RSCM Cathedral Course : St George’s Cape Town 1976 (Simon Preston)

The LP of the Cathedral course held from 12-19 January 1976 at at St George’s Cathedral, Cape Town. Musical director was Simon Preston. The organ was played by Barry Smith (cathedral organist) and Jacobus van Soelen (cathedral organ scholar).
17 trebles and 19 adults from all parts of South Africa took part in this, the first national cathedral course organised by the Cape Town Branch of the RSCM. Choral Evensong was sung every night in the Cathedral, culminating in the final Festival Evensong on the Sunday 18 January, from which most the content of this LP record was taken, issued by Claribel.
Hail gladdening light (Charles Wood)
Responses: Humphrey Clucas
Psalm 150 (Charles Stanford)
Hymn
Evening Canticles: Herbert Murrill in E
Hymn
Psalm 19 (C Hubert H Parry)
Hymn
O clap your hands (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Hymn

[@chrisdoeller7332]

Thanks for the upload, the choir is excellent.
I participated in the RSCM summer courses mid-late 1970s, held at Princeton NJ.
I was in my late teens-early 20s. They were the best musical experiences I have ever experienced
Now all but gone. As well as the choirs. Taken over by dreck and pablum. The "big tops" in the US have all but given over to the
church of what's happening now, though I was very much impressed with a visit to All Saint's Albany, one Sunday. The music and service brought back many fond memories of how I remembered bliss.

[@mooiwiele]

What a wonderful surprise! I was there... As a youngster in Standard 6 (Grade 8)...

[@oldosie]

What a glorious sound.

[@and3583]

The Murrill magnificat is particularly good, it can easily sound like a disjointed assemblage of random styles but here it makes perfect sense!

[@timotheecoloueille7647]

What are the hymns? The tunes are lovely.