Lenten Poetry: Lent
Priest and poet Laura Darrall journeys through Lent in a week long series of Daily Service programmes exploring poetry from across the centuries.
Priest and poet Laura Darrall journeys through Lent in a week-long series of Daily Service programmes exploring poetry from across the centuries. Each service opens with a poem by Laura herself, and the five services take up the themes of Ash Wednesday, Lent, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday, including famous works by Gerard Manley Hopkins and George Herbert alongside newer writings by living poets including Malcolm Guite and Ally Barrett.
Reading:
Matthew 4: 1-11
Poems:
lent – Laura Darrall
Lent from The Temple (1633) – George Herbert
Lent Sonnet – Ally Barrett
Music:
Da pacem domine - Arvo Part
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
CD: Arvo Part - Da Pacem (Harmonia Mundi)
From ashes to the living font
St Martin's Voices
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ recording
Adagio for strings – Samuel Barber
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
CD: 50 Bedtime Classics (by Classic FM) (Decca)
The Fruit of Silence – Peteris Vasks
Voces8 & Huw Watkins
CD: Music for Mindfulness (Decca)
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