As a personal practise, I have divided my days into sections, each starting with meditation and resembling - albeit loosely - the Offices of the Anglican Church and Buddhist tradition. The day’s sections proceed according to typical routines whether they include work in the gardens, tennis and workouts, rehearsal, correspondences, composing, friends, etc., but each section begins with meditation.

The Anglican canonical hour called “lauds” (“to give praise” or “glorify”) ushers in my meditations to the beautiful “O magnum mysterium” sung only by choir without any instrumental accompaniment which, as a setting, speaks personally to me as my concept of an internal offering of admiration, devotion or acclamation requires nothing else but the self which has its own internal instrument, the voice. While some of us play instruments, we all have a voice and any community raising its voice towards any end needs neither accompaniment nor amplification.

Through this music, which my mind and soul sing during “lauds,” I become, despite my solitude and profession, part of a wide community that takes time to recognize that which we all usually take for granted but for which and on which we are dependent and grateful.

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