It was good to meet with colleagues from the Diocese of Leeds, today, as we look at ways to develop our work together.
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It was good to meet with colleagues from the Diocese of Leeds, today, as we look at ways to develop our work together.
![Meditation on "Hodie Christus natus est" - Steven Maxson [Johannus LiVE III AGO]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ngzy45mhd5cq7bsdmnexiqkc/bafkreihhwbrvo6yhux27fkahfcpjibkq7v7ivs6zo6jjadsop66ubwr5wy)
Our Diocesan Director of Music is releasing daily recordings on his YouTube channel for each of the Twelve Days of Christmas. Today's recording is his own meditation on the plainsong melody "Hodie, Christus natus est".
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Our Diocesan Director of Music wishes you all a very Happy New Year whilst reflecting upon 2025 and giving thanks for the work of musicians across the Diocese.
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Tomorrow morning sees Bishop Emeritus Terry celebrate Mass for the closing of the Jubilee year in the Diocese. We give thanks for all that has happened in this Holy Year and that we may continue to be Pilgrims of Hope as we journey onwards.
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Today sees the second of the “O” antiphons used during Vespers, as we continue our journey through the final days of Advent.
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In these final days of Advent, the Church uses the ancient “O” antiphons. Find out all about them, here, and hear the first, O sapientia, live during tonight’s Sung Evening Prayer with Benediction at the Cathedral.
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Wishing you all a blessed Gaudete Sunday, with your annual reminder that it isn’t time for the “other” Gaudete, yet!
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Edyta Prajsnar does wonderful work with the Choir at St Charles Borromeo Church in Hull. They now have their own page on the website, including some recordings.
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Words pertinent to liturgical musicians from the Holy Father, yesterday.
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And is there a better setting of Christus Vincit than this arrangement by Martin Baker, as heard at the Cathedral this morning?
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We reach the final Sunday of the Church year, as we celebrate Christ the King. Is there a better hymn for the Feast than this?
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We give thanks for the work of liturgical musicians across our Diocese as they enhance our liturgies day by day and week by week.
St Cecilia, pray for us.
The Society of Saint Gregory has long included a liturgy planner in their magazine and has now started to publish this online. For a limited period, this is freely available and can be accessed at the following link:
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An excellent rehearsal, this afternoon, for the Diocesan Choir in the beautiful church of St Margaret Clitherow, Haxby, York. New members always welcome!
Could you be the organ scholar at St Mary’s Cathedral, Middlesbrough? A wonderful opportunity for someone to develop their skills as a liturgical musician. Get in touch to find out more!
Today is the Feast of St Gregory the Great. The mainstream form of Western plainchant, standardized in the late 9th century was attributed to Pope Gregory I and so took the name of Gregorian chant.
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You won't want to miss the start of the next set of Small Sounds sessions, part-funded by Cathedral Music Trust and led by experienced tutors from Tees Valley Music Service. Let pre-school children experience the joy of music making, here in Middlesbrough.
The latest set of corrections has just been sent off to the Liturgy Office, details having been received whilst our Director of Music was on annual leave.
If your parish would like access to the m psalms please contact our Director of Music at musicdept@rcdmidd.org.uk.
The latest video in our occasional series looking at repertoire for organists is now available, this time looking at Church Organ World's recently published volume "Be still for the presence", Volume 2. youtu.be/RNdKV_cpsRQ
The latest in our occasional series of videos looking at organ repertoire is now available. This time, we look at recently published volume “Be still for the presence”, volume 2. youtu.be/RNdKV_cpsRQ?...
What a wonderful day last Saturday way, as we celebrate the Jubilees of priestly ordination for Bishop Terry and Bishop John. Huge thanks, again, to all musicians, some of whom are included in this wonderful album of photographs from the day. flic.kr/s/aHBqjCpe92
![March - On Ilkley Moor - Noel Rawsthorne [Johannus LiVE III AGO]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ngzy45mhd5cq7bsdmnexiqkc/bafkreid5olmjri4ivlr54zsjlucne2ycebcq7wgjfec6zomfuftwckqzwq)
And, on #YorkshireDay, a brief diversion from sacred music (unless you are in the parts of West Yorkshire where "While shepherds watched their flocks" is sung to this tune)...
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It is worth the late finish, today, as all psalms are now composed for Sundays in Year A, taking us up to Advent Sunday 2026! As several Year B psalms have already received Concordats, psalms are now composed until the end of Eastertide 2027!
With the news that the Holy Father has agreed that St John Henry Newman will shortly be made a Doctor of the Church, it seems a good time to share his wonderful hymn from the Dream of Gerontius, set to R R Terry’s uplifting tune.
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That’s the next batch of psalms sent off, today. That is psalms composed until the end of Eastertide 2026, with concordats issued up to the end of September 2025!
