CE Edington Priory Wed, Oct 2nd 2019 [R 20.viii.19]

[DracoM]

CE Edington Priory
Edington Festival of Music within the Liturgy


Order of Service:


Introit: Upon your heart (Eleanor Daley)
Responses: Julian Thomas
Psalms 12, 13, 14 (Morley, Battishill, Stanford)
First Lesson: Proverbs 2: 1-15
Canticles: Watson in E
Second Lesson: Colossians 1: 9-20
Anthem: Thy word is a lantern (Purcell)
Hymn: Light’s abode, celestial Salem (Regent Square)

Voluntary: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546 (Bach)


Charles Maxtone-Smith (Organist)
Matthew Martin, Jeremy Summerly (Conductors)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0008w7f

[DracoM]

Today @ 3.30 p.m.

[ardcarp]

I've put something about the organ under the...um...organ heading!

[CallMePaul]

Good to see the correct psalms for Evensong on the 2nd of the month even though the service was recorded, but according to the 1662 BCP the lessons should be from Tobit ch10 and 2 Corinthians ch1. The lessons are not as given for 20 Aug either.

[Miles Coverdale]

That would be because the BBC like to use the Additional Weekday Lectionary, which gives these lessons for the Wednesday after the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity.

[oddoneout]

Why can't the R3 schedule show the Psalms properly?

Morley
Psalms 12, 13, 14
Composer: Battishill. Composer: Stanford. Performer: Charles Maxtone-Smith. Choir: Edington Festival Choir. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.

This appears to be a common format now - composer of the first chant as a heading, rather than Psalms [nos] then composer(s)
Very much enjoyed the broadcast; given my hearing problems, being able to make out the words so well says much about the choir.

[ardcarp]

I enjoyed this annual pilgrimage to Edington very much...even if it was recorded.
I was very surprised, however, that there was no information (either on air or on the BBC website) about the make-up of the choirs.
The Introit, Psalms (vg) and Responses were clearly sung by adult sopranos and the Canticles and Anthem by trebles. Whether ATBs were all shared I couldn't tell on my car radio. But why could we not be told this, and the provenance of the singers, somewhere? The only clue we got was use of the word 'choirs' [plural].

I seem to remember a men's plainsong choir being part of the set-up in some previous years. Not this year...at least not on the broadcast.

PS Have I got this all wrong? The Edington Festival website says CE was broadcast live on Weds 21st August. Am I going bonkers????

[Y Mab Afradlon]

No laugh out loud moment in the first verse of the Psalm today which were expertly sung by the Consort as opposed to the live broadcast the following day. A more traditional rendition from this director rather than the comedy singing of the first 12 verses of 104 in August.

[DracoM]

I'm afraid I thought the psalm singing a bit laboured, but I imagine that, no matter how pro they are, getting a largely ad hoc team to sing with collective brio is a challenge.

[ardcarp]

Anyone got any idea when the CE was sung/recorded and by whom?

[oddoneout]

Anyone got any idea when the CE was sung/recorded and by whom?

The R3 schedule says recorded 20th August.
And I note that the layout has been altered to show a sensible format of Psalms, numbers, chants. Why couldn't they do it right to begin with and will it revert for future listings?

[Pulcinella]

Anyone got any idea when the CE was sung/recorded and by whom?

I first drew attention to this in post #9 here:

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?20679-CE-Edington-Priory-Wed-21st-August-2019-L

[DracoM]

Erm...............on the title of the thread is the recording date!!!!

[Miles Coverdale]

I enjoyed this annual pilgrimage to Edington very much...even if it was recorded.
I was very surprised, however, that there was no information (either on air or on the BBC website) about the make-up of the choirs.
The Introit, Psalms (vg) and Responses were clearly sung by adult sopranos and the Canticles and Anthem by trebles. Whether ATBs were all shared I couldn't tell on my car radio. But why could we not be told this, and the provenance of the singers, somewhere? The only clue we got was use of the word 'choirs' [plural].

I seem to remember a men's plainsong choir being part of the set-up in some previous years. Not this year...at least not on the broadcast.

PS Have I got this all wrong? The Edington Festival website says CE was broadcast live on Weds 21st August. Am I going bonkers????

The service broadcast today was recorded on Tuesday 20 August. The following day, Wednesday 21 August, a separate service was broadcast live.

Yes, there used to be a men's plainsong choir, called the Schola, when I sang at Edington in the 1990s. The Nave Choir of boys and men sang what one might call the ‘traditional’ Anglican repertoire, while the Consort sang the more contemporary music (amongst other things). The ATB voices were not shared by the different choirs, at least not then. If my experience is anything to go by, listing the provenance of the various singers would take quite a long time.

[ardcarp]

Thanks MC. Some light is shed. Not much lux from either the Edington Festival website or the BBC's.