CE Edington Priory Wed, 24th August 2016

[DracoM]

Echo Nevilevilis on Walton - not my favourite at all. Just seems so loudly and clumsily rhetorical. Strictly IMO, I do fully realise!!
Soloists exemplary esp treble. NOT easy stuff at all.
Yes, canticles deffo worth airing.

The happily regular Edington venture is always worth hearing. Many thx to all.

[DT1]

Just for the sake of accuracy: The solo in the canticles was sung by one of the consort sops. Thanks.

[edashtav]

I was pleased to hear the Andrews' canticles although I enjoyed the excellent performance of the Magnificat whereas the Nunc was spoiled for me by a male soloist who loomed too close (microphonal balance seems a difficult art in Edington's Priory) and sang in a rather florid, operatic style. The Walton fared pretty well but, truth to tell, it's an uneven work lacking Walton's usual fluency and based on material not drawn from his top drawer. The Potts anthem made little impact on me. The disconnect between organ and choir in the plainsong psalms that others noted did annoy me, too.

An ambitious and interesting service with mixed outcomes.

[DracoM]

Well, according to the R3 schedules, you will get yet another chance again to hear this service, and I don't mean on Sunday p.m., but NEXT Wednesday, 31st Aug as well!!! So we will have the luck to hear this CE THREE times in a week. Apparently.

Wonder if they realise that on iPlayer and The Forum, R3 Wed 31st is a repeat of Wed 24th? Or maybe they're all on holiday and don't give a stuff?

[Vox Humana]

So we will have the luck to hear this CE THREE times in a week. Apparently.

And four times altogether since it is also scheduled for the Sunday repeat on 4 September. A case of the programmers vamping until ready?

[Miles Coverdale]

According to this page about half-way down, it's something of a Wood-fest from the Charles Wood summer school.

I don't know why everyone gets quite so excited over what is obviously a mistake.

[DracoM]

Not 'excited'. but baffled. if there is info, then why has not the BBC uploaded that info?
My job as Host is to post CE details - hence the comment / frustration.

Much appreciate Miles Coverdale's info and guidance. 31st Aug CE details now furnished.

[ardcarp]

Having just returned to civilisation and heard the Edington broadcast (albeit on a small portable mono radio) I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it, especially the Andrews Cantiles and Walton's The Twelve. I love that piece! The treble duet is tricky (lots of tritone intervals to leap) and they did well. Until Edington Prory got its new Harrison organ, I don't think such a piece would have been possible. Full marks to Stephen Bell for his accompaniment.

[light_calibre_baritone]

... Full marks to Stephen Bell for his accompaniment.

Simon Bell (DoM of Tewkesbury Abbey Schola)

[ardcarp]

Oops. Apols to Simon.