CE Chapel of Keble College, Oxford [R] 31.v.23

[DracoM]

CE Chapel of Keble College, Oxford 31.v.23
Feast of the Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth

Order of Service:

Introit: A Hymn to the Virgin (Britten)
Responses: Radcliffe
Psalms 122, 127, 128
First Lesson: Zechariah 2: 10-13
Office hymn: Now in holy celebration (Urbs Beata)
Canticles: Stanford in A
Second Lesson: Luke 1: 39-54
Anthem: Totus Tuus (Górecki)

Voluntary: Toccata, Fugue et Hymne sur Ave Maris Stella (Toccata) (Peeters)

Daniel Greenway (Senior Organ Scholar)
Edward Gaut (Junior Organ Scholar)

Christopher Bucknall (Director of Music)

Recorded 27 April

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001m5bx

[DracoM]

REminder: today @ 4 p.m.

[ardcarp]

Voices, blend, choral sound very good. But I did feel that the result lacked a certain esprit.....the expression 'feet of lead' wouldn't go away from my mind.
On a personal matter, Mrs A and I have sung the Gorecki several times, and among our choral colleagues a certain boredom sets in, partly to do with its minimalism and partly the repetition of 'Maria'. I think its effect on a listener of meditative bent is probably more enjoyable.

[Ein Heldenleben]

Voices, blend, choral sound very good. But I did feel that the result lacked a certain esprit.....the expression 'feet of lead' wouldn't go away from my mind.
On a personal matter, Mrs A and I have sung the Gorecki several times, and among our choral colleagues a certain boredom sets in, partly to do with its minimalism and partly the repetition of 'Maria'. I think its effect on a listener of meditative bent is probably more enjoyable.

Yes indeed - somewhat sacrilegiously I started thinking of Bernstein and Sondheim . “I’ll never stop saying Maria .”

[Keraulophone]

Yes indeed - somewhat sacrilegiously I started thinking of Bernstein and Sondheim . “I’ll never stop saying Maria .”

[rauschwerk]

Yes indeed - somewhat sacrilegiously I started thinking of Bernstein and Sondheim . “I’ll never stop saying Maria .”

I once did this piece with my octet in a Suffolk church (Brundish - fab acoustics!) and our countertenor, whose stage demeanour was normally impeccable, actually got the giggles!

[jonfan]

Voices, blend, choral sound very good. But I did feel that the result lacked a certain esprit.....the expression 'feet of lead' wouldn't go away from my mind.

I felt the same and there were some intonation issues. A resonant acoustic hid a lot of detail.

[DracoM]

Sorry, but I have to agree with both.

[Ein Heldenleben]

I felt the same and there were some intonation issues. A resonant acoustic hid a lot of detail.

I think it’s the largest chapel in Oxford . Supposedly built to be precisely one foot longer than Christ Church.

[DracoM]

Rpt today [Sun] @ 4 p.m.