Classic Music on Friday

1st movement of the “Spring” Violin Sonata op. 24 L Van Beethoven (1770-1827) played by Gidon Kremer (violin) and Martha Argerich (piano) Andante from Piano Concerto 21, K 467 W. A. Mozart (1756-1791) played by Mitsuko Uchida and the ECO under Jeffrey Tate Blow the wind southerly Sung by Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) Introit- Kyrie In…

Friday Secular Music Mass

This Friday the selection of music – below – surrounded by a simple liturgy. Space and time and music. “The Long Count” Treacherous Orchestra Grind 2015 “Allah, Muhamad, Char, Yaar” Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Shahen Shah 2012 “Muriwai” Breabach Astar 2016 “Haltijan hallussa” Värttinä Utu 2012

Lent at HPC

LENT AND HOLY WEEK ON ONE TAB! On Ash Wednesday there are two services which mark this transition. The service of ‘Ashing’ is an ancient custom where the ashes made from last year’s palm crosses of Palm Sunday are used to mark on the worshiper forehead a smudged cross as a sign and symbol of the…

Secular Music and Masses

 A definition of music: “Vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.”:    Over the last couple of year during Lent we have offered contemporary and classical music as a resource by which we may listen and be inspired. Last year a number…