CE Gloucester Cathedral Wed, 18th Oct 2017

[ardcarp]

I am faintly surprised that there hasn't been more comment about Gloucester's CE broadcast. There has been so much adverse comment recently about the BBC not concentrating on live broadcasts (2X Vespers on the trot, archive material and so on) that I would have hoped last Wednesday would have gladdened a few hearts. Maybe it's a case of seeing no need to comment if everything's OK!
Anyway there's another chance at 3pm today.

[un barbu]

the Prayer with its trendy Loving God , Faithful God subdivisions . Lancelot Andrews .....England hath need of thee...

Agreed. It reminded me of the late Harry Williams' description of the C of E's revised services: "clumsy constructions in flat, tired English made from assorted pieces of doctrinal Meccano."

[mw963]

Maybe it's a case of seeing no need to comment if everything's OK!

I think you've hit the nail on the head, just listened, impeccable performance.

[DracoM]

Only just been able to catch up. Fresh, exciting, clean voices.
Very big, demanding sing which to be honest you can only get away with guided by a good DoM and with willing, expert forces - and a terrific organ in good voice.
We had all three.

[Nick Armstrong]

truly terrible boiled-sweet Victorian glass

love it! (the phrase, not the glass!)

Loved this evensong too. Seemed to me to be impeccably performed by the choir.

I'm a great fan of the Finzi piece, and it was very well done I thought. I was surprised by the Gloria - I'd obviously missed the discussion here, and never heard it, or of it, before. Didn't sound particularly consistent with what had gone before, however much the composer used Finzi material.

The rest of the music was new to me to - what a gorgeous little piece the Bairstow introit is. Is that Howells Latin Nunc an early work? Didn't particularly sound like Howells to me...

Very glad I heard this service.

[mopsus]

Yes, the Howells Nunc was written in 1914 for Westminster Cathedral (a year before Holst wrote his for the same place).

[Finzi4ever]

So to the music!
* It's just come to me...the Amen from Lo the full final sacrifice....and that's not a Gloria. Silly me.

Pedant that I am, though the Amen from Lo the full final is not dissimilar, it is not the same one traditionally used and indeed incorporated by Bednall at the end of the Mag.

[mopsus]

I'm a great fan of the Finzi piece, and it was very well done I thought. I was surprised by the Gloria - I'd obviously missed the discussion here, and never heard it, or of it, before. Didn't sound particularly consistent with what had gone before, however much the composer used Finzi material.

The completion by David Bednall got a mention in this thread: http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...September-2016