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Sunday, 26 December 2021

Carols & Context: Silent Night

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    203 years ago on Christmas Eve, the carol ‘Stille Nacht’ made its debut in St Nicolas parish church in Oberndorf, Austria.  The lyric ...
Sunday, 19 December 2021

Carols & Context: Away in a Manger

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  One of the most well-known Christmas carols, ‘Away in a Manger’ is a staple of Nativity plays.   The song has been attributed to reformer ...
Saturday, 11 December 2021

Carols & Context: O Holy Night

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  One of the finest Christmas carols has to be ‘O Holy Night.’ It’s also one we don’t sing or play often enough, as it’s musically quite cha...
Sunday, 7 November 2021

From now on

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  Towards the end of The Greatest Showman , P T Barnum is brought back down to earth with a bump.   He is embroiled in a scandal, as he is...
Friday, 8 October 2021

Tightrope

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    “Some people long for a life that is simple and planned Tied with a ribbon Some people won’t sail the sea ‘cause they’re safer on ...
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Tuesday, 14 September 2021

Rewrite the Stars

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One of the motifs that runs through The Greatest Showman is social status, and a caste-like system that seemed to hold sway.  People are bo...
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Saturday, 28 August 2021

This is me

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  Many musicals – most, even – have an anthem, one song that really takes hold of audiences, often becoming synonymous with the show or mo...
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