 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM