BBC Compline 25 July 1973 - Guildford Cathedral Choir (Barry Rose)

The Lay-clerks of Guildford Cathedral, directed by Barry Rose:
The Office of Compline, sung in English by the Lay Clerks of Guildford Cathedral on 25 July 1973, in the Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St Philip Howard, Arundel, West Sussex.
(Officiant: The Rev. Prebendary W. D. Kennedy-Bell. Musical director: Barry Rose. It was a busy day for the men of the choir; a couple of hours earlier, they had broadcast Vespers live on BBC Radio from the same cathedral, together with the boys of the choir.)
"Compline" is the final church service (or "office") of the day in the Christian tradition of canonical hours. Compline tends to be a contemplative Office that emphasizes spiritual peace. In many monasteries it is the custom to begin the "Great Silence" after Compline, during which the whole community, including guests, observes silence throughout the night until the morning service the next day. In the Anglican tradition, Compline was originally merged with Vespers to form Evening Prayer in the Book of Common Prayer.
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[@ArchivesofSound]

The Lord almighty grant us a quiet night and a perfect end.

[@robyngolden-hann3407]

I adore this recording! Thank you so much for posting it

[@GZ9090]

The acoustic of Arundel cathedral was perfect for the choir of Guildford! Sometimes I wonder whether certain choirs would be better suited in other buildings. Does anybody else think about this? As beautiful as Guildford Cathedral (and to be fair it does posses a fairly rich and unique acoustic of its own...)is, Arundel just has that extra quality to it's reverb, in my opinion.

[@thomas1611]

Thanks for text!