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...most part, the University Choir remains an ornament to worship in Memorial Church. Several times each year they sing solo recitals. Last Sunday afternoon, they participated in a choral evensong that gave them a far larger role than the regular Sunday morning service, but within a sacred setting. The occasion was Reformation Day, and the program was built around Bach's Cantata #80, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott ("A mighty fortress...
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...
EPISCOPAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. John Ferris, University Organist, playing works of Bach and Franck. Free. Wednesday, May 23, 5:25 p.m. following Evensong...