CE Gloucester Cathedral Wed, July 31st [L]

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

[Vox Humana]

The BBC has - as usual - killed an event by ludicrously over-playing it.

The BBC has definitely raised the art of the trailer to a finely honed form of torture. The incessant repetitions invariably kill any desire I might have to watch/listen to a programme. Sorry - a bit off topic!

[mw963]

@ Vox Humana - from my point of view I'm delighted you have mentioned it. I have hated trails (they've become an industry in their own right at the BBC) for the last forty years, so you're not the only one. They achieve the opposite to the desired result in my case, as in yours. They are a sign of broadcasting insecurity on a giant scale.

[DracoM]

Apols for late reminder. Today @ 3.30 p.m. And it's LIVE!!

[DracoM]

Macmillan canticles this time FAR more agreeable, and pretty successfully delivered.

[jonfan]

A bit harsh Ferney showing that painting when many cathedrals charge entrance fees just to walk through the door. Services are free to attend of course and remember Sir James has to earn his living, partly by taking on such things. If I was anywhere near I would have gladly have paid £12 to hear one of our most famous living composers talk about their music. He’s usually worth listening to when he’s been interviewed, for example on Composer of the Week quite recently.

[Gabriel Jackson]

A bit harsh Ferney showing that painting when many cathedrals charge entrance fees just to walk through the door. Services are free to attend of course and remember Sir James has to earn his living, partly by taking on such things. If I was anywhere near I would have gladly have paid £12 to hear one of our most famous living composers talk about their music. He’s usually worth listening to when he’s been interviewed, for example on Composer of the Week quite recently.

Also, the talk in question wasn't in Gloucester Cathedral!

[mopsus]

I remember when the canticles were first broadcast someone described them as Catholic in feeling as opposed to more Protestant Anglican settings. I wasn't sure what to make of that generalisation, given that settings by Anglicans are so diverse. (In my experience Catholics often assume Anglicanism is much more monolithic than it actually is - perhaps the reverse is also true).