CE Chapel of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London [L] 4.x.23

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  • mopsus
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    Originally posted by Vox Humana View Post
    They are exceedingly fine.
    Fans of Lloyd's second setting of the Responses might care to note that they were sung on last week's broadcast from Portsmouth.

    I'm a bit sorry that this broadcast hasn't been kept on BBC Sounds for the usual 30 days after the Sunday repeat (which wasn't a repeat in this case). I was looking forward to hearing it again before it disappeared.

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  • Vox Humana
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    Originally posted by mopsus View Post
    The 3rd Amen in his 2nd set is one of my all-time favourites, as is the whole setting of the Responses.
    They are exceedingly fine.

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  • mopsus
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    The 3rd Amen in his 2nd set is one of my all-time favourites, as is the whole setting of the Responses.

    The other piece I by him which I often sing (it's a go-to for funerals at my church when we can just manage to cover 4 part choir but no more) is 'View me, Lord', which is strophic but not particularly Lenten.

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  • Magister Chori
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    Originally posted by Finzi4ever View Post

    Richard Lloyd wrote two full choir sets of Responses ( a long time apart), plus an ATB set and another for trebles, in the 90s.
    The one included in this broadcast was the 1st setting for SATB. His 2nd setting - published by Encore - is absolutely gorgeous: https://youtu.be/nL_RiFMVMzk?si=FnCB5tW04DC4Zrd5


    Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
    I

    A while ago I remember singing a fairly straightforward (verse repeating?) piece by Lloyd, which had a Lenten or 'Miserere' type message. Very effective. Can anyone remember what piece I'm referring to?
    Maybe this one? (actually for Advent, not for Lent): https://youtu.be/lDSSGTv4S9Q?si=l2dUb9IargnV-Xs1

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  • ardcarp
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    I
    'd forgotten how good Lloyd's responses are
    A while ago I remember singing a fairly straightforward (verse repeating?) piece by Lloyd, which had a Lenten or 'Miserere' type message. Very effective. Can anyone remember what piece I'm referring to?

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  • jonfan
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    Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
    Having now heard the amended service (available on catch-up) I thought the singing and the direction were excellent. Lovely sound, with attention to word shapes and phrasing. I'd forgotten how good Lloyd's responses are...especially good Lord's Prayer with some lines of text overlapping. Good too that Stanford in E flat got an outing. Haven't heard it for ages.

    I did feel that the final hymn seemed a bit of a race between organist and choir? Time running out? But that's a minor niggle.

    Well done for an excellent CE, Trinity et al.
    Agree. The Stanford is worth more frequent outings based on this performance.

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  • Navalorganist
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    Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
    Having now heard the amended service (available on catch-up) I thought the singing and the direction were excellent. Lovely sound, with attention to word shapes and phrasing. I'd forgotten how good Lloyd's responses are...especially good Lord's Prayer with some lines of text overlapping. Good too that Stanford in E flat got an outing. Haven't heard it for ages.

    I did feel that the final hymn seemed a bit of a race between organist and choir? Time running out? But that's a minor niggle.

    Well done for an excellent CE, Trinity et al.

    We were 5 mins over in the rehearsal so had to push the pace along a bit. Apologies.

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  • Finzi4ever
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    Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
    Having now heard the amended service (available on catch-up) I thought the singing and the direction were excellent. Lovely sound, with attention to word shapes and phrasing. I'd forgotten how good Lloyd's responses are...especially good Lord's Prayer with some lines of text overlapping. Good too that Stanford in E flat got an outing. Haven't heard it for ages.
    Well done for an excellent CE, Trinity et al.
    I echo the above - can probably number the occasions I've sung the E flat canticles on the fingers of one hand if that. Richard Lloyd wrote two full choir sets of Responses ( a long time apart), plus an ATB set and another for trebles, in the 90s. Hearing these today took me back to singing them under his direction.

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  • ardcarp
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    Having now heard the amended service (available on catch-up) I thought the singing and the direction were excellent. Lovely sound, with attention to word shapes and phrasing. I'd forgotten how good Lloyd's responses are...especially good Lord's Prayer with some lines of text overlapping. Good too that Stanford in E flat got an outing. Haven't heard it for ages.

    I did feel that the final hymn seemed a bit of a race between organist and choir? Time running out? But that's a minor niggle.

    Well done for an excellent CE, Trinity et al.
    Last edited by ardcarp; 06-10-23, 16:54.

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  • ardcarp
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    .....even more droll when the final prayers included The Bishop of Sherborne (long way from Greenwich) and President Obama's visit to the UK.

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  • Kernow Malc
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    I was listening and found it rather amusing - especially when the organ turned up the volume to try and drown the alarm out!

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  • ardcarp
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    I was saddened at the fire-alarm situation, especially as the choir was sounding very good up to that point. Presumably they will have re-recorded the damaged bits for Sunday's broadcast.

    How long does it take to turn off a fire-alarm???

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  • Ein Heldenleben
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    [QUOTE=Keraulophone;n1286355]The rarity of Stanford in E flat endures...

    ...until Sunday afternoon at 3 pm, we've been told.
    [/QUOTE

    what with undue compression and fire alarms CE isn’t having much luck at the moment .

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  • Keraulophone
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    The rarity of Stanford in E flat endures...

    ...until Sunday afternoon at 3 pm, we've been told.
    Last edited by Keraulophone; 04-10-23, 16:06. Reason: Announcement

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  • Ein Heldenleben
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    Oh my word a fire alarm has gone off….but the choir sings on.

    and now they’ve faded it out.

    ​​​​​​…And now abandoned for a service in Salisbury.

    Last edited by Ein Heldenleben; 04-10-23, 15:28.

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