9 lessons with brass

I was free to sing in the 9 lessons service this year and found a couple of arrangements I hadn’t encountered before: I saw three ships by Andrew Carter and He smiles within his cradle by David Willcocks. I was part of the quartet in Britten’s Hymn to the Virgin and had to keep my soloistic tendencies in check in order to get the echo effect as we were stood next to the rest of the choir. Other music included some familiar items such as Pearsall’s In dulci jubilo, Cornelius’ Three Kings, and Ord’s Adam lay ybounden.