CE: Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 13.3.2024

[DracoM]

CE: Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 13.3.2024 [L]

Order of Service:

Introit: I arise today (Jack Oades)
Responses: Matthew Martin
Office hymn: O Christ, who art the Light and Day (Christe qui lux)
Psalms 69, 70
First Lesson: Jeremiah 13.20-27
Canticles: Jackson in G minor
Second Lesson: 1 Peter 1.17-2.3
Anthem: If the Lord had not helped me (Bairstow)
Hymn: For all your saints in glory (Ewing)

Voluntary: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 686 (J.S. Bach)

James Short (Organist)
Tom Little (Director of Music)

[DracoM]

Reminder: CE today.

[DracoM]

Bit slow, and IMO dull! Sorry.............

[DAA234]

Strikingly and uncharacteristically unfocused critiques thus far from this forum. I wonder why?

[oddoneout]

The reception was very bad here so I couldn't really make out much of the service at all, but occasionally the choir managed to break through briefly. I wouldn't have described those instances as dull, but whether that was by contrast I don't know. I shall have to hope the ether is less obstructive for the Sunday repeat to decide that.

[jonfan]

Strikingly and uncharacteristically unfocused critiques thus far from this forum. I wonder why?

You’re right. I shouldn’t post if I’ve nothing to say. Choirs and DOMs deserve better consideration after hard work preparing a broadcast.

[DracoM]

[DK37]

I thought it was a rather good evensong. The introit by Jack Oades and the treatment of it by the choir was anything but dull. The psalm singing was reflective and meditative. The anthem was perfect for Lent and well sung. Well done everybody (especially Tom Little) at Christ Church, Dublin.

[underthecountertenor]

I thought it was a rather good evensong. The introit by Jack Oades and the treatment of it by the choir was anything but dull. The psalm singing was reflective and meditative. The anthem was perfect for Lent and well sung. Well done everybody (especially Tom Little) at Christ Church, Dublin.

I agree entirely, and would add a word of praise for the intoning of the responses.

[DracoM]

In the past CEs from Dublin, I've really enjoyed the dynamism and style but this CE seemed strangely reticent and under-powered. Maybe me having a bad day.

[Keraulophone]

I thought it was a rather good evensong. The introit by Jack Oades and the treatment of it by the choir was anything but dull. The psalm singing was reflective and meditative. The anthem was perfect for Lent and well sung. Well done everybody (especially Tom Little) at Christ Church, Dublin.

...so did I. Forthright and well-communicated music-making. I enjoyed the rare appearance of FJ's 'Me in G' minor, and of course Aus tiefer Not is a must for Lent, sounding suitably grave on the fine Kenneth Jones / Flentrop organ.

[Pulcinella]

Draco (and others): Thread title amended to reflect the fact that it's Christ Church (not Christchurch), in a test of my new editing permissions. I thought it would say who had done the tinkering, but it doesn't, so I'm fessing up here!

[Keraulophone]

Thread title amended to reflect the fact that it's Christ Church (not Christchurch)

Good work P, well spotted!

[DracoM]

I copied the heading from the BBC online CE site.
It is NOT my authorship. Oddly, I expected the BBC to have posted it correctly.
Silly me.

[Pulcinella]

I copied the heading from the BBC online CE site.
It is NOT my authorship. Oddly, I expected the BBC to have posted it correctly.
Silly me.

Perhaps they've been alerted too, as the online schedule now reads:

Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin

Choral Evensong
Live from Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin with music by Jack Oades, Francis Jackson and Edward Bairstow.

However, the site then goes on to maintain that this was the music played (did the broadcast finish early, and this was a filler?):

Music Played

• Johann Sebastian Bach
  
  
  Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849: Fugue
  
  Performer: Glenn Gould.
  • BACH: THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, BOOK 1, BWV 846-853.
  • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • 8.