CE: Armagh Cathedral [R] Wed, 27th October 2021 @ 4 p.m.

**DracoM** · 27-10-21, 09:41

Today @ 4.00 p.m.

**ardcarp** · 27-10-21, 17:14

Well, you couldn't get better direction or organ accompaniment (a long-standing partnership!) than that. Diction in the Psalms excellent, and the accomp. superb.

There will no doubt be a mention of the soprano line. The person who sang the solo in the Amy Beech anthem was, just that, a soloist, and very good too. In her choral role, she was capable of sustaining a 'straight' note but occasionally let a wobble set in.

A pity the spoken unison (i.e. in the Creed) was scrappy. The minister and musical director need to agree on how to synchronise beforehand. Maybe there wasn't time.

**mw963** · 27-10-21, 17:40

@ ardcarp: Your second para is extremely deftly put, if I may say so.

**Magister Chori** · 27-10-21, 19:34

A very fine broadcast indeed: shame for the final voluntary which reveals its beauty (and makes full sense) only when played in its entirety.

Anyone knowing the original source of the Introit?
The announcer claimed to be "a choral arrangement of an old Irish song by Charles Wood" (maybe taken from his collection of Irish Folk-Songs arrangement?).

**jonfan** · 27-10-21, 21:06

Musicality and care of diction in spades made this an exceptional CE. The whole was very involving; even the wobble in the soprano line, which should be anathema to me, was transcended by this superb engaging broadcast carefully prepared. It doesn't matter too much that the creed was a bit messy; maybe the congregation was involved?

**DracoM** · 27-10-21, 22:50

Totally agree with ardcarp. End of.

CE: Armagh Cathedral [R] Wed, 27th October 2021 @ 4 p.m.

CE: Armagh Cathedral [R] Wed, 27th October 2021 @ 4 p.m.

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