Walton's Coronation Te Deum
Nov. 1st, 2014 08:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylBit of a non-day today one way and other, so in lieu of any real content, here's a recording of R3's broadcast of choral evensong from Liverpool Anglican Cathedral from early in July. Even if you're not a fan of the prayers and readings and religiousness — and I'm not — it's worth hearing for the music alone.
The anthem is a superb performance of William Walton's Coronation Te Deum, which uses the trumpets of the cathedral's vast Willis organ to excellent effect, while the voluntary, Percy Whitlock's Fanfare, does much the same for the organ's tubas. Kudos to Dan Bishop, the associate organist, and to the BBC's engineers for capturing such a wonderful performance.
For those who want to skip, the Walton starts at 35:15 and the Whitlock at 48:54.
The anthem is a superb performance of William Walton's Coronation Te Deum, which uses the trumpets of the cathedral's vast Willis organ to excellent effect, while the voluntary, Percy Whitlock's Fanfare, does much the same for the organ's tubas. Kudos to Dan Bishop, the associate organist, and to the BBC's engineers for capturing such a wonderful performance.
For those who want to skip, the Walton starts at 35:15 and the Whitlock at 48:54.
