Ash Wednesday #2!

Because the Lenten Discipline is free-form this year (as I mentioned in my previous entry) I can even put two entries up on the same day!

I reflected on what a pleasant chore it was for me to choose music for Lent today. As I searched for suitable hymns and choral responses I came across #109 in Voices United "Now Quit Your Care". I liked it. At first I thought the words were written by Percy Dreamer (what a great name for a hymn writer that would be!) but when I looked again I noticed I had mis-placed the "r" and it is Percy Dearmer. Being unfamiliar with the tune I went to that fount of all audio (and video) knowledge - YouTube and found this link to the King's College Choir, Cambridge singing a Christmas Carol in French to the tune in question: Quittez Pasteurs. Here is another nice one with better video.

This only confirmed for me how much I love Choral Music especially as sung by British choirs. This is music that inspires me - and more about that in a later post!

And yes, #109 VU is in the order of worship for Sunday.