CE Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban 24.vii.24 @ 3 p.m.

[DracoM]

CE Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban 24.vii.24 [R]

Order of Service:

Introit: Locus Iste (Bruckner)
Responses: Smith
Psalm 144 (Monk)
First Lesson: Deuteronomy 30 vv11-20
Canticles: St Paul’s Service (Howells)
Second Lesson: Mark 5 vv21-43
Anthem: Lo! God is here! (Philip Moore)

Voluntary: St Albans Triptych (Matthew Martin)

Tom Winpenny (Assistant Master of the Music)
Andrew Lucas (Master of the Music)

[DracoM]

Andrew Lucas retires from St A in the Autumn of this year.
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[Guest]

Typical. I'm free to listen and it's a b***** recording!

[JC]

Typical. I'm free to listen and it's a b***** recording!

Do we need to know this from week to week?

[Guest]

Do we need to know this from week to week?

Just venting my frustration!

[underthecountertenor]

It might be worth adding some context on this occasion. When the date was booked the plan was for a live broadcast. But then R3 changed the schedules. It would not have been possible to get the permission of the choristers’ various schools to leave an hour earlier. So the evensong went ahead at 4, recorded rather than live.

[DracoM]

.................indeed, and just HOW is this going to work over the upcoming winter? no genuinely or FAR FEWER LIVE Wednesdays?

[DracoM]

Reminder: today @ 3 p.m.

[Pulcinella]

It might be worth mentioning that S H Otley has asked to be removed from the Forum.
Posts (unless quoted) appear as from Guest.

Other members might like to ponder in their own hearts (this being the CE thread!) before being too critical in their posts.
We all have our preferences, even if they sometimes become tediously repetitive to others.

[smittims]

I liked the Anthem and the Voluntary, both interesting pieces. The (alto?) soloist towards the end of the anthem had a fine-toned voice.

[DracoM]

Tough music both conducted and sung with fearless, driving commitment. The Moore anthem was daunting but the treb soloists were outstanding and sang with confidence and fine sound. And Tom Winpenny's organ vol was true, true virtuosic stuff.
What a way for DOM Lucas to say a goodbye!. What a fantastically hard act he is going to be to follow!

[Finzi4ever]

What a way for DOM Lucas to say a goodbye!. What a fantastically hard act he is going to be to follow!

You could say that about the new role he is undertaking...

[DracoM]

[cat]

It would not have been possible to get the permission of the choristers’ various schools to leave an hour earlier.

I find that hard to believe. Every school I've been involved with has been happy to let pupils skip a lesson or two for inter-school sports days, swimming contests, dentist visits, inclement weather, field trips, pretty much anything under the sun. Surely a national live BBC broadcast of fits the bill? If not, then maybe those opposed to dedicated choir schools should think again.

[DracoM]

Totally agree, cat.