Icon (Close Menu)

Blue Notes for Holy Week

The Rev. Tim Boniface, curate of St. Nicholas Church in Chislehurst, Kent, talks with Mandy Carr about his recording The Eight Words:

Late 2015, I had a conversation with Martin Evans (ex-Greenbelt director) in which we agreed I’d write a new jazz suite for the community ‘ArtsFest’ to be held in Holy Week at St. Paul’s Church in Cambridge. After searching around for some inspiration, I recalled having read Michael Sadgrove’s book The Eight Words of Jesus. I decided to write a suite examining each of the eight sayings of Jesus in St John’s passion. I was thrilled to work with three absolutely stunning jazz players based in London and we premiered it in Holy Week 2016. Shortly afterwards, I agreed with Westcott House in Cambridge that we would jointly release a studio recording of the project, with the profits going towards their development project. The CD, The Eight Words, is now available, and we’re performing it around the place a bit too — not least at St. Nicholas in Chislehurst on 8th April.

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Top headlines. Every Friday.

MOST READ

CLASSIFIEDS

Most Recent

Election Season and Cardinal Virtues with Elisabeth Kincaid

Episode 132 • 12th September 2024 • The Living Church Podcast • The Living Church How do humans share...

On Retreat with Rowan Williams

Rowan Williams reflects on early Eastern monastics’ teaching about the principal interior obstacles to spiritual growth.

Jerome Berryman of Godly Play Dies at 87

Godly Play applied insights from Montessori education to children’s formation, but it became more than Montessori for churches.

Gemignani, Loving, and Odgers

Honoring the Rev. Dr. Mike Gemignani, the Rev. John Harnish Loving, and the Rev. Marie Odgers