If you were a DoM, what would you pick for your broadcast?

[Guest]

What music, that is....

[muticus]

Enough. enough - can we have a seperate board for these 'fantasy league' threads?

[AscribeUntoTheLad]

What, because these boards are too busy for you? Two threads have been posted on today. And one of them was this thread.

[Serial_Apologist]

What, precisely, is a DoM? I've heard of bondage...

[french frank]

What a disappointing response to a new member . I mean, disappointing to me - he may not care much ...

[Pianorak]

Would have helped to spell out DoM - Even Google failed to enlighten me.

[David Underdown]

Director of Music - fairly common currency on this board and its predecessors. I'm not sure how to go about answering the question - surely much depends on when the broadcast is within the liturgical year?

[Lizzie]

What, because these boards are too busy for you? Two threads have been posted on today. And one of them was this thread.

Hello Ascribe and welcome to the Forum!
As David says below, it would depend for me on which season of the year was being celebrated and what musical resource one had at one's disposal... However, one particular piece that I have an especial fondness for is, The Souls of the Righteous ... by Geraint Lewis, or anything by Philip Moore, or James MacMillan. I'm particularly moved by New Song every time I hear it. Much though most would disagree with me on this Board, for a choir of more limited resource, I like John Rutter's works...! I enjoy singing them too!
All best wishes. Liz

[ardcarp]

Dear Ascribe....

Indeed, french frank was right to point out that we haven't made you very welcome. So WELCOME Just ignore muticus...this isn't a fantasy thread at all. For all any of us know, you might be appointed to a DoM's post any minute.

May I be the first person to take the question seriously?

Ascribe unto the Lord. No, not Wesley; John Travers. Nice tenor solo at the start, and belonging to a slightly unfashionable corner of the repertory that needs more airing.

[ardcarp]

...oh well, the second person. Lizzie beat me to it.

[Lizzie]

...oh well, the second person. Lizzie beat me to it.

And Ardcarp knows I would forgive him just about anything!

[DracoM]

A lot depends too on the choir's expertise and even on the acoustic?

Howells St Paul's Service might be up there near the top of my canticles list
Other possibles:
Introit: O Sacrum Convivium / Messiaen
Anthem: MacMillan 'New Song' or a host of others. Too tricky to choose.
Marian feastdays: deffo Parsons / Ave Maria.

[Y Mab Afradlon]

I would like to take this seriously - My broadcast will be from a small provincial cathedral in Wales within the octave of the Feat of St David. With the modest resources at my disposal I wouldn't attempt any of the big Howells services like Coll Reg Sancti Pauli etc nor would i go for a huge anthem.
How about this ( ........ with some references to Welsh composers)
Introit - Lord for thy tender mercies sake - Hilton in the Welsh translation George used on March 1st in John's.
Responses - Thomas Tomkins - born in St David's the best of the four Tudor settings
Mathias - Jesus Service - very underated in my opinion
Anthem (could be as Lizzie has already mentioned) - Geraint Lewis The souls of the righteous

I thank you ......

[Magnificat]

Very difficult to choose but I've had a go at a selection for no particular season of the Church's year including some of my favourite pieces for a lovely reflective service that would be beautifully sung at St Albans where I worship most frequently and whose choir I know best. Here goes:

Introit: A Prayer of King Henry V1 - Ley. ( Beautiful words )

Responses: Ayleward or Byrd

Psalm 84 Armstrong ( This chant always has me in tears )

Canticles: Gibbons Short or Gibbons Second Services ( depending on the quality of the boy soloists for the latter )

Anthem: Rejoice In The Lord Alway - Purcell or Redford ( My favourite passage from the Bible )

Hymn: The Duteous Day Now Closeth - Innsbruck ( Lovely tune and sung at Mother's funeral service )

Organ Voluntary: No great knowledge of the organ or repertoire but would prefer a nice gentle Fantasia or similar piece to end a meditative service such as this evensong which would be spoilt by a great booming voluntary ( how often this happens and why do organists do this? )

Well, there you have it. I've tried anyway!

VCC

[muticus]

My apologies - welcome, welcome- you are right- I was being churlish - my only excuse being a bad day...
May I make amends?

CE in the Octave of the Acension.

Introit - Phillips - Ascendit Deus
Responses - Smith
Psalms of the day in full.
Office Hymn - O Christ our joy (mode viii)
Byrd - Great Service
Anthem - Gibbons - God is Gone Up
Final Hymn - Eternal Monarch (Gonfalon Royal)
Voluntary - L'Ascension - Messiaen

Might I be forgiven?