Keith Duke studied music at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and taught music in secondary schools for twenty-five years.
He held appointments as Organist and Choir Director in a number of churches before meeting David Adam, the priest-poet of Lindisfarne.
Immediately attracted to David's texts as a 'whole new way of seeing my Christian faith', he has since worked closely with him on Lindisfarne to develop a style of song that is idiomatic to that holy place.
As its title suggests, this third CD in the fabulous Celtic Music from Lindisfarne series is a celebratory one, affirming the greatness of God’s creation.
Lucy Bunce is the honey-voiced vocalist accompanied by an array of celtic instruments whistles, flutes, recorders, assorted light percussion including a bodhram, fiddle harp and keyboards, all directed by the composer himself.
If you loved Sacred Weave and Sacred Pathway you’ll love Sacred Dance!
whether we call it dance, movement or embodied prayer, there are many who increasingly feel the need to move during worship - perhaps a little 'jiggle' or a more formal dance, a ceilidh-style rant or single dancer using their particular skills of training. I first connected with the possibility of using dance in worship on a visit in 1972 to the Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool. The Cathedral was relitively new then, and, as a way of demonstrating its way of versatility, there were photographs on display taken during a 'performance' of Bernsteins Mass with dance choreographed around the altar.
All the pieces of music on Sacred danc can be used as movement of one kind or another during worship, mostly during the Eucharist, and often outside on the grass.
Album available for purchase at www.kevinmayhew.com