Edited by Pete Collier, Monday, 13 May 2013, 17:31
...Well, sort of I suppose - past tense anyway!
Yesterday (Sunday) was All Saints main Ascension Day service that is 'usefully' transferred from 9th May.
The trumpet was duly called for as the ‘refrain’ for the chosen psalm contains “...the Lord goes up with trumpet blast”. One could of course argue the interpretation in the psalter that we use as to the accuracy of the sentiment ‘blast’ but at least it gave Brian (music co-ordinator) the opportunity of allowing me to join in at this point as well as the two hymns that I normally play. All went well and my services have been booked by father Desmond for July 14th when there will be the anniversary service marking the dedication of the church, 80 years ago. More playing and rehearsing time is needed soon as this event requires a voluntary at the end. Luckily, Karl - the latest organist - is up to it, and up for it! Other services will also be played at…
Study-wise I’m over the recent, somewhat stressful, concentration on TMA’s etc. Now, though, there are three weeks of revision looming as I prepare for the S104 exam on June 4th. A watershed point in some ways as after this date I can concentrate solely on the DD131 module and the two remaining TMA’s therein.
Having also gone thought my Dvorak cycle over the past few weeks; I am now listening to his 5th Symphony. This was written in 1875 and revised in the late 1880’s and was originally known as the 3rd symphony until the other four ‘came to light’. This is another of my favourites form Dvorak and one that, like some of his other works, is not often performed.
In retrospect...
...Well, sort of I suppose - past tense anyway!
Yesterday (Sunday) was All Saints main Ascension Day service that is 'usefully' transferred from 9th May.
The trumpet was duly called for as the ‘refrain’ for the chosen psalm contains “...the Lord goes up with trumpet blast”. One could of course argue the interpretation in the psalter that we use as to the accuracy of the sentiment ‘blast’ but at least it gave Brian (music co-ordinator) the opportunity of allowing me to join in at this point as well as the two hymns that I normally play. All went well and my services have been booked by father Desmond for July 14th when there will be the anniversary service marking the dedication of the church, 80 years ago. More playing and rehearsing time is needed soon as this event requires a voluntary at the end. Luckily, Karl - the latest organist - is up to it, and up for it! Other services will also be played at…
Study-wise I’m over the recent, somewhat stressful, concentration on TMA’s etc. Now, though, there are three weeks of revision looming as I prepare for the S104 exam on June 4th. A watershed point in some ways as after this date I can concentrate solely on the DD131 module and the two remaining TMA’s therein.
Having also gone thought my Dvorak cycle over the past few weeks; I am now listening to his 5th Symphony. This was written in 1875 and revised in the late 1880’s and was originally known as the 3rd symphony until the other four ‘came to light’. This is another of my favourites form Dvorak and one that, like some of his other works, is not often performed.
Edited for typos