CE St Paul's Cathedral Wed, 7th Dec 2016

[DracoM]

CE St Paul's Cathedral


Order of Service:


Introit: O Oriens (Cecilia McDowall)
Responses: Radcliffe
Psalm 37 (Foster, Hylton Stewart, Greene, Howells)
First Lesson: Amos: 11-15
Office Hymn: Remember, O thou man (Ravenscroft)
Canticles: Collegium Regale (Howells)
Second Lesson: Romans 13: 8-14
Anthem: This Worldes Joie (Bax)
Final Hymn: Come, thou long expected Jesus (Cross of Jesus)


Organ Voluntary: Sonata on the 94th Psalm - Introduction and Fugue (Reubke)


Simon Johnson (Organist)
Andrew Carwood (Director of Music)

[mw963]

So is this "Reubke Topped and Tailed"?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Thy Reubke hath broken his heart?

[mw963]

Brilliant!

[DracoM]

Reminder: today @ 3.30 p.m.
Looking forward to the Bax which I am ashamed to say I do not know at all.

[Finzi4ever]

Reminder: today @ 3.30 p.m.
Looking forward to the Bax which I am ashamed to say I do not know at all.

Well, you are in for a treat then! It's quite exquisite and the harmonic pinnacle of his choral writing (IMHO)... possibly alongside Mater ora filium of course

[mw963]

Is it my imagination or have I heard - several times - the sounds of mouse clicks when the priest's mic is faded up?

Are her script and prayers on a screen I wonder....

[mw963]

I've just yelled "Bravo Simon" at the end of the Reubke, just as someone yelled "Bravo" at the end of John Scott's legendary Proms performance of the piece back in the late seventies.

Respect sir, respect!

[Nick Armstrong]

Well, you are in for a treat then! It's quite exquisite and the harmonic pinnacle of his choral writing (IMHO)... possibly alongside Mater ora filium of course

Yes - stunning piece, I love it. I found the singing today rather florid, I didn't appreciate it as much as - for example - the KCC recording under Cleobury.

Fantastic choral and organ contributions in the Coll. Reg. canticles though

And wondrous sound quality via the internet and beamed through the Airport Express to the big Hifi here - the organ just magnificently reproduced (ditto the Reubke voluntary) - can't get over it. Better than any FM signal I've ever received.

[mw963]

After the technically lamentable sound from Bristol it's good to know Caliban that all isn't lost....

FM is the worst way to listen to Choral Evensong due to the processing, which - thank goodness - is absent from the digital versions of Radio 3. The sound seemed good to me too (via satellite).

[Nick Armstrong]

After the technically lamentable sound from Bristol it's good to know Caliban that all isn't lost....

FM is the worst way to listen to Choral Evensong due to the processing, which - thank goodness - is absent from the digital versions of Radio 3. The sound seemed good to me too (via satellite).

My Naim amp and Cabasse speakers seem to revel in what the R3 online feed throws at them these days. The Advent Service from StJCC sounded epic too

[DracoM]

Reubke was the highlight for me.
I've now listened to the Bax on youtube a few times - VERY different performances from the undisguoisedly operatic version we had from St P's.

[Flay]

I've now listened to the Bax on youtube a few times....

Is that the Icelandic version with iPhone accompaniment?

[DracoM]

Exactly!!

[ardcarp]

This Worldes Joie was played on Breakfast this morning, sung by The Holst Singers. It is a fine piece, unmistakably English but in no way a crib of Holst, Finzi, RVW or anyone else!