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2004 – Chichester

Monday 2 August             Choral Evensong 5.30

V+R                                      Groome

Psalm                                  

Canticles                              Harris in A

Anthem                                If ye love me – Wilby

 

Tuesday 3 August            Choral Evensong 5.30

V+R                                      Aylewood

Psalm                                  

Canticles                              Daniel Purcell in E minor

Anthem                                Litany to the Holy Spirit – Hurford

 

Wednesday 4 August       Choral Evensong 5.30

V+R                                      Groome

Psalm                                  

Canticles                              Caesar Beckenham Service

Anthem                                Evening Hymn – Balfour Gardiner

 

Friday 6 August               Choral Evensong (The Transfiguration) 5.30

V+R                                      Rose

Psalm                                   72

Canticles                              Sumsion in G

Anthem                                Christ, whose glory fills the sky – Darke

Hymn                                   176 t.163

 

Saturday 7 August          Choral Evensong 5.30

V+R                                      Aylewood

Psalm                                  

Canticles                              Weelkes First Service

Anthem                                This is the record of John – Gibbons

Hymn                                   383ii

 

Sunday 8 August               Sung Mattins 10.00

V+R                                      Rose

Psalm                                   115

Te Deum                              Stanford B flat

Jubilate                                Stanford B flat

Anthem                                Angels – Simon Lole

Hymns                                  362 t.185

 

Sunday 8 August               Sung Eucharist 11.00

Communion:                       Little Organ Mass – Haydn

Psalm                                   33, vv 12-end

Motet                                   Oculi Omnium – Andrew Parnell

Hymns                                  NEH 345,416ii, 381, 305, 368

 

Sunday 8 August               Choral Evensong 3.30

V+R                                      Rose

Psalm                                   108

Canticles                              Brewer in D

Anthem                                O Thou, the central orb – Wood

Hymns                                  NEH 150ii, 468

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2005 – Norwich Cathedral

Monday 1 August             Choral Evensong

V+R                                      Ayleward

Hymn                                   NEH 441

Psalm                                   1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Canticles                              Gibbons Short Service

Anthem                                God is love – Carter

 

Tuesday 2 August            Choral Evensong

V+R                                      Neary

Hymn                                   NEH 452

Psalms                                  9, 10, 11

Canticles                              Harwood in A flat

Anthem                                The Lord has been mindful of us – S.S.Wesley

 

Wednesday 3 August       Choral Evensong

V+R                                      Aylewood

Hymn                                   NEH 464

Psalms                                  15, 16, 17

Canticles                              Daniel Purcell

Anthem                                Save us O Lord – Bairstow

 

Friday 5 August               Choral Evensong

V+R                                      Neary

Hymns                                  NEH 286, 176

Psalms                                  24, 25, 26

Canticles                              Moore 3rd Service

Anthem                                Now the God of peace – Gerald Knight

Dismissal                              Naylor Ferial

 

Saturday 6 August          Choral Evensong

V+R                                     

Hymns                                 

Psalms                                 

Canticles                             

Anthem                               

 

Sunday 7 August               Sung Eucharist

Communion                         Missa Brevis in C (Spatzenmesse) – Mozart

Motet                                   I give you a new commandment – Nardone

 

Sunday 7 August               Choral Evensong

V+R                                      Ives

Hymn                                   NEH 414, 363

Psalm                                   86

Canticles                              Sumsion in G

Anthem                                Cantique de Jean Racine – Fauré

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2010 – Chester Cathedral

In August 2010 we visited Chester Cathedral, and sang the cathedral services for a week.

