Oxford Evensong 8/6/2006 - 2 Hymns

From the final service on the British Tour of Trinity Choir from Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kansas City, Missouri, here are 2 hymns: Glorious things of Thee are spoken, sung to Abbot's Leigh, and Praise to the Lord, sung to Lobe den Herren. John Fowler is the Organist. Regrettably, microphone placement causes the organ to be quite dominant. My apologies.

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• Evensong
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• Grace
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• Abbot's
• Leigh
• Lobe
• den
• Herren

[choirboy526]

there should of at least been a descant at the end

[anglicanorganistjohn]

I shan't argue with your sentiment - your grammar perhaps. . . .

[diaphoneman]

Some dufus "recording engineer" placed the mics right in front of the organ. The choir didn't have a chance. God save us from amateur audio. . .

[anglicanorganistjohn]

The dufus "recording engineer" didn't have a choice in microphone placement. God save us from amateur critics.

[horses1]

I am glad that all of this music is shared on the Internet. I am not so glad that there is so much vitrol and anger surrounding such things.

[astrolog7000]

What are the names of these hymns? Does anyone have the words or know where I can find them? I have not heard them before.

[xenosmousikos]

Great hymn-leading technique! A well-known concert organist told me of helping audition a candidate for an organ position. He told the auditionee to turn to a certain hymn, adding "And please play verse 2." The candidate turned and said, "What difference does that make?" "Never mind," replied the auditioner. "You've already answered the question." He would have strongly approved of this rendition.

[bestminstrel]

This is absolutely wonderful, thank you so very much for posting, it is so nice to sit and listen and not have to play, a true worshipful experience indeed...not that playing hymns is not a worshipful experience. Thanks so much for posting!

[cantleysugar]

@choirboy526 And you should of paid attention at school..

[organisten]

@choirboy526 should HAVE!!!!!!

[JusticeRW]

I love both of these hymns and tunes. If you ever do a tour to New Zealand, you are welcome in my Church- we have a fabulous Choir and so everyone would welcome you with open arms! Thank you for posting.

[JTB1956]

@tscanny90 I belong to a church which gave up by whim most of the traditional hymns and service. I would be thrilled to hear and sing them again to this accompaniment , however flawed you judge it to be. Now I understand what "casting pearls" means

[organist12345]

Neo-classical organs in these types of institutions are unsuiting and horrible! Especially rieger organs! Too agressive!

[Xfranman]

Thanks for this anglicanorganistjohn. It brings tears to my eyes. Tears of relief. I am a proud and happy Roman Catholic (one of them Papists) I agree with the post below. How can such beauty inspire words of vitriol. God forgive them. Praise Him!