Choral Evening Prayer Buckfast Abbey August 8th 2012

[DracoM]

Choral Evening Prayer
Recorded in Buckfast Abbey, Devon during the 2012 Exon Singers Festival


Order of Service:


Introit: Ave Virgo Sanctissima (Howard Skempton - Choirbook for the Queen)
Responses: Plainsong
Office Hymn: Creator of the earth and sky (Deus creator)
Psalms: 41, 42, 43 (Plainsong)
First Lesson: Ephesians 4: 1-6
Anthem: Safe where I cannot lie yet (Brian Chapple - first performance)
Second Lesson: John 6: 1-15
Homily: The Rt Revd David Charlesworth, Abbot of Buckfast
Canticle: Magnificat tertii toni (Palestrina)
Lord's Prayer (Sheppard)
Motet: Te lucis ante terminum (Francis Jackson - Choirbook for the Queen)
Final Hymn: The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended (St Clement)


Organ Voluntary: For a Festal Occasion (Alan Bush)



Henry Parkes (Organist)
Richard Wilberforce (Director of Music)

[DracoM]

Loved the Skempton - hope we hear that again. Star of the show for me.
Pretty hard edged cantor with very fast vibrato for the plainchant?
Will need to hear the Chapple again.
Jackson Motet OK, nothing special.

As usual with this team singing nicely blended, paced and balanced.

[Gabriel Jackson]

Loved the Skempton - hope we hear that again. Star of the show for me.

They've recorded the Skempton on a fantastic disc of Howard's vocal and choral work http://www.mdt.co.uk/skempton-the-cl...-delphian.html

[DracoM]

Thanks for the info.