CE Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, Texas Wed, 19th April

[DracoM]

CE Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, Texas


Order of Service:


Introit: King of glory, King of peace (Harold Friedell)
Responses: Bruce Neswick
Psalm 105 (Ritchie, Dettra, Fenstermaker)
First Lesson: Song of Solomon 3
Office Hymn: Lift your voice rejoicing, Mary (Fisk of Gloucester)
Canticles: Dallas Service (Howells)
Second Lesson: Matthew 28: 16-20
Anthems: I was glad (Leo Sowerby)
Light's Glittering Morn (Horatio Parker)

Organ Voluntary: Toccata (Vincent Persichetti)


L. Graham Schultz, Assistant Organist
Scott Dettra (Director of Music)

[DracoM]

This is a recording of a service.

Intriguingly, trawling the church's 'Music Lists' for some time past - Jan 2015 onwards - I can find no trace of this service on their lists, so perhaps it was recorded some time ago?
The vast majority of the church's musical offering is very familiar, trad Anglican / Episcopal. The choir is both pro and volunteer adult singers.

[Nevilevelis]

WOW - Howells's Dallas Service - beautiful, late (the last he wrote, in fact) and great!

A pretty good performance here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irwhp0Mgl38

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqss952EVQI

[Pulcinella]

But not the Dallas church the canticles were written for?
The liner notes to the Priory recording (The Collegiate Singers, under Andrew Millinger) say that they were commissioned by Larry Palmer, Director of Music at St Luke's Episcopal Church in Dallas (using money from the widow of David Stretch, for a piece in his memory).

Good if another Dallas church has taken them into their repertoire!

[DracoM]

WOW - Howells's Dallas Service - beautiful, late (the last he wrote, in fact) and great!

A pretty good performance here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irwhp0Mgl38

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqss952EVQI

Yes, agreed. Fine canticles, and well-performed. They are fairly regular at St T's Fifth Ave as well.

[Nevilevelis]

But not the Dallas church the canticles were written for?
The liner notes to the Priory recording (The Collegiate Singers, under Andrew Millinger) say that they were commissioned by Larry Palmer, Director of Music at St Luke's Episcopal Church in Dallas (using money from the widow of David Stretch, for a piece in his memory).

Good if another Dallas church has taken them into their repertoire!

Yes, that's right. Looking at St. Luke's website, although they have a vested adult choir, they don't seem to do Evensong anymore (), so this set seems to have found a home nearby ().

[Nevilevelis]

Yes, agreed. Fine canticles, and well-performed. They are fairly regular at St T's Fifth Ave as well.

Glad to hear it! Wouldn't a recording of Howells rarities under the present directorship be nice?! I may prod him...

[Pulcinella]

Glad to hear it! Wouldn't a recording of Howells rarities under the present directorship be nice?! I may prod him...

Continuing off topic, but on Howells, the Te Deum he wrote for St Paul's Chapel, Columbia University, was recorded for the first time (again according to liner notes) on this CD from St Thomas NYC, under Gerre Hancock:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Praise-Lord-St-Thomas-Choir/dp/B00000E45R/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1492090377&sr=1-1&keywords=Hancock+praise+the+lord

The other music on the CD is by Ned Rorem, Leo Sowerby, and Conrad Susa, amongst others.

[Nevilevelis]

Continuing off topic, but on Howells, the Te Deum he wrote for St Paul's Chapel, Columbia University, was recorded for the first time (again according to liner notes) on this CD from St Thomas NYC, under Gerre Hancock:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Praise-Lord-St-Thomas-Choir/dp/B00000E45R/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1492090377&sr=1-1&keywords=Hancock+praise+the+lord

The other music on the CD is by Ned Rorem, Leo Sowerby, and Conrad Susa, amongst other.

Ah, yes, I have it - stuff! I am rather obsessed by his music in all its genres.

[EdgeleyRob]

Ah, yes, I have it - stuff! I am rather obsessed by his music in all its genres.

Me too but it's more than an obsession,I need Howells

[Nevilevelis]

Me too but it's more than an obsession,I need Howells

Perfectly understandable!

[terratogen]

Continuing off topic, but on Howells, the Te Deum he wrote for St Paul's Chapel, Columbia University, was recorded for the first time (again according to liner notes) on this CD from St Thomas NYC, under Gerre Hancock:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Praise-Lord-St-Thomas-Choir/dp/B00000E45R/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1492090377&sr=1-1&keywords=Hancock+praise+the+lord

The other music on the CD is by Ned Rorem, Leo Sowerby, and Conrad Susa, amongst others.

Were that Columbia still had a choir for its lovely chapel and its Howells commission!

[Triforium]

I would drive miles out of my way to avoid Sowerby. Ooo, these are interesting chords, let's build a piece....and make sure it ends with a really long, loud chord. My Room 101 I'm afraid.

[ardcarp]

Very good diction from the choir, American vowels notwithstanding. I could hear every word.

[DracoM]