Music by Edward CaineWords: Anonymous 14th/15th Century M and A and R and I is one of many Marian hymns found in the Sloane 2593 Manuscript. The words echo the Stabat Mater, a poem in which Mary visits Jesus on…
Continue ReadingNunc Gaudet Maria for SATB choir with divisi
Music by Edward CaineWords: Anonymous 14th/15th Century Nunc Gaudet Maria ("We worship Mary") is one of many Marian hymns found in the Sloane 2593 Manuscript. The Source I’m always on the lookout for interesting texts and I’m not sure why…
Continue ReadingJhesu, Jhesu, Saf us alle thorw thy vertu for SATB choir
Jhesu, Jhesu, Saw us alle thorw [sic] thy vertu was written in the winter of 2020 under national lockdown. I had two rare daytimes when I could focus on composing, and fancied working on some more Sloane MS 2593 texts.…
Continue ReadingJankyn at the Angnus for SATB choir and Organ
https://www.youtube.com/embed/kEnm7e4t7Rk Jankyn at the Angnus is a carol that I wrote in the hope that Birmingham choir Ex Cathedra would perform it, and which they performed in their Christmas Music by Candlelight Series in 2019. It was also performed by community…
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