+Pete Smethers The Temple under Thalben Ball was justly famous for their psalm singing. Have you watched the video here on the Archive with Thalben Ball rehearsing the choir, which includes chanting?
Ernest Lough, fanous for the 1927 recording of O for the wings of a Dove, is third left back row. I belive his son, Robin, is standing front row in front of him - the shortest of the trebles.
Another great posting. Thank you. (The picture is dated 1955 but Ian Le Grice's biog on the Trinity College Cambridge Choir website states that he joined the choir in 1957. However I think Ian is in this picture - second row, towards the right, just in front of the man with the round glasses. Or am I mistaken?)
Why do the men intoning the First part of the Preces in these Evensong recordings always sound very similar? Do they just have similar accents? Or am I crazy.
The rendition of "Lead me Lord" at the end brought tears to my eyes. Sublime!
Thalben-Ball and the Temple Church choir were a match made in heaven. We shall not hear their like again.
A delight, as usual. 👍
Does anyone recognize the voluntary that GTB begins playing at the end?
Exquisite chanting; and it does include psalm 43 aswell; shame so few choral foundations do the full day's psalms nowadays
+Pete Smethers Quite agree!
+Pete Smethers The Temple under Thalben Ball was justly famous for their psalm singing. Have you watched the video here on the Archive with Thalben Ball rehearsing the choir, which includes chanting?
Ernest Lough, fanous for the 1927 recording of O for the wings of a Dove, is third left back row. I belive his son, Robin, is standing front row in front of him - the shortest of the trebles.
I had lunch with both Lough men and Dr. Thalben-Ball after a Choral Mattins service, in July of 1972.
Graham Lough sang in the choir too. Are you Neil Thomas's brother?
Another great posting. Thank you. (The picture is dated 1955 but Ian Le Grice's biog on the Trinity College Cambridge Choir website states that he joined the choir in 1957. However I think Ian is in this picture - second row, towards the right, just in front of the man with the round glasses. Or am I mistaken?)
Why do the men intoning the First part of the Preces in these Evensong recordings always sound very similar? Do they just have similar accents? Or am I crazy.
Because most of the men sang in the choir as boys.