Church Music Corner › 22nd Sunday after Pentecost 2025 [loc-0027]

Intret orátio mea in conspéctu tuo: inclína aurem tuam ad precem meam Dómine.

This Sunday I directed our choir at All Saints Ainslie for Purcell's Thou Knowest, Lord:

Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts:

Shut not, shut not thy merciful ears unto our prayer,

But spare us, Lord. Spare us, Lord most holy.

O God! O God most mighty! O holy and merciful Saviour,

Thou most worthy judge eternal,

Suffer us not, suffer us not at our last hour,

For any pains of death to fall from thee.

Amen.

We also had a brief meeting yesterday morning to discuss our future plans for the choir. We have some exciting music ahead, and some of us agreed to sing at a special service at Goodwin Retirement Living for the residents there during Advent. Next year at the church, we plan to have semi-regular concerts, and I will also be forming a small group to sing regular Evensong services.