Here also a link with some photo impressions of the week taken by Richard Granger

 http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/richardjgranger/ECSChester2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCL_n-9vegab7-gE&feat=directlink

Monday 9 August – Choral Evensong

  • Preces and Responses: Grayston Ives
  • Psalms: 47, 48, 49
  • Canticles: Wood in E flat 1891 – No 1
  • Anthem: God is Love – Andrew Carter
  • Hymn: NEH 374 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds

Tuesday 10 August – Choral Evensong

  • Preces and Responses: Morland Responses – Graham Ellis
  • Psalms: 53, 54, 55
  • Canticles:  Thomas Attwood Walmisley in D
  • Anthem: Geistliches Lied, Opus 30 –  Brahms
  • Hymn: NEH 499 Thy Kingdom come O God


Wednesday 11 August – Choral Evensong

  • Introit: God be in my head Nicholson
  • Preces and Responses: Grayston Ives
  • Psalms 59, 60, 61
  • Canticles: Sumsion in G
  • Anthem: Hail Gladdening Light – Charles Wood
  • Hymn: NEH 464 Thou art the way


Friday 13 August – Choral Evensong with viol consort

  • Preces and Responses: Tomkins
  • Psalms: 69, 70
  • Canticles: Weelkes First service
  • Anthem: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills – Thomas Tomkins
  • Hymn: NEH 494 Christ is the world’s true Light (Nun danket)


Saturday 14 August – Choral Evensong

  • Introit: Prayer of King Henry VI – Henry Ley
  • Preces and Responses: Morland Responses – Graham Ellis
  • Psalms: 73, 74
  • Canticles: St. Andrew’s Service – Peter Aston
  • Anthem: Blessed be the God and Father – Samuel S. Wesley
  • Hymn: NEH 383 Jesu, lover of my soul (Aberystwyth)


Sunday 15 August – Cathedral Eucharist

  • Communion setting: Prince of Peace – W.S. Lloyd Webber
  • Motet at the Peace: Oculi omnium – Andrew Parnell
  • Communion Motet: Ave Maria – Elga
  • Hymns:  NEH 478 Ye watchers and ye holy ones (gathering)
  •             NEH 341 Blest are the pure in heart (gradual)
  •             NEH 302 O thou who at thy Eucharist (offertory)
  •             NEH 275 Blessed Jesu, Mary’s Son (communion)
  •             NEH 186 Tell out my soul Tune: Woodlands (post communion)


Sunday 15 August BCP Eucharist – Choir

  • Communion setting:     Darke in F
  • Gradual Motet    Ave verum – Richard Pearsall
  • Creed/Our Father    Merbecke
  • Communion Motet    O sacrum convivium – Thomas Tallis
  • Hymns: NEH 366 God of mercy (gathering)
  •             NEH 187 Virgin born Tune: Quem pastores
  •             NEH 292 Jesu thou joy of loving hearts (Eisenach)
  •             NEH 446 Sing Alleluya forth


Sunday 15 August – Choral Evensong – The Feast of the blessed Virgin Mary

  • Introit: Bless O Lord, us thy servants – John Harper
  • Preces and Responses: Sumsion
  • Hymn: NEH 452 Stand up, stand up for Jesus
  • Psalm: 132
  • Canticles: Brewer in 
  • Anthem: Ave Maria – Parsons
  • Hymn: NEH 477 Ye know that the Lord is gracious (Hyfrydol)
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Congratulations

Congratulations to all the candidates for our first very own RSCM Awards. We now have one Silver and five Bronze medal winners. The medals will be given by Gordon Appleton at our Choral Festival on Saturday 20 June 2009. Watch this space for the next examination date …

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Choral Workshop

It was cold and windy when we arrived at St Mary’s Church in Rotterdam on Saturday morning: a small but dedicated group of singers interested in singing, RSCM awards and getting together.

There were several folks from the Haarlem bunch, a dedicated singer from The Hague and one from Antwerp, and even a lady from Kent, England, who had come over on the ferry for a musical daytrip! Martin had brought along Matthew Beetschen, who was going to play for, conduct and inform us.

Of course we started with coffee and tea, and an abundance of Easter eggs, which the Rotterdam people apparently wanted to get rid of, and many of us were glad to oblige.

Then it was on to the church itself, where we installed ourselves in the choir stalls and Matthew behind the electric piano, and attacked several of the pieces in the 2009 festival book. During these pieces Matthew often digressed from the singing itself by giving us pointers on what to expect during a Bronze medal exam, information that was very helpful.

After having received compliments on our psalm-singing we went through the syllabus, receiving information from Matthew and asking him questions. On top of that we also did some practical exercises: training our aural skills by clapping rhythms and singing lines we had only heard played twice. We also did some sight-reading exercises.

