Howells - Magnificat 'Collegium Regale'

A live performance from Evensong on Thursday, 28 Jan 2010 at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Sung by the Men and Boys of the Cathedral Choir, directed by Benjamin Bachmann, Canon Director of Music. Robert Gurney, organ.

For more information about Grace Cathedral, visit http://www.gracecathedral.org.

For more information about the Cathedral's Aeolian-Skinner organ, visit http://www.gracecathedral.org/visiting/overview/organ/

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Music

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• Howells
• Evensong
• Magnificat
• Grace
• Cathedral
• Choir
• Col
• Reg

[Seasass]

Lovely! Do you have the nunc?

[gracecathedralsf]

@Seasass Just posted the Nunc Dimittis.

[choirboyfromhell1]

We at St. Paul's/Akron are so mighty proud of you Ben! Keep up the excellent work!

[choirboyfromhell1]

@1emanres How do you tell a Roman Catholic choir from an Anglican choir? The RC choir is composed of adults singing music meant for children; the Anglican one is composed of children singing anthems/motets/canticle settings/psalm settings meant for adults.

[1emanres]

Hard to believe, but the sound of boys and men singing this well brings on violent negative reactions from catholics these days. It strikes them as musical pornography. So they buy hymnals without harmony lines, install Allen organs ill played by underachieving academics, build new buildings that look like restaurants, and consider anyone who offers to train a boys choir some kind of a fag or paederast. For, most degreed professionals simply don't know how to train a boys section.

[OldPost661]

Very nice, spirited performace, but the sound quality of the recording is severely compromised by all the compression. Too bad.

[boazMarcus]

i love this magnificat

[Seasass]

@gracecathedralsf Thanks - just listened to the Nunc and enjoyed it. You ought to post it as a video response to this so people can segue right into it.