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‘Quem Pastores Laudavere’. It is guaranteed to get your foot
tapping to the music at the end!

“Nature Notes”

Like many people, I have always loved nature and found it an
important way of relaxing from the stresses of life. This has
been even more so over the last six months. I am a keen bird
watcher and mountaineer. Both these pursuits have helped
me to keep on an even keel. They are also part of God’s gift
to us. You only need to sing the hymn “O Lord my God, when
I in awesome wonder” to realise that!
So, a new initiative has been to compose a set of songs
exploring nature starting with birds and mountains. It came
out of the current season we are in where nature has spoken
louder to me. The songs so far written use solo voice or sets
of voices. They very much complement my main focus of
composing sacred choral music. Keep an eye on my website
and social media channels for the first tracks!

Wishing you a blessed Christmas and New

Year

Although Christmas is likely to be different this year, I do
hope you are able to share it with family and friends and we
can look forward to a return to some form of normality in
2021. What a joy it will be when we can all meet and sing
together again!