Our Advent carol service used the O Antiphons and I was assigned O Clavis David<\/em>, which posed the question of how to pronounce ‘sceptrum’. I decided on ‘ske-‘ with a rather soft k sound, which according to the rules is wrong, but as I found St John’s Cambridge doing something similar I’m in good company.<\/p>\n There were some pieces I hadn’t sung before such as Judith Weir’s setting of part of the Advent Prose, George Guest’s of When came in flesh<\/em> and Shephard’s Advent Carol<\/em>. More familiar fare were Jesus Christ the Apple Tree<\/em> and And I saw a new Heaven<\/em>, the latter piece now seeming to have shed its jinx for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our Advent carol service used the O Antiphons and I was assigned O Clavis David, which posed the question of how to pronounce ‘sceptrum’. I decided on ‘ske-‘ with a rather soft k sound, which according to the rules is … Continue reading