Rev Stephen Gamble
Folk Sonata No4, for Solo Violin: The Leyburn Shawl, by Stephen Gamble.
The Leyburn Shawl is a path that runs along the limestone escarpment just outside the North Yorkshire town of Leyburn. There’s an old...
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REV STEPHEN GAMBLE
Music, sermons, notes & videos of my dogs.
Having originally started with posting sermons on this Blog I branched out to include videos of my dogs, articles I have written, and some of my music.
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The things I write are as full of inelegance and error as any other quality I may rather they posses, but they may possibly be useful or even entertaining to you - maybe if only to take issue with what I have said.
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Vicar (part - time) of the Welland Foss Benefice
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Rev Stephen Gamble
Light on the wall of St Hilda's, Danby
Light on the wall of St Hilda's, Danby, an old church up on the moors, and one of my favourite places. The way light falls and flickers...
Rev Stephen Gamble
The Light of Christ
Light through a stained glass window in St Hilda's, Danby. Ivy blowing in the wind outside the window helps create the effect of shifting...
Rev Stephen Gamble
From 'On Beacon Hill'
Going through some old papers I came across this little dance I wrote back in 2010. It's from a folk sonata called 'On Beacon Hill'. I...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Clouds Across the Moon
Sketch for Horn, Violin, Flute, Viola, and Cello, by Stephen Gamble "More the expression of feeling than painting" Beethoven Instruments...
Rev Stephen Gamble
On Blakey Ridge
New Year Resolution. Or Hope Human and Divine. Jacqui and I do not stay up late to see the New Year in, we wake up early and go out in...
Rev Stephen Gamble
The Rosedale Round Howe: Duetto Dance for Violin and Viola, by Stephen Gamble
I had a go at a social media challenge to write a piece of music in 60 minutes - this is the result. 50 minutes to sketch on paper, then...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Capriccio on a Slow Air, for Oboe, Violin, Viola & Cello, by Stephen Gamble
The Slow Air on which this Capriccio is based is called 'Westgate Carr Road', and was written by me. The music is a capriccio in that it...
Rev Stephen Gamble
This transitory life.
We humbly beseech Thee, of Thy goodness, O Lord, to comfort and succour all them who in this transitory life are in trouble, sorrow,...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Thoughts on the Good Samaritan as Seen Through a Church Window.
The Most Reverend and the Most Irreverent. Or What I saw in Church. Words, picture, and reading by Stephen Gamble (You may go now)
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Thoughts on Forgiveness.
Those who Trespass against us. Or Terriers Barking The other day I was walking the dogs out through the field, intending to head out the...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Altitude and Attitude.
High Askew late one autumn afternoon, below the vale was thick with fog, a reminder that sometimes you have to climb to see clearly.
Rev Stephen Gamble
Prayer is working with God.
Putting your Shoulders to the Task, or Why Pray? Imagine a farm yard around the end of the eighteen hundreds, with a stone built firm set...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Westgate Carr Road, Slow Air for Solo Violin, by Stephen Gamble. #Violin #fiddle #musicforsoloviolin
Westgate Carr Road is a long straight lane, lined by ditches, and punctuated by occasional farm and domestic buildings. It doesn't really...
Rev Stephen Gamble
‘Tombeau des Regrets’
This piece of music was inspired by ‘Tombeau des Regrets’ by the French Baroque composer, Sainte Colombe - not so much the music of that...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Change and Decay in Eternity.
Thoughts beside an Ancient Church. Church buildings are temporal memorials to eternal truths. They are built to mark out and protect a...
Rev Stephen Gamble
On Providence and the Bible.
On Providence and the Bible. Or What I don’t Understand and What I Do Not. This is my Study Bible. Back in my early twenties the Vicar of...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Dogs Play Fight II
Hector and Wilfrid (he's the little one) play fighting. I put up a video of them fighting by the sofa before, but then recently I found...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Bagatelle for Oboe and Viola, 'To those who Dwell in Realms of Day', by Stephen Gamble.
The history of this piece of music is curious. I wrote it in 2007 for solo violin and submitted it for examination instead of an essay. I...
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