Today I joined the choir of St. Peter’s Church, Caversham, for evensong at Bristol Cathedral. Our anthem was Let the people praise thee O God<\/i> by Mathias, and this set some of us wondering who might be writing music for the forthcoming royal wedding. Like the designer of the dress, this information hasn’t been made public yet. I wonder if it will produce a piece that will still have a place in the repertory thirty years later, as Mathias’ has? It would be nice to think so.<\/p>\n
Our introit was (not very surprisingly) When to the Temple Mary went<\/i> by Eccard and the canticles Walmisley in D minor. The responses were Radcliffe’s, written in 1972. Were these the last to set ‘praised’ as two syllables?<\/p>\n
A combination of a large choir and short stalls meant that unusually I was not in the front row, so a bit more work was needed to watch the conductor. And this was the first time since a a very hot 2003<\/a> that I have worn a surplice to sing a service, and I think possibly only the second time I have ever done so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today I joined the choir of St. Peter’s Church, Caversham, for evensong at Bristol Cathedral. Our anthem was Let the people praise thee O God by Mathias, and this set some of us wondering who might be writing music for … Continue reading