Exploring the HPC YouTube Playlists
I thought Playlists were all about music. Not so. Courtney has created wonderful accessible Playlists on the Hampstead Parish Church YouTube site of all the recordings that have been created since the beginning of lockdown. Just to give you a flavour – You can watch again Jim Walters thoughtful reflections for Holy Week in 2020; or the fascinating different ‘Objects of Hope’; or the whole of the moving 45 minute readings of the Stations of the Cross (first uploaded in 2020); or the occasions the Community Choir has sang as part of a service; or, if you missed it, you can watch ‘The Dream of the Rood’. It is all there as well as sermons from the beginning of lockdown given from living rooms and studies, HPS assemblies; and the sound or the Church Bells. And of course the many, many beautiful anthems by the choir. When I was putting this piece together I was moved by the voices of the choir and Malachy Frame on the trumpet singing and playing “Drop, drop, slow tears”.
Do explore. Go onto YouTube, search for Hampstead Parish Church, and click on the tab that says ‘playlists’. If you don’t see this you may see a tab ‘Filters’ click on this and select ‘playlists’. When you see the folder you would like to explore click on ‘View Full Playlist’ and it will bring up a list of all the recordings in that folder.
It is a treasure trove!
