On another note, when I was a chorister at Canterbury in the early 70s, the Tippett canticles which we had in repertoire,
CE Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London 15th Feb 2012
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Whilst you're all busily reliving your student days - and what better thing to do on a dull February afternoon - can I just say what an enjoyable CE this was, having just heard the Sunday repeat.
Atmospheric, contemplative, very well sung and a great credit to Rupert Gough. All those years with MA have certainly paid off.
Thank you, Royal Holloway, for a refreshingly different and very moving service. Well done.
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just to go back a post or two, when I was singing we performed " and Death shall have no dominion" by Elizabeth Maconchy. Does this kind of thing get an outing much these days?
And does anybody know of a recording of it ?!
(sorry if its off topic).I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.
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Originally posted by ardcarp View PostOh dear GJ, I did say I wasn't going to post again, but I guess you sang under the excellent Alan Wicks? I did a bit of research (years ago) into the repertory of Anglican Cathedrals...which I thought very dull and backward-looking at the time....and based on the music lists, Canterbury was STREETS ahead of anyone else in the sheer variety and volume of music they tackled. Am I right in thinking that Tippett's excellent Plebs Angelica was written for Canterbury?
Yes, Plebs angelica was written for Canterbury, in the 1940s I think. The choir recorded it in my time - I wonder if that was the first recording...probably not...
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Originally posted by teamsaint View Postjust to go back a post or two, when I was singing we performed " and Death shall have no dominion" by Elizabeth Maconchy. Does this kind of thing get an outing much these days?
And does anybody know of a recording of it ?!
(sorry if its off topic).
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PHP Code:Whilst you're all busily reliving your student days - and what better thing to do on a dull February afternoon - can I just say what an enjoyable CE this was, having just heard the Sunday repeat.
Atmospheric, contemplative, very well sung and a great credit to Rupert Gough. All those years with MA have certainly paid off.
Thank you, Royal Holloway, for a refreshingly different and very moving service. Well done.
Bach736, I have just listened for the first time too, and likewise I was much impressed by the choir, its direction, and the sustained, measured and solemn atmosphere created in that generous acoustic. I have just looked back at some earlier posts which were just the teeniest bit grudging about them. I'd just like to add my congratulations. Whilst you will have gathered that I have a lowish tolerance of wall-to-wall post-minimalism, this CE was obviously constructed on an Estonian-ish theme, so one has to respect that fact and acknowledge that they did it very well. Clucas was a strange bed-fellow, and sung more slowly and with less eclat than usual, presumably to blend in with the rest.
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Does anybody know where I can find the tune Cypress Court which was sung to Father hear the prayer we offer please? I understand it's a tune composed by Barry Ferguson.
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Originally posted by ardcarp View PostPHP Code:Whilst you're all busily reliving your student days - and what better thing to do on a dull February afternoon - can I just say what an enjoyable CE this was, having just heard the Sunday repeat.
Atmospheric, contemplative, very well sung and a great credit to Rupert Gough. All those years with MA have certainly paid off.
Thank you, Royal Holloway, for a refreshingly different and very moving service. Well done.
Bach736, I have just listened for the first time too, and likewise I was much impressed by the choir, its direction, and the sustained, measured and solemn atmosphere created in that generous acoustic. I have just looked back at some earlier posts which were just the teeniest bit grudging about them. I'd just like to add my congratulations. Whilst you will have gathered that I have a lowish tolerance of wall-to-wall post-minimalism, this CE was obviously constructed on an Estonian-ish theme, so one has to respect that fact and acknowledge that they did it very well. Clucas was a strange bed-fellow, and sung more slowly and with less eclat than usual, presumably to blend in with the rest.
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Originally posted by GambleD View PostDoes anybody know where I can find the tune Cypress Court which was sung to Father hear the prayer we offer please? I understand it's a tune composed by Barry Ferguson.
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