Dr Charles Maclean in Westminster Abbey
from Westminster Pilgrim; Being a Record of Service in Church, Cathedral and Abbey, College University and Concert Room, with a Few Notes on Sport, page 228:
Dr. Maclean made some graceful references to our service at the Abbey, and to me. I venture to give an extract : "Sir Frederick Bridge, whose energy is inexhaustible in illustrating the great features of his country's music, and to whom every anniversary is a festal day, marked St. Peter's Day with functions at the Abbey commemorative of S. S. Wesley's birth-centenary. Along with the religious service for the day, eight of the great anthems were sung in the Nave by a choir of two hundred and fifty, with organ accompaniment (Alcock), but conducted from a rostrum (Bridge), and so rendered … more >>
Frederick Bridge, Westminster Pilgrim; Being a Record of Service in Church, Cathedral and Abbey, College University and Concert Room, with a Few Notes on Sport (), p. 228. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1432984504343 accessed: 8 November, 2024
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Organ works
written by Wesley |
performed by Kendrick Pyne, Frederick Bridge |
church anthem
written by Wesley |
performed by Dr Alcock, Frederick Bridge, Choir of Westminster Abbey |
Experience Information
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Quoted from Dr Charles Maclean's article on church music of S.S. Wesley in journal of International Music Society (July-August 1910)