CE Manchester Cathedral [L] Wed, 3rd May 2023

[DracoM]

CE Manchester Cathedral [L] Wed, 3rd May 2023

Order of Service:

Introit: Great King of gods (Gibbons)
Responses: Christopher Stokes
Office hymn: The day draws on with golden light (Aurora lucis)
Psalm 18 vv.1-19, vv.47-51
First Lesson: Genesis 2 vv.4b-9
Canticles: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Gareth Treseder)
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15 vv.35-49
Anthem: The King shall rejoice (Handel)
Hymn: Rejoice, O land, in God thy might (Wareham)

Voluntary: Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 545 (Bach)

Geoffrey Woollatt (Sub-Organist)
Christopher Stokes (Organist and Master of the Choristers)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001lc3f

[DracoM]

Reminder: today at usual time - and it is Live!

[ardcarp]

I really enjoyed today's broadcast. Quite like a forgotten era when it was just 'eavesdropping' on a regular CE. I don't want to use the word 'ordinary' because I think the choir did a great job. The treble line had a slight but delightful fragility. Manchester!

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[jonfan]

An enticing gentle Gibbons Introit set the mood. Very good solos and I found the top line delicate and energetic as needed. Excellent lower voices heard at their best in the superb Handel sung with due celebratory verve. The orchestral part deftly transferred to the organ with no loss of colour or precsion by Geoffrey Woollatt.