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Director of Music, Peterhouse | Author *George Herbert and Early Modern Musical Culture* http://tinyurl.com/brc3byuc | Some music at Encore Publications https://tinyurl.com/2ry6dak2

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Simon Jackson @sjjackson32.bsky.social · Aug 22

Always proud of the things Peterhouse Choir achieve, but never more so than on days like this, when the Choir's first ever album goes on general release with Naxos. Remarkable music from @peterhousecam.bsky.social Chapel from the 1630s

Listen here: naxos.lnk.to/8574700AC

The Choir of Peterhouse, Cambridge, Simon Jackson - Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks

Listen to Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks by The Choir of Peterhouse, Cambridge, Simon Jackson.

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 18d

Look what we have here then.

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Simon Jackson @sjjackson32.bsky.social · 18d

Listening now: really rather liked that new Rutter introit that marries together Herbert's 'The Call' with a Gibbons 'Song 13' (but then I would say that about anything that combines Herbert and Gibbons...)

BBC Radio 3 Now Playing Bot (Unofficial) @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social · 18d

BBC Radio 3
Choral Evensong

Live from Westminster Abbey, with an introit written especially for the service by John Rutter on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

Simon Jackson @sjjackson32.bsky.social · 25d

Recommended release from MusicWeb International:
“well prepared, with accurate intonation and most expressive singing, and the whole disc is a pleasure to hear…I hope the choir goes on to record more from their Partbooks"
Full review: musicwebinternational.com/.../music-fr...

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Jenny Richards @jennyrichards.bsky.social · Sep 11

Very pleased to see our Bee-ing Human film on the @leverhulme.ac.uk website. I will be sharing more from our science-humanities project on bee sentience soon as we finalise our bee book this autumn media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/charle...

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Simon Jackson @sjjackson32.bsky.social · Sep 11

Just received the first review of our new @peterhousecam.bsky.social Choir CD, and it's a cracker:

🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 from BBC Music Magazine

Praised for its “warmly blended account”, & the way it “catches winningly the bounding enthusiasm...and bright buoyant rhythms” of this music

Simon Jackson @sjjackson32.bsky.social · Sep 5

Echoing Victoria: it was such a privilege to take part in what turned out to be Melvyn's last series of #InOurTime - and it's really flattering to see our episode on George Herbert listed in @thetimes.com top 15 episodes of the show yesterday
www.thetimes.com/article/bdea...

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Simon Jackson @sjjackson32.bsky.social · Sep 4

If anyone is interested in a 20% discount for my Herbert and Music book, I've just received this flyer with a discount code:

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Petrus Crinitus @petruscrinitus.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Simon Jackson @sjjackson32.bsky.social · Sep 3

Inevitable, I suppose, but #InOurTime won't be quite the same again: what a landmark moment. I feel so lucky to have snuck in at the eleventh hour for his final series. All the best to Melvyn on his retirement, & @simontillotson.bsky.social as he steers the ship into new waters with a new presenter

Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · Sep 3

Melvyn Bragg has decided to stand down as host of In Our Time, the BBC says.

Simon Jackson @sjjackson32.bsky.social · Sep 2

And, if you're interested in my thoughts about the experience of performing this weird and wonderful piece of 17thC ecological minimalism (yes - it absolutely has all of those things) you can read my short essay here (& do explore the rest of the site!)

bee-inghuman.newcastle.ac.uk/music/perfor...

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Jenny Richards @jennyrichards.bsky.social · Sep 1

🐝🐝🐝 New to the @leverhulme.ac.uk 'Bee-ing Human' book: do watch and share our 7 mins film about Charles Butler's queen bee piping song, recorded in @theul.bsky.social and @peterhousecam.bsky.social with @sjjackson32.bsky.social Magnus Williamson, Richard Wistreich and choir.

Bee-ing human — Music

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Anna Bishop @revannabishop.bsky.social · Sep 1

“Church-bels beyond the starres heard” 3-5 Oct: a relaxed weekend of listening, reflecting and learning on the home soil where Herbert was parish priest @sarumcollege.bsky.social with the wonderful Prof Helen Wilcox and the eorge Herbert in Bemerton Group: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course... Book now!

