CE Ely Cathedral Sept 11th 2013

[decantor]

BTW, gather that despite R3's somewhat over-loaded CA intro, PT seems unlikely to be moving from Ely!

I'm sure that the 'over-loaded' current DoM was intended only in contrast with the earlier-mentioned former Assistant at Ely, Jeremy Filsell.......

.......whose canticles I relished - as, indeed, I did the whole service, especially for the conspicuous efforts of the choir.

[DracoM]

Yes, I got that, decantor, but it just seems a curiously weighted choice of words, don't you think? Or was she just improvising - as KD does - and got in a bit of a twist as the clock ticked on?

Anyway.......it's of absolutely no consequence......let it go!

[Roger Judd]

Yes, an excellent Evensong, and not just a new set of boys at the top of the choir, but an Assistant Organist only a few days into the job - bravo, Mr Aldhouse - lovely use of the instrument. Great to hear Jeremy Filsell's canticles, sadly not in the repertoire at Windsor presently - in case there are those who don't know, he was an alto layclerk of some distinction at St George's Windsor. He also wrote for us a fun Te Deum which gave more than a nod to Walton's Coronation Te Deum of 1953.

Agree absolutely with Finzi about Paul Trepte, doing a great job over the years.
RJ

[Y Mab Afradlon]

Mr Filsell may also be paying homage to Sebastian Forbes as the Amen in this setting closely resembles the closing passage of the Aedis Christ I service. Nice addition to the repertoire.

[bach736]

Would have preferred the hymn sung to the tune Ellers.VCC.

Got to throw in my support for Magda - a perfect example of tune writing - 321 in NEH and by RVW himself.
The imaginative pairing with 'Saviour again ..' is typical of the attention to detail you get with every service at Ely.

[Finzi4ever]

Did anyone hear the late night Radio 4 Stephen Fry's English Delight prog on Mon: WTF....?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03b0sl9

Ely Friars are cited as the earliest English use of the F word in its sexual sense. Enjoy the link

[ardcarp]

They have a lot to answer for, those effing Friars.

[ardcarp]

I've been itching to suggest a limerick competition, maybe but not necessarily along the lines of:

There once was a Friar from Ely

On the other hand, one has to ask if The Choir is the best place for such profanities. Maybe there should be a LIMERICK thread on Platform 3 or somewhere, for those of us whose humour is still infantile.