CE Gloucester Cathedral [L] 18.9.24

[DracoM]

CE Gloucester Cathedral [L] 18.9.24
The 150th anniversary of the birth of Gustav Holst

Order of Service

Introit: Keep me as the apple of an eye (Neil Cox)
Responses: Alex Hodgkinson
Psalms 93, 94 (Stanford, Stonex, Gray)
First Lesson: Wisdom 13 vv1-9
Magnificat (Bax)
Second Lesson: Mark 13 vv1-13
Nunc dimittis (Holst)
Anthem: Short Festival Te Deum (Holst)

Voluntary: Organ Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 152 (Hanover – Allegro molto e rítmico) (Stanford)
Adrian Partington (Director of Music)
Jonathan Hope (Organist)

[jonfan]

Thrilling singing with passion and conviction. A big sing with much tricky music delivered with great confidence. I especially enjoyed the Bax Magnificat and the Holst Nunc and Te Deum. The Introit by Noel Cox set a suitable reflective start to what followed. Highly recommended listen.

[smittims]

Some wonderful, and rarely heard, music (the Bax, for instance, was a surprise for me). And all beautifully sung and played.

[jonfan]

The Bax is a fascinating piece with Bax’s hallmark eccentricities and also sans Gloria. I’ve heard it only once before on a webcast from Trinity Cambridge.