In between we had lunch, more coffee and tea and Easter eggs, and we talked. The day ended with firing up the organ and singing a hearty Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem, which was enjoyed by all.

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Workshop in Rotterdam – updated

On 25 April we will hold our long awaited Choral Workshop!

Led by Matthew Beetschen, it will take place at St. Mary’s Church, Rotterdam – Pieter de Hoochweg 133; 3024 BG Rotterdam. For directions to the church www.stmarys.nl

Matthew is organist of Dunblane Cathedral in Scotland and RSCM Area Chairman for the whole of Scotland. He is also a member of the RSCM Voluntary Forum and an examiner for the Voice for Life Bronze and Sliver medals.

The workshop will begin at 10.30 am (church open at 10 am) and end around 4.30 pm. Coffee and tea will be provided, but please bring your own lunch.

The programme will include attention to choral singing, sight reading and repertoire. 

Importantly, as we will be holding our first exams for the Bronze and Silver medals on 13 June, Matthew will also run a session on the Bronze and Silver medals, e.g. the expected standard of music and repertoire.

Music will be provided, but it may be necessary to bring some music yourself. More details to follow.

These workshops provide an excellent opportunity to ask questions on repertoire, technique etc. and a chance to meet fellow singers in other choirs.

The costs of the day are €25 per person, as we need to refund Matthew’s travel expenses and also pay a contribution to St. Mary’s church.However, if the number of attendants is sufficiently high, we will be able to reduce the costs per person! This will be calculated on the day itself.

If you would like to attend, please reply to Martin van Bleek indicating how many people you think will be in your party so we can get an idea of expected numbers.

We look forward to seeing you on 25 April.

 

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Concert in Haarlem

This Sunday the Haarlem choir, the Anglican Singers and the European Cathedral Singers will be joining forces for a concert at the RC St Joseph church on the Jansstraat in Haarlem.

Further details (including the programme) can be found here.

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New website live

The new RSCM North West Europe website is now live! 

The new website has a more streamlined design, with two themes – blue for the main RSCM pages (matching the colours of the global RSCM website), and green for pages relating to the European Cathedral Singers.  The new website also offers additional functionality to its users, including a members only area for the European Cathedral Singers, and a blog to keep readers up to date with musical events within the diocese.

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2006 – Southwell Minster

 

Monday 31 July – Choral Evensong

  • Introit: Cantate Domino – Pitoni
  • Preces and Responses: Ayleward
  • Psalms: 147, 148, 149, 150
  • Canticles: Gibbons – Short Service
  • Anthem: Mighty glorious – J.S. Bach

Tuesday 1 August – Choral Evensong

  • Preces and Responses: Sumsion
  • Psalms: 6, 7, 8
  • Canticles: Sumsion in G
  • Anthem: Praise the Lord, O my Soul – Andrew Fletcher

Wednesday 2 August – Choral Evensong

  • Introit: Give almes of thy goods – Christopher Tye
  • Preces and Responses: Nardone
  • Psalms: 12, 13, 14
  • Canticles: Harwood in A flat
  • Anthem: Let Saints on earth – Anthony Caesar

Friday 4 August – Choral Evensong

  • Introit:                O Lord give thy holy Spirit – Tallis
  • Preces and Responses:        Sumsion
  • Psalms:                22, 23 (to be provided by Martin)    
  • Canticles:            Philip Moore – 3rd service
  • Anthem:            Cantique de Jean Racine – Gabriel Fauré


Saturday 5 August (Transfiguration) + viols consort – Choral Evensong

  • Introit: O nata lux – Tallis
  • Preces and Responses: Ayleward
  • Psalms: 27
  • Canticles: Ayleward
  • Anthem: The Bell Anthem – Purcell

Sunday 6 August – Sung Eucharist

  • Communion Setting: The Prince of Peace – W.S. Lloyd Webber
  • Psalms: 2, 29, 150
  • Motet: I give to you a new commandment – Peter Nardone

Sunday 6 August – Choral Evensong

  • Introit: Festival introit – Patrick Hopper
  • Preces and Responses: Nardone
  • Psalms: 72
  • Canticles: Murrill in E
  • Anthem: Let all the world in every corner sing – Patrick Hopper