CE St Giles Cripplegate Church, London [R] Thurs, Nov 9th 2023

[DracoM]

CE St Giles Cripplegate Church, London [R] Thurs, Nov 9^th 2023
BBC Singers and Girl Choristers of Pembroke College, Cambridge.

Order of Service:

Introit: Crossing the bar (Parry, arr. Anna Lapwood)
Responses: The Girl Choristers of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Psalms 41, 42, 43 (The Girl Choristers of Pembroke College, Cambridge)
First Lesson: Proverbs 3: 27-35
Canticles: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in C (Wayne Marshall)
Second Lesson: Matthew 18: 21-35
Anthem: Remember (Owain Park)
Hymn: The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended/Sunset (St Clement/Sunset arr. Jonathan Wikeley)

Voluntary: Deuxième Fantaisie (Alain)

Matthew Williams (Trumpet)
Francesca Massey (Organist)

Anna Lapwood (Conductor, Artist in Association)

NB: please note that the day of broadcast is THURSDAY, 9th Nov.

[DracoM]

Reminder: TODAY is this CE tx.

[Finzi4ever]

Any chance of discovering who composed the responses and psalm chants, since I sincerely doubt they were written even by a cttee of "The Girl Choristers of Pembroke" ?
The chant used for Ps. 41 had a distinct Howard Goodall feel to it - 'no offence'! Appoggiaturas to the fore in both chants
Not your traditional drop in on your standard November evensong, what with spot the celebrity priest and to say nothing of the 'performed' 1st Lesson.

Terrific, confident and full-bodied singing throughout

[Alison]

Really enjoyed this distinctive service, perhaps especially the Wayne Marshall canticles and the organ playing throughout.

[mopsus]

Celebrity priest he may have been, but I thought the spoken prayers were a highlight of this service. All too often now they are clunky and a sorry contrast to the beautifully performed high-quality music which preceded them.

[Finzi4ever]

Celebrity priest he may have been, but I thought the spoken prayers were a highlight of this service. All too often now they are clunky and a sorry contrast to the beautifully performed high-quality music which preceded them.

agreed!

[DracoM]

[jonfan]

A beautiful service both musically and liturgically. The priest sounded like a Rev Richard Coles double?

[Keraulophone]

A beautiful service both musically and liturgically. The priest sounded like a Rev Richard Coles double?

Just a single Rev Coles:


Note the applause: not usually associated with Evensong.

[Guest]

Any chance of discovering who composed the responses and psalm chants, since I sincerely doubt they were written even by a cttee of "The Girl Choristers of Pembroke" ?
The chant used for Ps. 41 had a distinct Howard Goodall feel to it - 'no offence'! Appoggiaturas to the fore in both chants
Not your traditional drop in on your standard November evensong, what with spot the celebrity priest and to say nothing of the 'performed' 1st Lesson.

Terrific, confident and full-bodied singing throughout

Anna Lapwood posted on Facebook:- "Very proud of the Girls’ Choir for their first Radio 3 evensong with the BBC Singers today. Lots of messages asking who wrote the psalm chants & responses - the girls wrote them collaboratively during our rehearsals! I try to incorporate composition regularly so they write our psalm chants every week, & we wrote the responses over the course of a term last year. Can you tell they love suspensions…?"

[jonfan]

Is there anything Anna Lapwood can’t turn her hand to? An inspiration to the younger generation in all things organ and choral.

[Ein Heldenleben]

Just a single Rev Coles:


Note the applause: not usually associated with Evensong.

From the photo they are not taking any chances mic wise - wish I had a few shares in AKG. That nave mic stand looks a bit ambitious though …

[jonfan]

The array worked really well with a beautiful, immersive ambience, especially through headphones.