A SERVICE FOR ADVENT WITH CAROLS 27th Nov 2011

[ardcarp]

Ha! As I thought. Not an octave coupler in sight (apart from Solo to ped...presumably for Chorale Prelude purposes).
Blimey, Caussade, what a resource for nerds!

[mopsus]

For myself, I prefer to end with the 661 'Nun komm der Heiden Heiland' - a glorious hymn tune, almost totally ignored by Anglican Britain but which defines the Advent season for most of Protestant Europe.

My hymnbooks have this tune in, but set for Lent/Passiontide hymns! I recall that at Taizé it was used for a metrical version of the Lord's Prayer, with one of Bach's harmonisations - musically the most complex thing in my little book of Taizé chants. It defines the Advent season for this Anglican - I have a lovely Harmonia Mundi CD of some Bach cantatas which make great use of it, and I don't feel Advent has really started till I've listened to it.

No, the sax didn't do much for me either.

[mangerton]

Blimey, Caussade, what a resource for nerds!

Yes, it's amazing. I've spent (wasted?) quite a lot of time looking at organs I've heard and churches I've sung in and/or been a member of.

Of course, to browse properly, you should really wear an anorak.......

[Mr Stoat]

Ha! As I thought. Not an octave coupler in sight (apart from Solo to ped...presumably for Chorale Prelude purposes).
Blimey, Caussade, what a resource for nerds!

Good heavens - no swell octave! Must have been full swell, with the fairly high pitched mixture and Clarion that caught my ears.

[decantor]

Ha! As I thought. Not an octave coupler in sight (apart from Solo to ped...presumably for Chorale Prelude purposes).
Blimey, Caussade, what a resource for nerds!

Surely a true resource for nerds would include a sound clip of each rank in its lower, middle and upper register, together with some examples of typical set-ups for German Baroque, French Romantic, and choir accompaniment, together with some full choruses. At the least.

I await the link with keen anticipation.

[Mr Stoat]

Surely a true resource for nerds would include a sound clip of each rank in its lower, middle and upper register, together with some examples of typical set-ups for German Baroque, French Romantic, and choir accompaniment, together with some full choruses. At the least.

I await the link with keen anticipation.

Some surveys do incorporate sound clips. A random example is St Helen's, Norwich......

[DracoM]

Forum members might like to know that the St J's Advent Carol Service is now available via the college's own recording via webcast.
A much warmer, much more immediate and possibly more analytic sound than the BBC's. Worth a listen.

[Nick Armstrong]

Forum members might like to know that the St J's Advent Carol Service is now available via the college's own recording via webcast.
A much warmer, much more immediate and possibly more analytic sound than the BBC's. Worth a listen.

Good heads-up (should that be 'head's-up'?), DracoM. Might accompany some present wrapping and final Christmas card writing

Here's a link, to speed others' plough http://www.sjcchoir.co.uk/webcasts