St Peter's Parish News
Thursday 1 January 1970
SS Wesley 150th
Last Sunday was the 150th anniversary of the death of the composer Samuel Sebastian Wesley, who died on 19 April 1876. Samuel Sebastian was the grandson of one of the founders of Methodism, Charles Wesley. He became one of Britain’s leading organists and choirmasters, serving at Hereford, Winchester and Gloucester Cathedrals. Church choirs still sing his music today, such as his popular anthems The Wilderness and Wash me throughly. On Easter Day this year, our choir here at St Peter’s Berkhamsted sang his rousing Eastertide anthem, Blessed be the God and Father. Let us give thanks for church musicians through history who enrich our worship today.
