Sunday, 10 September, 2006
Trinity XIII
9.30am High Mass:
(The Rev Fr Michael Parker)

Propers : Respice, Domine
Service :  Messa a Quattro Voci (1641) - Monteverdi
Motet  :   Adoramus te, Christe - Viadana

Int  :   Ye servants of the Lord - Narenza
Grad :Take up thy cross, the Saviour said - Breslau
Off   :  O Jesus, I have promised - Wolvercote
Com : Adagio, from Concerto II in A minor - Vivaldi (arr J.S. Bach)
     Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour thee - Adoro te devote
Rec : There is a land of pure delight - Beulah 

Vivaldi (arr. J.S. Bach) : Allegro, from Concerto II in A minor BWV 
593

Patchy. Tenors had a collective nervous breakdown in the Sanctus with 
some predictable results. Trouble was, having got back on track they 
were then nervous and sang most of the rest of the mass in a sort of 
quasi falsetto. The curious thing was, it sounded quite authentic - 
combined with the sops and altos, almost like three solo(ist)s over a 
ground bass!

The 1st movement of the Bach Concerto has to be one of the most fun 
things to play. And - for the purists - who says we shouldn't play 
orchestral  transcriptions?  :)

Cheers

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