CE St John’s College, Cambridge 30th April 2014

[DracoM]

CE St John’s College, Cambridge



Order of Service:



Introit: Holy is the true light (Harris)
Responses: Richard Shephard
Psalms: 148,149,150 (Robinson; Stanford; Talbot)
First Lesson: Isaiah 40: 27-end
Canticles: Second Service (Leighton)
Second Lesson: John 12: 20-26
Anthem: Chichester Psalms (Bernstein)
Hymn: Twin princes of the courts of heaven (Melcombe)



Organ Voluntary: Laudes (Francis Pott) (First performance)




Edward Picton-Turbervill & Joseph Wicks (Organ Students)
Andrew Nethsingha (Director of Music)

[DracoM]

Am checking if they really mean the ENTIRE Chichester Psalms. Little or no help on website.

[ralph iii]

It is the entire Chichester Psalms.

[DracoM]

Are you joking?

[Miles Coverdale]

It is the entire Chichester Psalms.

Oy vey! I seem to remember the Chichester Psalms (or portions thereof) being something of a favourite when Mr Nethsingha was at Gloucester.

[mercia]

a few months back didn't we have Rejoice In The Lamb, which runs to approx. 16 minutes, as an anthem - Chichester Psalms approx. 18 minutes

[subcontrabass]

a few months back didn't we have Rejoice In The Lamb, which runs to approx. 16 minutes, as an anthem - Chichester Psalms approx. 18 minutes

St John's has Rejoice in the Lamb scheduled as the anthem at Evensong for this coming Saturday.

[ralph iii]

Are you joking?

No

[DracoM]

Genuine apologies. Was just taken aback.

AND apparently with harp and percussion.

Well, well..............

[light_calibre_baritone]

Genuine apologies. Was just taken aback.

AND apparently with harp and percussion.

Well, well..............

Oh no!! Orchestral instruments in a choral evensong...

[jean]

It'll be a concert, you bet.

[Alison]

I'm sure that God will be at the very centre of it all....

[teamsaint]

I'm sure that God will be at the very centre of it all....

The good lords way of keeping hard pressed harpoonists gainfully employed. So all to the good, surely ?!

[mopsus]

There was a Choral Evensong broadcast a few years ago which included all of the Chichester Psalms, but they weren't done all in one go - I think one movement was an introit, one was the anthem and the third was at the end of the prayers. I forget where this was from - possibly Chichester, in fact.

[decantor]

There was a Choral Evensong broadcast a few years ago which included all of the Chichester Psalms, but they weren't done all in one go - I think one movement was an introit, one was the anthem and the third was at the end of the prayers. I forget where this was from - possibly Chichester, in fact.

Well remembered, mopsus. In fact, all three movements of the Bernstein were offered by Gloucester (under Nethsingha) for CE on April 29, 2007. The first movement was the introit, the other two constituted the anthem (according to my records). Oddly enough, the canticles on that day were also Leighton's Second.