CE Chapel of the Old Royal Naval College, London 29.xi.17

[Stanfordian]

I agree about Noble in B minor. 'Like being chased by a pervert down an alley' is how one tenor in a choir I accompany for has described the chromaticism of the organ introduction.

I also agree about Michael, I played the Howells last verse (sans descant) tonight and it is somewhat odd.

I think the tenor concerned might have used less extreme language, joke or no joke.

[DracoM]

Reminder: a LIVE CE this p.m. @ 3.30 p.m.

[DracoM]

Can you help me?
1. BIG scale repertoire - Elgar, Howells, big hymns - sung by strong young voices + reinforcements accompanied by serious organ, all in a very small acoustic. Do DoMs match repertoire against what its sound picture might be in that acoustic?
2. Was it just to my ears, or was the BBC taken by surprise by how huge sound from organ / choir would be when all had stops out - which happened not infrequently in this service? Does / can the BBC ever raise objections over repertoire for a live tx? I recall a poster on the recent RH CE suggesting
3. In a live CE, can / do the clergy / DoM get any signal from BBC engineers while the service is actually in progress as to how distant / close they are to the scheduled timing?

Whatever, this was a muscular, bold piece of singing. Men particularly good. Decent soloist.

[Op. XXXIX]

Is that really the sort of language used by people in the church music world? Dear me!

You were joking, jean? I seldom post here, but I read the comments every Wednesday and appreciate your contributions. Because of work schedule, I am unable to listen to the broadcast until 21:00 my time, 8 hours behind the UK.

As a life-long church musician, the comment about the Noble was positively mild compared to some of the vulgar stuff I've heard over the years. That said, I've heard worse about Dyson in D.