“Reflections in Words & Music” 1: Worcester Cathedral 1977 (Donald Hunt)

The first in a three-part BBC Radio series introduced by Hugh Ottaway and featuring the “Three Choirs” (Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester). This edition, which focused on Worcester Cathedral, was recorded in June 1977 and broadcast on 11 April 1980. The cathedral choir and the Scholars of the King’s School were directed by Donald Hunt. Organists: Paul Trepte (Worcester) and Andrew Millington (Gloucester). 1. Plainsong (Worcester Antiphoner) 2. Alleluia psallat (Worcester Fragments) 3. Out of the deep (Nathaniel Giles) 4. Magnificat in G minor (Nathaniel Patrick) 5. O sing unto the Lord (Thomas Tomkins) 6. Organ Voluntary (Thomas Tomkins)* 7. Nunc dimittis in B minor (Hugh Blair) 8. Organ Sonata (Edward Elgar)** 9. Psalm 121 (chant by Ivor Atkins) 10. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (arr David Willcocks) 11. Sanctus from “Missa Brevis” (Donald Hunt) 12. Gloria from “Mass for Two Choirs” (Charles-Marie Widor) 13. Plainsong (Worcester Antiphoner) played by Donald Hunt on the chamber organ ** played by Donald Hunt on the main organ