The 'Amen' competition

[ardcarp]

I'd no idea this was going on until I heard the end of In Tune this afternoon.

Glad to say the Amen at the end of Lo the Full Final Sacrifice by Finzi won!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rw8m

(Right at the end of the programme. And as a bonus it was St Paul's with John Scott.)

[DracoM]

The Amen at the end of Parsons's 'Ave Maria' takes some beating.

[Simon Biazeck]

Clearly, I don't spend enougn time on Twitter with the "in" crowd. Pretty sure I could hear Alan Green in the tenors' first phrase. I wonder what else was up for nomination apart from the amen from "Geistliches Leed" (sic)

SBz

[Simon Biazeck]

The Amen at the end of Parsons's 'Ave Maria' takes some beating.

As much as I adore Finzi (I really do!), that would have been my choice. BTW, John Scott used to do the "amen" from the War Requiem during Lent, I think. Spine-chilling even out of context.

SBz.

[mopsus]

Parsons 'Ave Maria' lost very narrowly to the Brahms in the semi-finals. The other defeated semi-finalist was the final Amen of 'Messiah'.

[Pulcinella]

Many final (third collect) Amens in sets of Versicles and Responses are very impressive: I wonder if any of them were in contention.

[mopsus]

Many final (third collect) Amens in sets of Versicles and Responses are very impressive: I wonder if any of them were in contention.

Yes, Smith and Rose got a long way.

[Finzi4ever]

I'd no idea this was going on until I heard the end of In Tune this afternoon.

Glad to say the Amen at the end of Lo the Full Final Sacrifice by Finzi won!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rw8m

(Right at the end of the programme. And as a bonus it was St Paul's with John Scott.)

Can't say I'm surprised the one at the end of the Magnificat (sans Gloria) is fine too, though far simpler.

[Triforium]

I suppose a few altos might claim the opening of the Amen of Gardiner's Te Lucis as their favourite ....and more than a few, their least favourite.

[Keraulophone]

I suppose a few altos might claim the opening of the Amen of Gardiner's Te Lucis as their favourite ....and more than a few, their least favourite.

It can sound majestic or hooty depending on who’s singing!

[ardcarp]

!

[Miles Coverdale]

The one from Tallis’s Gaude gloriosa is quite good.