Sunday Worship R4 - Choral Matins, St Mary-le-Tower - 16th Jan 2022

[cat]

Matins doesn't normally feature on Radio 3, but here it is on Radio 4:

Choral Matins St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich 16th Jan 2022 08:10 (Live)
(Girls, Boys & ATB)

Preces: Sanders
Jubilate in C (Britten)
If ye love me (Wilby)
Hymns: For the beauty of the earth, Blest are the pure in heart.

Director of Music: Christopher Borrett
Organist: William Baldry

[Keraulophone]

…and at 3.30 pm on Sunday they offer the enticing prospect of ‘Said evening prayer followed by Pub Theology’.

[subcontrabass]

I notice that their website describes it as " BBC Sunday Worship (based on Choral Matins)". It looks like a very abbreviated form of Matins - only 6 verses of a Psalm and only one (short) Canticle, but with room for padding with two hymns (and, presumably, a sermon).

[cat]

Such are the requirements of this 38 minute slot on R4 I suppose, and I assume R3 wouldn't dream of messing up their breakfast show by the live broadcast of a full church service.

[ardcarp]

Let's be thankful for small matins.

[oddoneout]

Such are the requirements of this 38 minute slot on R4 I suppose, and I assume R3 wouldn't dream of messing up their breakfast show by the live broadcast of a full church service.

There wouldn't be much point, the flock would get lost travelling out of home territory as R4 is God's own country isn't it?