Musical Moment: Artikulation
Ligeti was a Hungarian-Austrian composer, described as ‘one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century…and one of [...]
Musical Moment – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
It has been exactly 50 years this week since Elton John released the album that catapulted him to stardom: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Here [...]
FHS Musical Moment – Senior Chamber Choir Eucharist
On Sunday morning, the Senior Chamber Choir were warmly welcomed by Revd van der Hart to sing in the morning service at HTB Queensgate [...]
Musical Moment: ‘I Will Prevail’
As we settle into the new term, here is a power ballad from the musical Wonderland. The story is a retelling of Alice in [...]
Musical Moment: Last Night of The Proms
Welcome back to a new academic year! While we are excited to be back to brilliant music-making for what will be a fantastic new [...]
FHS Musical Moment – Contemporary Hymns
This week, I’ve been thinking of church music and how it has often been stigmatised as boring, old and repetitive music. However, recently I [...]
FHS Musical Moment: Snarky Puppy
After a decade of relentless touring and recording in all but complete obscurity, the Texas-bred/ New York-based quasi-collective suddenly found itself held up by [...]
FHS Musical Moment: Tina Turner 1939-2023
Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock) was an American singer known as the ‘Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ and died on Wednesday at the [...]
Musical Moment – Another Spring by Nina Simone
As we’re now transitioning from spring into summer and the sun has finally come out a little bit, I’ve remembered Another Spring by Nina Simone [...]
FHS Musical Moment – Time to Say Goodbye
In honour of the Upper Sixth leaving FHS officially today, I remembered the gorgeous, soaring melody of ‘Con te partirò or ‘Time to say [...]