George Herbert Poetry Weekend - Sarum College

A weekend of reflecting on the poetry of George Herbert through lectures, close readings and personal sharing.

www.sarum.ac.uk

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Simon Jackson @sjjackson32.bsky.social · Aug 31

And, for some déjà vu (déjà entendu?) here’s the 18 year old Wilson taking his lead from Byrd, note for note, in Peterhouse Chapel the 1630s: open.spotify.com/track/4XEVQu...

Prevent Us, O Lord

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Simon Jackson @sjjackson32.bsky.social · Aug 31

Today, two tracks: one very well-known, the second more unfamiliar. Thomas Wilson, about 18 when he became organist at @peterhousecam.bsky.social, borrowed the opening of William #Byrd’s “Prevent us O Lord” and then takes off in his own fresh direction. Here’s Byrd: open.spotify.com/track/0r3TpY...

Prevent Us, O Lord, T 207

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Rachel Willie @racheljwillie.bsky.social · Aug 30

Come one, come all to lovely Liverpool to hear some fabulous scholarship!

Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · Aug 30

SYMPOSIUM with the brilliant team of the Early Modern Scholars of Colour Network. Join us for an afternoon of exciting research papers as well as discussion of academia beyond the academy.

11 September, 12:45-17:15, Liverpool John Moores Uni
All info & programme: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/emsoc-...

Early Modern Scholars of Colour mentoring scheme with the Society of Renaissance Studies. Graphic with plumb, mint green and off-white.

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Simon Jackson @sjjackson32.bsky.social · Aug 29

Wonderful!

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Simon Jackson @sjjackson32.bsky.social · Aug 28

I want to share some tracks over the next few days from our new @peterhousecam.bsky.social Choir Naxos CD:

William Smith’s Responses are well-known, but have you ever heard his incredible festal setting of Psalm 85? I think it’s fabulous:

open.spotify.com/track/2hXPpZVH…

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Peterhouse, Cambridge @peterhousecam.bsky.social · Aug 22

Out now! Peterhouse Choir's debut album, 'Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks', is released today and available to stream and buy. Find out more: www.pet.cam.ac.uk/news/choirs-...

Album cover for Peterhouse Choir's album: Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks

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Mark Kirby @markkirby.bsky.social · Aug 22

This is a realy powerful piece. How on earth did we get to where we are now?

Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · Aug 22

The writer would do well to read an earlier piece by Rowan Williams, on the "cost of living crisis" as "a sign that something basic about how we imagine society has gone fantastically wrong"- turning “living” into "a commodity that some can afford and some can’t".
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A typically wise quote by Rowan Williams: "A “cost of living” crisis is a sign that something basic about how we imagine society has gone fantastically wrong. When “living” becomes a commodity that some can afford and some can’t, the assumption that we ought to be able to trust one another to sustain our security is being challenged at the root. We are being lured into that most destructive of myths: that the essential human position is as an individual purchaser acquiring desirable goods – not a contributor to the building of a trustworthy network of relations, dependable enough to allow more people to become active and generous contributors."

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Simon Jackson @sjjackson32.bsky.social · Aug 22

The Choir of Peterhouse, Cambridge, Simon Jackson - Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks

Listen to Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks by The Choir of Peterhouse, Cambridge, Simon Jackson.

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Simon Jackson @sjjackson32.bsky.social · Aug 19

Reading Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus. That's a pretty nice chord, Thomas:

Simon Jackson @sjjackson32.bsky.social · Aug 6

After several years of neglect, I’ve finally got round to updating my academia profile - check it out here:

cambridge.academia.edu/SimonJackson

Simon Jackson - Profile on Academia.edu

https://www.pet.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-simon-jackson

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Simon Jackson @sjjackson32.bsky.social · Aug 4

On general release later this month:

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New Releases on Naxos: August 2025 Highlights

YouTube video by Naxos Music

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Jenny Richards @jennyrichards.bsky.social · Jul 25

Possibly the last photo of the @leverhulme.ac.uk Bee-ing Human team, as we work to bring our project to conclusion later this year. We will share the url for our project site soon! @viveknityananda.bsky.social @oliviasmith.bsky.social @racheljwillie.bsky.social @sjjackson32.bsky.social

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Simon Jackson @sjjackson32.bsky.social · Jul 26

So excited for the release of my first disc with the Peterhouse Choir and Naxos - glorious music from 1630s @peterhousecam.bsky.social Chapel. For release August 22nd. Watch the trailer here:

youtu.be/oduIl9eRA0Y?...

The Peterhouse Partbooks revealed: treasures of English sacred choral music

YouTube video by Naxos Music

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