CE: Croydon Minster on the Feast of the Holy Innocents [R]

[DracoM]

CE: Croydon Minster on the Feast of the Holy Innocents

Order of Service:

Introit: Lullaby (How)
Responses: Nardone
Psalms 123, 128 (Crotch, Goss)
First Lesson: Isaiah 49 vv.14-25
Office hymn: Unto us is born a son (Puer natus)
Canticles: Dyson in D
Second Lesson: Mark 10 vv.13-16
Anthem: Sans Day Carol (Trad. arr. John Rutter)
Hymn: Of the Father’s heart begotten (Divinum mysterium)
Voluntary: Pastorale (Franck)


Justin Miller (Director of Music)
George Inscoe (Sub Organist)
Recorded 20 December.

[DracoM]

Mighty apologies for such late posting.

[Ein Heldenleben]

Mighty apologies for such ate posting.

Thanks DracoM
Better ate than ever
Lovely service. I think somewhere also in there was Ding Dong . Willcocks ? Rutter? The one with the jazzy off beat rather tricky organ accompaniment. (Well played as well)

[jonfan]

Thanks DracoM
Better ate than ever
Lovely service. I think somewhere also in there was Ding Dong . Willcocks ? Rutter? The one with the jazzy off beat rather tricky organ accompaniment. (Well played as well)

Agree
I recognise the Ding Dong, but I’m pretty sure it’s neither of the above gentlemen.
Always a joy to hear the Dyson and the How was a beautiful and appropriate Introit.
Vibrant energetic singing throughout. Holy Innocents brings one up short after Christmas with the horribleness done to children, and still going on.

[Ein Heldenleben]

Agree
I recognise the Ding Dong, but I’m pretty sure it’s neither of the above gentlemen.
Always a joy to hear the Dyson and the How was a beautiful and appropriate Introit.
Vibrant energetic singing throughout. Holy Innocents brings one up short after Christmas with the horribleness done to children, and still going on.

Yes . Too jazzy for them? Roderick Williams?

It’s now on the website - Mack Wilberg who I see is described on Wiki as a “choral clinician.”

[oddoneout]

Yes . Too jazzy for them? Roderick Williams?

It’s now on the website - Mack Wilberg who I see is described on Wiki as a “choral clinician.”

Music with the feelgood factor?
I very much enjoyed this CE. At first I thought the psalms were on the slow side but then realised that it didn't matter as I could make out all the words and have time to make sense of them.
Ding Dong I thought was good, both in terms of the arrangement but especially the singing which made the most of the quirks.
Reminds me of a Christmas concert many years ago where the final Gloria we did the "wrong" way round - very loud first time, then quiet and getting progressively quieter the second time to end up almost as a whisper. The audience leaned forward as we got quieter, sat still when we finished, and then burst into a mixture of laughter and applause.

[Awkwardlistener]

Thought this was really nicely done. Great sense of joy came off the service