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Loving Lincoln

Well, Dear Reader, we have just finished two days at Lincoln Minster, and I think I can say that we all love Lincoln.

Last night we sang Evensong and today we did the triple whammy of Eucharist, Matins and Evensong. We also did a Masterclass yesterday, so I think I can be forgiven for being fatigued.

Musical Menus first:
Evensong last night - Murrill in E, Sanders Responses, Lully, Lullay with Imogen as soloist and some hymns
Mass this morning: Darke in E, Byrd Ave verum corpus, lots of hymns
Matins: Hunt responses, Britten Te Deum and Jubilate, Dove The Three Kings with Jules and Brianna as soloists. More hymns
Evensong: Rose responses, Sumsion in G, Puer natus est nobis and Quem pastoribus as introit and anthem. This was a Lay Clerk service.

We did a Masterclass yesterday with Aric Prentice, who is entering his 13th year as Director of Music at Lincoln. He must have been about 15 when he started. It was a great session. 

 Here are two pictures. One with our Boss and the other with him conducting us in the class. 


Lots of time spent in and around the Minster means lots of Minster Pics.  Here they are. I will write more about them later but for now you have these to look at.

  

 Cxxx



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