We are delighted to announce that, after two years in preparation, a new CD of our music is now available. A Different Lore (the title comes from a poem by Lakeland Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge) is a CD consisting of music found in manuscripts from the county of Cumbria. The earliest dates from 1739 and… Continue reading New CD: A Different Lore
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Some music for Christmas… The Oxen
One of our popular Christmas pieces is The Oxen, a poem by Thomas Hardy and set to music by Paul Guppy, our Musical Director. The poem recounts the Christmas legend that descendants of the beasts who knelt in reverence at the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, continue to do so on Christmas Eve to this day. Hardy… Continue reading Some music for Christmas… The Oxen