Word: evensong
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Christ Church Harvard Square, February 3rd, 5:00 P.M., Mozart, Telemann, and Buxtehude, with Evensong; Marian Ruhl and Richard Crist, soloists, with Ruth Belvin, Diane Pettipaw and Daniel Abbott, strings, assisted by the Choir...
...works of Ralph Nader and John Gardner would be chanted aloud at Evensong in the Savanarola Chapel of Memorial Church...
Ferris took the final chorale, which was sung by the congregation as well as choir, at a slow tempo. It brought the cantata to a measured, dignified close. The cantata was a moving experience, in part because of its contribution as a religious statement within the Evensong's framework, but more as a purely musical success...
...BACH was only part of the Evensong's music. One of the anthems was Maurice Greene's Lord, let me know mine end. The Greene was almost funereal in quality and was lent a somber cast by the walking bass throughout the movement. The exceptional quality of the Choir's string accompanists was evident in their first entrance: they were even in their attack and in tune without the dead quality that comes from intonation obsession. The soprano soloists were well-matched and in good balance with the rest of the ensemble...
Outstanding singers and instrumentalists could accomplish nothing without intelligent direction. The Evensong was a great credit to John Ferris: the music was beautiful of itself and a legitimate contribution to the spiritual life of the Church. Rarely is the ministry of the word so ably complemented...