CHRISTMAS: Last Night I Saw A Single Star

This morning I wrote a Christmas carol for a friend of mine on Twitter who's looking for something extra to fill the programme for a Christmas concert.

It's called Last Night I Saw A Single Star and is short and straightforward, scored for SAB choir and piano with short optional solo sections for a soprano and a male.

If you have a little gap in a forthcoming Christmas concert or service and fancy giving this a go follow the links below - but please tell me you're using it!

Thank you!

Sibelius 6 file

PDF of score

MIDI file

MUSIC: Favourite Symphonies 1 to 9

Sara Mohr-Pietsch set a task on BBC Radio 3 this morning to tie in with the Radio 3/BBC4 "Symphony" season.

She asked listeners to name their favourite numbered symphonies from 1 - 9 (beyond 9 it becomes rather limited in the choices!).

Here are mine:

Symphony No.1 - William Walton

Symphony No.2 - Howard Hanson - The "Romantic"

Symphony No.3 - Gorecki - "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"

Symphony No.4 - Brahms Nielsen - "The Inextinguishable"

Symphony No.5 - Sibelius

Symphony No.6 - Beethoven - "Pastoral"

Symphony No.7 - Prokofiev

Symphony No.8 - Shostakovich

Symphony No.9 - Schubert - The "Great C Major"

What would your 9 be?