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Music choices for Bristol

Bristol Cathedral for the weekend of 4-6 April is now confirmed. We will be singing 3 services across the Saturday and Sunday and possibly meeting on Friday to get ahead on rehearsals. More to follow.

In the meantime, it’s always good to have a choir’s input on the music choices.

Below is my ‘longlist’ — as some of you will observe, I’m proposing a bit more of a ‘cathedral pops’ music list this time round, with minimal new items. More time for beer, eating etc

Saturday — Tim
Responses: Shephard
Canticles: Jackson in G
Anthem: O Clap your hands (Gibbons)
Hymn: Hymn: 443

Sun am — Huw
Mass: Widor Double Organ Mass
Anthem: Tantum Ergo — Vierne
Hymns: 345; 362; 307; 486

Sun pm — Tim
Introit: Easter Alleluia (Bednall) mp3 | pdf
Canticles: Brewer in D
Anthem: Blessed City Heavenly Salem (Bairstow)
Hymns: 331; 381; 418

(discounted but on the shortlist for next time: Dyson in F, Walmisley in Dm, Stanford in Bb/A/C, Save Us O Lord (Bairstow) Blest pair of sirens (Parry) / Fo Lo I Raise Up (Stanford) / Te Deum (Vaughan Williams), Vaughan Williams Mass in G minor, Col Reg Te Deum (Howells) Tantum Ergo — Widor/Durufle)

Anything else to throw in to the mix? Anyone feel strongly pro or anti these suggestions?

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5 Responses to “Music choices for Bristol”

  1. Timbo Says:
    February 7th, 2008 at 5:32 pm

    Oh man. How didn’t I think of this before? Vaughan Williams Mass in G minor!!
    Might be a bit much for the numbers but such a good choice: VW 50th anniversary and the perfect acoustic for it.

  2. Seal of Approval Says:
    February 8th, 2008 at 3:41 pm

    Vaughan Williams Te Deum in G complements the VW mass. It gets my vote for a jolly Sunday am anthem.

  3. Timbo Says:
    February 8th, 2008 at 3:44 pm

    And it’s so good too! But will the audregation get confused and think they’re at Mattins?

  4. Ben Reid Says:
    February 12th, 2008 at 11:14 pm

    VW Gminor please.

    Or either of the other options listed, with the last page of the VW tacked on….

  5. Timbo Says:
    February 21st, 2008 at 10:33 pm

    Huw rightly points out to me that Vaughan Williams Mass in G minor isn’t in the least Eastertide and is probably a bit hard for a 2-day weekend. So it’s been dropped until next time we do a 3-4 day jaunt in Lent.
    The Widor is great though!

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