CE Chester Cathedral on Easter Sunday, April 20th 2014

[DracoM]

CE Chester Cathedral


Order of Service:


Introit: Dic nobis, Maria (Bassano)
Responses: Sanders
Office Hymn: The Lord is risen indeed! (Narenza)
Psalm: 66 (Gray)
First Lesson: Song of Solomon 3: 2-5; 8: 6-7
Canticles: Chichester Service (Walton)
Second Lesson: John 20: 11-18
Anthem: Surrexit pastor bonus (Lhéritier)
Hymn: The day of resurrection! (Ellacombe)
Te Deum: Collegium Regale (Howells)


Organ Voluntary: Alleluyas (Simon Preston)



Benjamin Chewter (Assistant Director of Music)
Philip Rushforth (Director of Music)


Please note transmission time is 3 p.m.

[DracoM]

Please note that this is EASTER SUNDAY's CE, so the Chichester CE is now available only on iPlayer and presumably will not be repeated on air.

[Philip]

Did this one pass everyone by then? You've a matter of hours to listen again...

Nicely done all round. The Lheritier was good but seemed a bit sombre for Festal Evensong on Easter Day! The Walton is highly ideosyncratic, and brought off with conviction by all concerned. An interesting juxtaposition at the end, from Howells' marvellous Te Deum directly into Simon Preston's Messiaen-esque voluntary - both fine pieces in their own right, but together?!

Must be a hard gig for a live service, when your choir will have been singing a lot over the last week or so. Well done to all at Chester for bringing this one off.

[ardcarp]

I've been trying to listen on i-player since your reminder, Philip, and sadly I can't get it to stream. Whether it's a BBC problem or our rickety rural broadband connection, I'm not sure. Time is running out.....

[jean]

There have been iPlayer problems - see this thresad:

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?11012-What-has-happened-to-the-R3-iplayer

Mine is OK now.