Music at St Oswald's

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Our wonderful choir sings its last service of term this Sunday before taking a well-earned break over the summer. A big ...
18/07/2026

Our wonderful choir sings its last service of term this Sunday before taking a well-earned break over the summer. A big thank you to them for all their dedication and hard work over the year, and we look forward to welcoming them back in September!

July 2026
11/07/2026

July 2026

In tomorrow morning's kick-off, England's S.S. Wesley leads the charge; Germany's J.S. Bach is a spurious inclusion, and...
11/07/2026

In tomorrow morning's kick-off, England's S.S. Wesley leads the charge; Germany's J.S. Bach is a spurious inclusion, and another composer may be more likely to be responsible for tomorrow's finishing (i.e., the voluntary) - though who that might be, we're not entirely sure.
In the evening, Spain's Isaac Albeniz will be joined by... whoever else turns up, I suppose.
(Are the World Cup jokes getting old yet?)

Voluntaries in minor keys today should not be taken as any sort of foreshadowing of England's prospects against Mexico i...
05/07/2026

Voluntaries in minor keys today should not be taken as any sort of foreshadowing of England's prospects against Mexico in the early hours of tomorrow morning (unless, of course, they lose, in which case I'll have totally predicted it, but at least we'll have got some beautiful music out of it). No confusion over kick-off times here - we're at our usual slots of 11:00am and 6:00pm.
Communion will *not* be being referred to as a 'hydration break'.

Our students have now mostly left for their summer holidays, but our stalwart choir members who live permanently in Durh...
27/06/2026

Our students have now mostly left for their summer holidays, but our stalwart choir members who live permanently in Durham will be keeping things going for another few weeks before the choir has its summer break! The anthem at our Parish Eucharist this Sunday is a setting of part of a prayer attributed to St Richard of Chichester:

"Day by day, dear Lord, of Thee three things I pray:
To see Thee more clearly,
Love Thee more dearly,
Follow Thee more nearly,
Day by day."

Our final Choral Evensong of this academic year will take place this evening; it's chock-full of wonderful music, of cou...
21/06/2026

Our final Choral Evensong of this academic year will take place this evening; it's chock-full of wonderful music, of course, and will also be an excellent opportunity to say thank you to our Music Scholars and other students who have sung with us over the course of the year for all their hard work and dedication as we come to the end of term. Do join us!

June 2026
13/06/2026

June 2026

This Sunday, in addition to being the Second Sunday after Trinity, is also designated by the Royal School of Church Musi...
13/06/2026

This Sunday, in addition to being the Second Sunday after Trinity, is also designated by the Royal School of Church Music as 'Music Sunday' - an opportunity to celebrate the work, dedication, and talents of all those associated with church music, and to give thanks for its place in our worshipping lives. Many of the psalms encourage us to sing and praise God with our music, including Psalm 100 - the psalm set for the day - and Psalm 81, from which is drawn the text of our anthem this week.

This Sunday is the feast of Pentecost - AKA the church's birthday! With the sending of the Holy Spirit on Jesus' followe...
23/05/2026

This Sunday is the feast of Pentecost - AKA the church's birthday! With the sending of the Holy Spirit on Jesus' followers, fifty days after His resurrection, they were finally equipped to spread the Gospel message to all people. Our anthems for both the Parish Eucharist and Choral Evensong this week both invoke the Holy Spirit, asking for inspiration and wisdom to continue the church's work today.

We marked Ascension Day on Thursday - relocated to St Oswald's due to the weather from our usual setting of Finchale Pri...
16/05/2026

We marked Ascension Day on Thursday - relocated to St Oswald's due to the weather from our usual setting of Finchale Priory, which we hope to return to next year. We now wait for the coming of the Holy Spirit, promised by Jesus as he returned to his Father, which we'll mark next Sunday with Pentecost; in the meantime, we continue our celebration of the Ascension with some wonderful Mendelssohn this Sunday, plus voluntaries by Mathias and Grieg.

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