Here you can find this week's service leaflet, either directly on the site or downloadable in PDF format if preferred (the readings are included within the leaflet). Below that, please also find an audio "podcast" of the service which we suggest you can follow along with using the leaflet, along with some images of church which you may find helpful.
| palm_sunday_cv_version_2020.pdf |
A rather last-minute decision was made, following the announcement of the suspension of public worship for the near future, to attempt to record a number of organ voluntaries that would likely have been played over the coming Sundays. These are all one-take recordings done on an iPhone8Plus resting on a nearby music stand, so some interesting effects ensue when lower pedal notes are played... ! (As such, these videos are also probably optimised for phones...)
This week's voluntary for Palm Sunday is Fanfare by Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, who is not a composer I had come across until a pile of organ music was donated to church within the last few years, which included most volumes of the "Gems for Organ" series, in which Lemmens appears at least once per volume. I hope you'll agree that this piece is suitably processional and appropriate!
This week's voluntary for Palm Sunday is Fanfare by Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, who is not a composer I had come across until a pile of organ music was donated to church within the last few years, which included most volumes of the "Gems for Organ" series, in which Lemmens appears at least once per volume. I hope you'll agree that this piece is suitably processional and appropriate!