CE St Matthew's, Westminster, London [R] Wed, Oct 16th 2019

[DracoM]

CE St Matthew's, Westminster, London [R]
(Recorded 22 Sept)


Order of Service:


Introit: My beloved spake (Nils Greenhow)
Responses: Reading
Psalms 82, 83, 84, 85 (Harrison, Lang, Caesar, Martin)
First Lesson: 1 Chronicles 29: 10-19
Canticles: Walmisley in D minor
Second Lesson: Colossians 3: 12-17
Anthem: Greater love hath no man (Ireland)
Hymn: In our day of thanksgiving (St Catherine’s Court)

Voluntary: Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, Op 37 No 3 (Mendelssohn)


Matthew Jorysz (Organist)
Nigel Groome (Director of Music)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009bvt

[DracoM]

Reminder: today @ 3.30 p.m.

[DracoM]

Vol best thing about it IMO.

[jonfan]

Strangely Radio Times indicates a voluntary by Purcell.
A holy, devout service in an unhurried, ordered delivery of the liturgy. Glorious singing throughout especially from the sopranos. Clear psalm singing with delicious chants. I hadn’t heard the Walmisley canticles for some while, they came up fresh as a daisy. ‘Greater love’ beautifully sung. The hymn was new to me. The Mendelssohn crowned the whole experience. Thank you.

[mw963]

Clear psalm singing with delicious chants. .

Having missed it live (I keep forgetting to tune in as Choral Evensong so rarely floats my boat now) I followed your recommendation jonfan and listened to the psalms on iplayer. Agree entirely with you, and the Caesar chant - and the singing therein - were absolutely exquisite; I more or less had to pick myself up off the floor when it was over, that sort of chant acts almost as a drug on me. Terrific. I shall download the rest.....

[jonfan]

Glad we’re on the same hymn sheet on this MW. I listened on headphones which gave a very private feeling that everything was for my benefit alone, which in the psalms was quite overwhelmingly moving in a way I wasn’t prepared for.

[ardcarp]

Good to hear good old Walmisley given an airing. The "He remembering his mercy" passage is (if my memory serves) given a repeat marking, the idea being that a solo quartet sings it first, repeated by the full choir. The repeat is seldom ever done however...and not appropriate in today's CE with a small professional ensemble. His style harks back somewhat to the 18th century; and the SSA bits in the Mag are especially effective I think. Neatly done today.

NB An actual live broadcast next week!

[mopsus]

I think when I've sung the Walmisley in parish church choirs (and it's one of the most standard settings in places which do evensong) I've usually done the repeat. Maybe it is less commonly repeated in Cathedrals; this setting comes round so rarely on broadcasts that I can't tell.

I don't recall a broadcast from this church before. The hymn is in the New English Hymnal and is a favourite in Anglo-Catholic churches.