maggi dawn (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
Songs of Praise is being recorded today and tomorrow in Great St Mary's, in the middle of Cambridge. Conducted by the lovely John Rutter. A good time will be had by all. But, alas, it seems that there has been serious difficulty in raising a congregation (unusually so for Songs of Praise, which, despite its cardigan-and-slippers image, is usually packed to the rafters.) I'm not altogether...
Church Times Blog (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
... the congregation for the recording of two programmes of *"Songs of Praise" conducted by John Rutter in Great St Mary's this weekend*. Apparently take up of tickets via the usual methods of gathering audiences has produced a very poor response so the BBC are keen to get this message out to all and sundry that they are invited to /any /or /all /of these recordings. More here:...
The Lichfield Blog (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Music lovers will be able to enjoy an evening of choral sounds and help fund the upkeep of Lichfield Cathedral at a special event. Featuring The Cathedral Choir, The Chamber Choir, Young Voices and The Girls’ Choir, the event takes place on November 7. The programme features a wide range of popular music to include Handel, Mendelssohn, Howard Goodall, John Rutter, and even Captain Noah....
Farnworth Methodist Church (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
... developed, as we thought of Christians who we measure ourselves against. The choir sang the John Rutter anthem "Look at the World", which you can hear on the video file below.
<HTMLGIANT> (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
I love John Rutter. His Requiem is my favorite of all Requiems. You should check it out. But here is another piece of his, “All Things Bright and Beautiful,” which I also find exquisite. But what strikes me as most interesting now is that, just by posting this here, I’m making the video scary. The question is: what about [...]
The Lead (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
... , How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place from the Brahms Requiem , Steal Away as sung by Jesse Norman, John Rutter’s Requiem and hymns by Stanford and Vaughan Williams. The With Heart and Voice Tribute to Richard Gladwell will be broadcast this Sunday morning at 10:00, and again Sunday evening at 6:00. Tune in to WXXI-FM 91.5, WXXY-FM 90.3, WXXI-HD 91.5-2, or listen on the web at www.wxxi.org/listen...
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
... a hit to his public image, Anderson shelled out $100,000 in hush money to his blackmailer, Richard John Gordon, to keep the story out of the tabloids. Gordon got greedy in 2000, though. He came back to Anderson for another $250,000, at which point the comedian went to the cops. Gordon ended up being arrested following a high-speed chase from the LAPD, and he eventually went to prison for...
