A carol service for Epiphany Wed, 4th January 2023 @ 4 p.m. [R]

[DracoM]

A carol service for Epiphany Wed, 4th January 2023 @ 4 p.m. [R]
Chapel of Clare College, Cambridge

Order of Service:

Introit: Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier (Bach)
Bidding
Hymn: O worship the Lord (Was lebet, arr. Graham Ross)
Reading: Genesis 12 vv.1-9
Carol: The Magi (Cecilia McDowall) – first broadcast
Reading: Isaiah 60 vv.1-7
Anthem: Twelfth Night (Barber)
Reading: Psalm 72 vv.10-15
Anthem: When Jesus our Lord – Say, where is he born (Mendelssohn)
Reading: Matthew 2 vv.1-6
Anthem: Epiphany (Judith Bingham)
Reading: Matthew 2 vv.7-12
Carol: Lute-book Lullaby (Alexander L’Estrange)
Reading: Revelation 7 vv.9-17
Carol: There is no rose (Lucy Walker)

Prayers

Anthem: A gallery carol (Gardner)
Hymn: Hail to the Lord’s anointed (Cruger, arr. Graham Ross)

Voluntary: Symphony No 6 in G, Op 42 No 2 (Finale) (Widor)

Samuel Jones (Sir William McKie Senior Organ Scholar)
Daniel Blaze (Junior Organ Scholar)

Graham Ross (Director of Music)

Recorded 24 November 2022

[DracoM]

Reminder: tomorrow @ usual Wednesday transmission time.

[Guest]

Oh dear. Another recording.

Next....!

[ardcarp]

Well yes, but Oxbridge terms and all that.......

But I agree it would be good for the norm to be the Beeb dropping in to a live service.

[DracoM]

Reminder: today @ 4 p.m.

[Ein Heldenleben]

Good service this . Virtually all recent (ish) music and some interestingly distinctive lesson reading.

[ardcarp]

[Guest]

Well yes, but Oxbridge terms and all that.......

But I agree it would be good for the norm to be the Beeb dropping in to a live service.

Didn't Trinity Cambridge manage live Epiphany broadcasts regularly a few years ago?

[Alison]

I’m not really an organ buff but have to say I really liked the sound of Clare’s instrument.

The infectious commitment of the whole service rather made up for the recorded aspect IMHO.

[Alison]

Great, have seen details of the organ in a related thread.

What a beautiful forum we have.

[ardcarp]

Didn't Trinity Cambridge manage live Epiphany broadcasts regularly a few years ago?

St John's College always has one, and very fine it is too...though not broadcast. (I attended one a few years ago.) It depends how you define Epiphany. I think the original Catholic 'octave' of Epiphany was from Jan 6 - 12. (Correct me if I'm wrong.) But the John's Epiphany carol services (looks like there are two) are announced as:

The next Epiphany Carol Services will be held on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 January 2023at 6.00pm

No reason why they shouldn't be celebrated after postulated dates!

[jonfan]

Didn't Trinity Cambridge manage live Epiphany broadcasts regularly a few years ago?

The fixture for many years was Advent at St John’s, Christmas at King's and Epiphany at Trinity. The Epiphany services were the most flexible in format, sometimes a CE, then a carol/lesson service or a meditation with short homilies. A constant were the splendid Responsories by Richard Marlow with their stratospheric soprano lines soaring above everything.

[Keraulophone]

The fixture for many years was Advent at St John’s, Christmas at King's and Epiphany at Trinity. The Epiphany services were the most flexible in format, sometimes a CE, then a carol/lesson service or a meditation with short homilies. A constant were the splendid Responsories by Richard Marlow with their stratospheric soprano lines soaring above everything.

The Epiphany service at Trinity College seems to have become a thing of the past. Their first service of the new year will be Evensong on Sunday 22 Jan. Indeed, they haven’t been heard on a Wednesday BBC CE for some considerable time. Although, now that all their choral services are live-streamed on their YouTube channel, perhaps this matters less.

[jonfan]

A profound, devotional service from Clare with a superb choice of lessons and music; both were excellently delivered. The small chapel at Clare allows one to feel all is happening in your own room. A recording allows things to move on apace, no pitching notes heard. The music was either a carol, a hymn or an anthem (the differences, discuss? )

[DracoM]

Singing OK.