St Thomas Fifth Avenue NYC

[DracoM]

Services tonight [ i.e. CE] and all day tomorrow cancelled at St T.

[Simon]

Actually, the main reason for males and females to gravitate to different work and roles in society was that women historically have had vastly fewer rights and opportunities than men.

Whilst the point about rights is true, it's hardly the main reason. Go back far enough, when "rights" were not the issue, but survival was, and the reason that men and women had different roles was quite simply the fact that men were better equipped to do some things, and women others. I know that the "equality" lobby hates this fact, but fact it is. And the more they deny it, the sillier their arguments appear. Men and women are not equal and never will be. They are (or should be) mutually supportive with their differing gifts and strengths.

We humans play around with the natural order of things at our peril; the environment is a perfect example!

As regards people not wanting to be called ladies, who on earth says that? Whenever I go to formal occasions with a speaker, s/he always starts with "Ladies and Gentlemen" (after any specifics). What should you say? "Hi there everybody" ? "Hello, men and women" ? "Heyup, peeps" ?

[DracoM]

VERY fine Faure Requiem sung on Remembrance Sunday at St T. Full orchestra / sung liturgically. Morning Eucharist available from the website:

http://www.saintthomaschurch.org

[DracoM]

Full choir back in residence and online from today, Tuesday 8th January, 2013.
CE = Brewer in E flat // Omnes de Saba / Jacob Handl
UK time to listen: 10.30 p.m.

[DracoM]

Sunday, 20th Jan Choral Eucharist: now available online from their website.
It's the total service of course, BUT live singing of the complete Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli.

[chrisjstanley]

Interesting DracoM that the Agnus Dei (starting at 1hr 21 minutes 45 seconds) is rattled through at a military medium 60 bpm whereas my favourite versions on youtube are a rather more pedestrian 45 bpm. Each to their own.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EhQ1eOfgwI&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGWNVrXlhew&feature=youtu.be

I enjoyed their partial psalm 78 and Walmisley on the 15th January.
bws
Chris S

[DracoM]

Yes, and the Langlais organ pieces that bookended last Sunday's Evensong were worth it too.
Gosh, WHY do I hate Walton's canticles so much? And that Bingham was something and nothing. Decently sung, but just...........??
And, strewth, CJS, that Agnus Dei is SLOW! But when its sung like that....!!

[DracoM]

If you'd like to hear a very fine and finely sung Ash Wednesday service, including Allegri, Byrd 4-part, Emendemus in Melius / Tallis, then do listen to the webcast now available online from their site.

[DracoM]

In case there are listeners to St T NYC in UK, please note that until we change our clocks here, the start time for CE from NYC is 9.30 p.m. GMT. They are now on 'daylight saving' in NYC.

[DracoM]

Now UK has put clocks back and the US has yet to, we are currently only four hours ahead of NYC. This is rectified on the night of Sunday Nov 3rd when their clocks go back as well.

Hence 5.30 Evensong is not available in UK until 11.30 p.m. until the beginning of next week when it will revert to LIVE at 10.30 p.m. from St T. The boys return from mid-term break next week.

The services are currently being sung by the very fine Men of the choir. BTW, their plainchant psalm singing is balm to the hurt mind.

[DracoM]

There are a whole series of Services The Choir posters may wish to access.

First is at 9 p.m. tonight [Saturday, 21st Dec] Live via their website.

Prelude:Der Tag, der ist so Freudenreich, BWV 605, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude:Vom Himmel hoch, BWV 606, Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude:Weihnachten, Op. 145, no. 3, Max Reger (1873-1916)

Hymn:O little town of Bethlehem
Carol:Sussex Carol, arranged by Philip Ledger (1937-2012)

Lesson 1:Genesis 3:8-15
Carol:Adam lay ybounden, Boris Ord (1897-1961)
Hymn:[in leaflet]
God rest you merry, gentlemen

Lesson 2:Isaiah 11:1-3a, 4a, 6-9
Carol:What child is this?, arranged by John Rutter (b. 1945)
Hymn:[in leaflet]
The snow lay on the ground
VENITE ADOREMUS

Lesson 3:Saint Luke 1:26-35, 38
Carol:There is no rose, Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)

Lesson 4:Saint Luke 2:1, 3-20
Carol:Novo profusi gaudio, Matthew Martin (b. 1976)
Hymn:[in leaflet]
See amid the winter’s snow
John Goss (1800-1880)

Lesson 5:Saint John 1:1-14
Hymn:Angels we have heard on high
GLORIA

Voluntary:Prelude and Fugue in B Major, Op. 7 no. 1, Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

[DracoM]

The 4 p.m. Dec 22nd Service is worth catching, esp the FANTASTIC David Briggs Voluntary. Available now via their website.

[ardcarp]

Just heard the Saturday carol service. The choir is in great form, but I'd like to give Matthew Martin a big pat on the back for his carol Novo Profusi. No aimless wallowing...plenty of rhythm and an ear for structure. Very enjoyable.

[DracoM]

Sunday, Feb 2nd Sung Eucharist: Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli, Talls and Eccard motets.
And in the afternoon in the Evensong.....a staggering piece of Giles Swayne - the virtuoso Magnificat.

Really worth catching via the Church website.

[pole_2_pole]

And in the afternoon in the Evensong.....a staggering piece of Giles Swayne - the virtuoso Magnificat.

You could've heard that at Winchester a few Sundays ago.............. Standard rep there.