CE Blackburn Cathedral Wed, 6th April 2016

[DracoM]

CE Blackburn Cathedral



Order of Service:



Introit: Rise up, my love, my fair one (Healey Willan)
Responses: David Cooper
Psalm 33 (Bertalot, Marlow/Tallis)
First Lesson: Hosea 5:15 – 6 : 6
Canticles: Sumsion in G
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
Lord's Prayer (Samuel Hudson after Cooper)
Anthem: Give unto the Lord (Elgar)
Hymn: Sing choirs of heaven! (Scampston)


Organ Voluntary: Variations on an Easter Theme (John Rutter)


Ed Jones (Organ Scholar)
Shaun Turnbull (Assistant Director of Music)
Samuel Hudson (Director of Music)

[Alison]

Have soft spot for the Sumsion.

Nice version by St Barry at Guildford 1967 on youtube.

[light_calibre_baritone]

Have soft spot for the Sumsion.

Nice version by St Barry at Guildford 1967 on youtube.

"Have a banana and a knickerbocker..............GLO-O-O-O-RY!!!!"

[Alison]

"Have a banana and a knickerbocker..............GLO-O-O-O-RY!!!!"

[light_calibre_baritone]

Chorister's fave!

[DracoM]

Reminder: today @ 3.30 p.m.

[DracoM]

Quite neatly done. Enthusiasm, nice acoustic to work with, good psalms.
Less convinced by the Elgar, I have to say.

[underthecountertenor]

Less convinced by the Elgar, I have to say.

The piece, or the performance?

[DracoM]

Not entirely a fan of either, but the one might have affected the reaction to the other.
Maybe.

[underthecountertenor]

Fair enough. Not my favourite Elgar anthem either

[light_calibre_baritone]

Fair enough. Not my favourite Elgar anthem either

I really like it! Horses for courses, etc

[ardcarp]

Those who seek to maintain a 'proper' music tradition, but without the resources of the larger cathedrals and their choir-schools, deserve a large pat on the back IMO.
I very much enjoyed the Rutter duet voluntary BTW. I love the variation that goes all 'Gershwin' in the middle This is Rutter at his best, surely.