Herbert Brewer's setting of the Nunc Dimittis in D. Sung by the Choir of Gloucester Cathedral. The corresponding magnificat is also available on my channel.
World with out EEEEEEEEEEEND. I will NEVER tire of hearing that moment and the way the basses are pushing it up from beneath. The organ also has an absolutely majestic time with all the triplets in the pedal line. Sublime.
I've sung this with the Sacramentskoor of Breda (as knwon as the Breda Cathedral Choir) in St. Martin-in-the-Fields, St. Paul's Cathedral, Windsor Castle and other excellent churches in England. It was a very great honor for me!
The beginning section is beautiful. I just wished it had more harmony in the second half. I guess it's a stylistic thing with English Evensong settings.
good observation. However you are making too much of a generalisation. Some of our English Evensong settings are complex (eg those by Herbert Howells eg Coll Reg, Gloucester Service ) while others are straightforward, suiting a less experienced or smaller choir. This setting by Brewer will suit the parish choir with fewer or less experienced singers.
Partly, but also for contrast. Sir Herbert was no mug at harmony and counterpoint, and the places where unison occurs in this setting serve, I think, to make the harmonies more effective.
I've always wondered why a lot, come to think of it --all, are written in 2/2 time. Is it to save on ink so they don't have to print as many quarter notes?
desabrir It's so that the music can be felt in bigger beats, and this helps the music to move forward and to not feel as heavy. In 4/4, beats 1 and 3 (two beats per measure) are emphasized, but in 2/2, beat 1 (1 beat per measure) is emphasized, so the gesture moves forward, from downbeat to downbeat, a little more.
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World with out EEEEEEEEEEEND. I will NEVER tire of hearing that moment and the way the basses are pushing it up from beneath. The organ also has an absolutely majestic time with all the triplets in the pedal line. Sublime.
I've sung this with the Sacramentskoor of Breda (as knwon as the Breda Cathedral Choir) in St. Martin-in-the-Fields, St. Paul's Cathedral, Windsor Castle and other excellent churches in England. It was a very great honor for me!
Well done Glossies! One of the traditional greats sung really well. :-) Thank you.
From Steve @ St. David's in San Antonio- Thanks for this great resource for choir.
A lovely top G from the tenors in the Gloria!
scrumdumtious! wow!
nice
The beginning section is beautiful. I just wished it had more harmony in the second half. I guess it's a stylistic thing with English Evensong settings.
good observation. However you are making too much of a generalisation. Some of our English Evensong settings are complex (eg those by Herbert Howells eg Coll Reg, Gloucester Service ) while others are straightforward, suiting a less experienced or smaller choir. This setting by Brewer will suit the parish choir with fewer or less experienced singers.
Partly, but also for contrast. Sir Herbert was no mug at harmony and counterpoint, and the places where unison occurs in this setting serve, I think, to make the harmonies more effective.
I've always wondered why a lot, come to think of it --all, are written in 2/2 time. Is it to save on ink so they don't have to print as many quarter notes?
desabrir It's so that the music can be felt in bigger beats, and this helps the music to move forward and to not feel as heavy. In 4/4, beats 1 and 3 (two beats per measure) are emphasized, but in 2/2, beat 1 (1 beat per measure) is emphasized, so the gesture moves forward, from downbeat to downbeat, a little more.
Carolyn Craig ahh thanks!
+Carolyn Craig Good explanation, but amateur choirs are thrown by it. Some still have to write in "1 and 2 and 3 and...." etc