Tag/category: choral evensong
G'day and welcome to evensong sport!
The single biggest disappointment of the trip, I have to say was Choral Evensong at Sydney Cathedral. It was mostly funny – but really, it shouldn’t be about entertainment so it doesn’t really make up for it! First off, in stark contrast to the catholic cathedral near my hostel, there is no atmosphere of prayer or stillness or quiet that …
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I mean… who won the war? ;-)
I rarely think that European music works well in choral evensong and this week’s broadcast from Eton College Chapel is a case in point. But if choirs are wont to make a ‘theme’ of this (Introit: Reger; Canticles: Praetorius and Schutz; Anthem: Brahms) — I wonder why not commit fully and do German responses (in German?!) and German chants too …
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