CE Canterbury Cathedral Wed, 30th Dec 2020 [R]

[DracoM]

CE Canterbury Cathedral Wed, 30th Dec 2020 [R]

To mark the 850th anniversary of the martyrdom of St Thomas à Becket, and the retirement this week of Dr David Flood, after 32 years as organist and master of the choristers

Recorded 13 October 2020


Order of Service:

Introit: Gaudeamus omnes (Philips)
Responses: Sanders
Office hymn: O little one sweet (O Jesulein Süss)
Psalms 147, 148, 149, 150 (Cutler, Smart, Marshall)
First Lesson: Isaiah 9: 2-7
Canticles: Darke in F
Second Lesson: John 8: 12-20
Anthem: The Burning Babe (Jonathan Wikeley)
Hymn: It came upon the midnight clear (Noel)

Voluntary: Symphony No 1 (Finale) (Vierne)

David Newsholme (Assistant Organist)
David Flood (Organist and Master of the Choristers)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qmhr

[DracoM]

Reminder: today @ 3.30 p.m.

[omega consort]

Anthem: The Burning Babe (Jonathan Wikeley)

And what an exciting piece it was too!

[ardcarp]

Well done to David Flood for his long service. I guess the singers in today's broadcast service were a bit spread out which needed a bit of extra concentration. I too liked the Wikeley anthem.

[Magister Chori]

Another great Choral Evensong, sung and played with great confidence and deep passion (absolutely loved the canticles). Just the introit seemed a bit lacking in its antiphonal effect.

I follow Canterbury from time to time since they have started to broadcast the service on YouTube and they never disappoints. Plus they seems to have a very friendly and supportive Dean!

I've seen Dr Flood deeply moved at his last service: he surely will be greatly missed. And what a huge shoes to fill for his successor, when it will be appointed... even if they don't seems to have an urgent will to appoint someone!

[ocarina]

I enjoyed this very much, always liked effin Darke. A great sense of conviction and vitality in the singing and playing throughout, I thought.

[DracoM]

[Finzi4ever]

I enjoyed this very much, always liked effin Darke. A great sense of conviction and vitality in the singing and playing throughout, I thought.

Agreed: a fitting celebratory tribute to David Flood's commitment and years of service. Lovely too to hear the much-improved instrument, with returned 4th manual, able to 'word-paint' the psalms so effectively. The Wikeley 'Babe' is sure to become widely used and loved.

[Keraulophone]

https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/news/2021/07/02/new-director-of-music-announced/

(£65,000 pa)

[Resurgam]

https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org...sic-announced/

(£65,000 pa)

I saw the advertisement for the post which invited applications from people outside the cathedral world and stated that it wasn't necessary to be an organist.

Did they really expect to find someone suitable for somewhere like Canterbury from such a field despite having 45 replies from people from various musical and choir backgrounds?

Surprise, surprise, they appointed an organist and cathedral choir conductor.

[mopsus]

Canterbury will always be a very desirable post that will attract a lot of applicants, not least because the Cathedral appears to be financially very secure. (Thanks largely to the income from French school parties!) A few years ago I was there with a visiting choir and noticed that even at the end of May the heating was still on.

[ardcarp]

I saw the advertisement for the post which invited applications from people outside the cathedral world and stated that it wasn't necessary to be an organist.

Did they really expect to find someone suitable for somewhere like Canterbury from such a field despite having 45 replies from people from various musical and choir backgrounds?

Surprise, surprise, they appointed an organist and cathedral choir conductor.

Oh well, worth a try. There are people out there (just a few) who are superb choir-trainers but not organists. Whereas there are loads of organists who are not necessarily superb choir trainers. It's an old argument. However it is obviously handy for a cathedral to have a dual purpose DoM.