CE Tewkesbury Abbey Wed, Dec 14th 2022 [R]

[DracoM]

CE Tewkesbury Abbey Wed, Dec 14th 2022 [R]
Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum


Order of Service:


Introit: A tender shoot (Goldschmidt)
Responses: Tomkins
Psalm 73 (Stainer, Stainer)
First Lesson: Joel 3 vv.9-16
Office hymn: Come, thou long expected Jesus (Cross of Jesus)
Canticles: Whitlock in D
Second Lesson: Matthew 24 vv.29-35
Anthem: Benedictus (Philip Moore)
Prayer Anthem: E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come (Manz)
Hymn: On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry (Winchester New)

Voluntary: Pièce Héroïque (Franck)

Carleton Etherington (Organist)
Simon Bell (Director of Music)

Recorded 1 December

[DracoM]

Reminder: today at usual time.

[Ein Heldenleben]

I think they’ve sorted out the sound on the vicar now. Tewkesbury Abbey has just about the flashiest lighting system of any English church I’ve been in ….it’s programmable .

[jonfan]

I particularly enjoyed the singing in the psalm, anthem and the Manz carol. The hymns were rather rushed to get them out of the way as quickly as possible. The balance must be very challenging to get right in this building and I felt things improved as the broadcast proceeded. I’m afraid the whole experience was spoilt for me by the excessive homilies preceding nearly every piece of music. Wonderful Franck to conclude; the Grove organ?

[ardcarp]

excessive homilies preceding nearly every piece of music

OMG. Isn't this new trend annoying? Hardly worth singing the hymn or Psalm if it's all been explained beforehand!

[DracoM]

Yes, yes, YES!

[DracoM]

Tewkesbury rpt @ 3 p.m. today.