Happy holidays!

[RJNorton]

Yesterday forum member Rick Smith kindly sent me a recording of a rehearsal which he was involved in while preparing for an "Evening of Lessons & Carols" program at his church. Rick emphasized that the rehearsal was not as good as the actual program, but I was simply amazed at the beauty of the rehearsal recording. The hymn/carol is called "Thou Who Wast Rich." It was performed by a string quartet with Rick on the Irish whistle (or penny whistle). It's a .mp3 file which I hope will open on members' computers as it's simply beautiful to listen to.

Today I asked Rick if I could share the recording with the forum, and he said that would be fine.

Rick writes, "I am self taught, do not read music and play by ear, like Irish whistle players did ages and ages ago."

CLICK HERE.