St Barnabas Ottawa, Easter Carol Service 2015

(4 stars; 1 reviews)

Evening service in celebration of Easter, held at St. Barnabas Apostle and Martyr Anglican Church, Ottawa, Canada, April 5, 2015 1. Organ Music: Saraband for the Morning of Easter, Herbert Howells 2. Invitatory: Christ, whose glory fills the skies, Keith Bissell (1912-1992) 3. Processional Hymn 158: "The Lamb's high banquet called to share" (St. Venantius) 4. Bidding Prayer 5. Carol: Rise up, my love, my fair one, Healey Willan (1880-1968) 6. First Lesson: Ezekiel 37: 1-14 7. Carol: Cantate Domino, H.L. Hassler (1564-1612) 8. second Lesson: John 20: 11-18 9. Carol: Love is come again, French trad., arr. Martin Shaw 10. Hymn 157: "He is risen, heis risen" (All Saints) 11. Third Lesson: Luke 24: 13-16, 28-39 12. Carol: Surrexit Christus hodie, Samuel Scheidt (1587-1653) 13. Hymn 159 (Part 3): "That Easter-tide with joy was bright" (Lasst uns erfreuen) 14. Fourth Lesson: John 21: 1-9, 12, 13 15. Carol: The strife is o'er, German trad., arr. Henry Ley 16. Fifth lesson: 1 Peter 1: 3-9 17. Carol: This is the day, Anon. c. 1660 18. Offertory Hymn 169: "Ye choirs of new Jerusalem" (St.Fulbert) 19. Sixth Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15: 12-14, 20-22, 51-52 20. Carol: This joyful Eastertide, Dutch trad., arr. W.H. Harris 21. Seventh Lesson: Matthew 28: 16-20 22. Hymn 153: "Jesus Christ is risen to-day, Alleluia" (Easter Hymn) 23. Closing Prayers 24. Hymn 161: "At the Lamb's high feast we sing" (St. George) 25. Voluntary: Carillon-Sortie, Henri Mulet

Chapters

01-organ-music-saraband-howells	5:45
02-invitatory-christ-whose-glory-fills-the-skies-bissell	1:00
03-processional-hymn-158	5:41
04-bidding-prayer	1:40
05-carol-rise-up-my-love-willan	1:42
06first-lesson-ezekiel-37	2:31
07carol-cantate-domino-hassler	1:36
08second-lesson-john-20	1:37
09carol-love-is-come-again-trad-shaw	1:15
10hymn-157	2:16
11third-lesson-luke-24	1:38
12carol-surrexit-christus-hodie-scheidt	2:50
13hymn-159-part-3	3:50
14fourth-lesson-john21	2:21
15carol-the-strife-is-oe-er-ley	2:18
16fifth-lesson-1-peter-1	1:10
17-carol-this-is-the-day-anon	0:42
18-offertory-hymn-169	2:34
19sixth-lesson-1corinthians-15	1:08
20-carol-this-joyful-eastertide	2:52
21-seventh-lesson-matthew-28	1:00
22-hymn-153	2:28
23-closing-prayers-blessing	1:55
24-hymn-6	3:23
25-voluntary-carillon-sortie-mulet	5:28

Reviews

The sound of worship lifts the spirits

(4 stars)

O'DBOL

I have been hunting this sort of recording for some time in vain. The entire worship service, but broken nicely into sensible audio tracks. The prayers and readings are well spoken, the organ is well played, the choir sings well. But I especially treasure the congregational hymns. Do I have to find something to fuss about? OK, I would like to hear more congregation and less choir on the hymns. The organ intro to "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today" was pointlessly artsy---a simpler one would be even nicer. Ignore those silly carping complaints. We have here a glorious sound to raise our spirits. I will seek out all of the other St. Barnabas recordings now.