Continuing with our new series on favourite hymns, and with Pentecost soon upon us, Christopher Jobson1 gives tells us about the history behind “Our Blest Redeemer”, composed by Harriet Auber in 1829: “My all-time favourite for Pentecost is Our Blest Redeemer, hardly ever sung nowadays, but I find it quite stunning especially when one knows … Continue reading Favourite Hymns – Our Blest Redeemer
Category: Hymn
Hymns to Remember – Let All the World in Every Corner Sing
With Ascension Day upon us, we asked Christopher Jobson, our local historian and Organist of Colemere Church for 64 years, to suggest his favourite hymn and the history behind it. George Herbert, 1593-1663, was the fifth son of a noble family of the Welsh Marches, which had several branches, one of which lived at Chirbury … Continue reading Hymns to Remember – Let All the World in Every Corner Sing