CE Southern Cathedrals Festival 5th Aug 2015

[DracoM]

CE Southern Cathedrals Festival
Salisbury Cathedral [recording ]
Choirs of Chichester, Salisbury and Winchester Cathedrals



Order of Service:



Introit: They that put their trust in the Lord (Robin Orr)
Responses: Leighton
Psalms 27, 28, 29 (Woodward, Naylor, Mann, Ouseley, Garrett)
First Lesson: Isaiah 49: 1-7
Office Hymn: Stand up, and bless the Lord (Carlisle)
Canticles: Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense (Leighton)
Second Lesson: 1 John 1: 1-9
Anthem: In the hand of God (Howard Moody) - Festival Commission - first broadcast
Final Hymn: Praise, my soul, the King of heaven (Praise my soul)



Organ Voluntary: Paean (Howells)



John Challenger (Assistant Director of Music)
David Halls (Director of Music)






[Please forgive early posting]

[french frank]

Two requests to remove the discussion about Salisbury Cathedral and Magna Carta to a new thread; now on Platform 3.

CE Southern Cathedrals Festival 5th Aug 2015, as per OP.

[DracoM]

Reminder: today at 3.30 p.m.

[Op. XXXIX]

Well the Moody anthem was certainly great fun!

Highly recommended is John Challenger's recent CD from Regent 'Elgar from Salisbury'.

[omega consort]

I guess everyone must be on holiday.

Really enjoyed the singing. Assuming all three choirs fielded a full team, I imagine there would have been 45+ trebles and 24+ men?
The highlight for me was the Leighton mag and nunc; great pace and vitality. I also enjoyed the anthem very much. In a way it reminded me slightly of Gowers' Viri galilaei.
Superb accompaniments throughout and the Howells at the end was magnificent (apart from the engineers "squashing" the tubas at the end!).

Richard Harrison

[DracoM]

Reminder: repeat on Sunday, 9th August is at 2.30 p.m

[chitreb]

Another fine "three choirs" Festival following on from The TCF last week. The Moody was the highlight for me but I liked it all.

[DracoM]

Liked the close of the Moody.
Leighton to my ears just a bit lacking in spontaneity, as if all were under a very tight rein.
Men sounded very young to me? Gave it their all.