Ash Wednesday from Gloucester Cathedral March 5th 2014

[ardcarp]

OTOH it could just be that the music planned was too short to fill the time and someone said, Hey Mr Dean, how about a quick homily?

[mw963]

OTOH it could just be that the music planned was too short to fill the time and someone said, Hey Mr Dean, how about a quick homily?

In which case an awful precedent has been set!!

I'd rather have Lead Me Lord than what we ended up with, which left me angry because it was there and angry because I'd been likened to a Pharisee (or actually it might have been a Hypocrite, but as neither come out of the New Testament very well I'm annoyed to be compared with either by someone who has never met me, even if he *is* a Dean).

[DracoM]

Having heard it on air and in the cathedral, how did the two experiences compare?

[mw963]

Having heard it on air and in the cathedral, how did the two experiences compare?

I may be missing something, but to whom are you addressing your question DracoM?

[mopsus]

When CE was on a Sunday it had more sermons, because those places which usually had a sermon at Sunday evensong included one. I didn't feel this particular service had too little music in. I should declare an interest because I sing in one of the DoM's other choirs - he was rehearsing the Glagolitic Mass in Bristol a few hours after the broadcast with no apparent loss of energy.

[french frank]

I should declare an interest because I sing in one of the DoM's other choirs - he was rehearsing the Glagolitic Mass in Bristol a few hours after the broadcast with no apparent loss of energy.

I'll be there for the performance, Mopsus, so I hope you'll be in good voice! I shall be giving it a plug on my (own) Facebook page.

[mopsus]

AFAIK the Bristol performance on April 12th will be the first in the Bristol/Bath area for at least 20 years. Back to evensong, and it was nice to hear my favourite tune of the many to 'Praise to the holiest'.

[Magnificat]

[QUOTE=ardcarp;382818d read in a fine 'patrician' voice (discuss). [/QUOTE]

ardcarp

I don't think Stephen Lake would regard himself as a patrician. He is from a large Dorset working class family!

He was a very dynamic Sub-Dean of St Albans and did extremely important and very successful work there in getting children and teenagers involved with the church and helping to grow the congregation generally to becoming the largest regular congregation of any cathedral in the country.

He will definitely support the choirs and music at Gloucester as his eldest son was a chorister at St Albans.

VCC

[ardcarp]

Well you 'discussed', VCC. Thanks!

[Mr Stoat]

Gloucester's new Assistant Director of Music, Jonathan Hope, starts on Monday 10th having previously been at Southwark and Winchester. I'm sure we'll get a very decent service today.

I love the unintentional humour that my warped mind reads into this! :-)

[Magnificat]

Well you 'discussed', VCC. Thanks!

ardcarp,

I could perhaps add that St Albans ( Verulamium ) is the nearest he's got to Rome although the cathedral is very ecumenical.

VCC

[ardcarp]

Isn't St Albans partly built from re-used Roman bricks?

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[Magnificat]

Isn't St Albans partly built from re-used Roman bricks?

a

ardcarp

Yes. The first example of recycling in Britain!!

VCC

[Mr Stoat]

Oh yes - of COURSE! (Bricks....course....?!)

[ardcarp]

No need to lay it on with a trowel......