TRINITY COLLEGE
CHOIR ASSOCIATION
INAUGURAL GATHERING
and celebration of Dr Richard Marlow’s thirty-eight years as
Organist and Director of Music
July 1st & 2nd, 2006
FOREWORD
From the TCCA General Secretary, Nicholas Yates (1991)
Welcome to the Trinity College Choir Association’s inaugural gathering.
This weekend marks an historic milestone in the musical life of the College and
its choir. Richard Marlow’s thirty-eight years as Organist and Director of
Music, his founding and nurturing of what has become one of the foremost
mixed choirs in the world and his contribution to the musical life of the College,
and to choral music generally, comprise an astounding achievement. This success
has spawned much, and is evident in the musical lives of many. It has also been
the catalyst for the birth of the TCCA, which I sincerely hope will endeavour to
preserve and enhance the musical heritage which Richard has bequeathed. It is
these matters which we celebrate this weekend.
Arnold Browne is also leaving, after fourteen years as Dean of Chapel. He has
been deeply committed to supporting and furthering the interests of the choir
and has given the Chapel immense direction during that time. He will be greatly
missed in Chapel and as Director of Studies in Theology.
This booklet sets out the format for this celebratory weekend, together with
other useful information. Please refer to it throughout the weekend and take it
with you upon departure.
So many have put so much into establishing the TCCA and making this weekend
a reality. They, and their efforts, are too numerous to list here. Nonetheless, it
would be unforgivable of me not to thank the whole of the Committee with
special reference to Selene Webb and Arnold Browne who have worked so very
hard. I must also thank my wife, Rebecca, who has not only helped a great deal
but has also borne my anxieties with her usual love, grace and fortitude.
However, it is Richard to whom we owe an overwhelming and profound debt of
gratitude. I hope that this weekend and the future work of the TCCA will go
some way towards repaying that.
I wish you all a very enjoyable weekend.
Saturday 1st July
REGISTRATION
From noon, Old College Office
Please register your attendance and collect a key for any accommodation you have
booked in the Old College Office, located opposite the Great Gate Porters’ Lodge. If you
are staying for dinner, please also allocate yourself a place on the seating plan.
AFTERNOON TEA
From 3pm, under the Wren Library
Afternoon tea will be served under the Wren Library. This is intended as an opportunity
to meet in a relaxed environment before the more formal engagements later in the day.
Guests are encouraged to change into Black Tie prior to Evensong. The Frazer Room (behind the Chapel) has
been set aside as a ladies’ changing room in which belongings may be left. (This must be kept locked when not in
use: the key may be obtained from and returned to the Porters’ Lodge.) The Old College Office will serve a similar
function for gentlemen.
EVENSONG
Please be seated by 5.30pm
DRINKS RECEPTION
DINNER
5.45pm, Chapel
Following Evensong, Nevile’s Court
8pm, Hall
Sunday 2nd July
SUNG EUCHARIST
BREAKFAST
This will conclude the weekend’s events.
10am, Chapel
Following Eucharist, Ante-Chapel
CHORAL EVENSONG
5.45pm, Saturday 1st July, 2006
Organ Preludes
Liebster Jesu
Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn
Nun freut euch
Prelude in E-flat
J S Bach
BWV706, 730 & 731
BWV733
BWV734
BWV552a
Introit (sung by the College Choir)
Benedicamus Patrem
attrib. Josquin des Pres
Preces and Responses (sung by all)
Ferial
Psalm (sung by all)
I was Glad
Parry
Psalm 122: 1-3, 6-7
Canticles (sung by all)
Stanford Evening Service in C
First Lesson (read by Canon Peter Adams)
Nehemiah 12: 37-45
Second Lesson (read by Selene Webb)
Revelation 5
Anthem (sung by the College Choir)
The Darkling Thrush
Jonathan Dove
World première, commissioned by the TCCA
Hymn 408 (sung by all)
Love Divine, all loves excelling
Blaenwern
Descant: Marlow
Address – Dr Arnold Browne, The Dean of Chapel
Hymn 334 (sung by all)
All people that on earth do dwell
Old Hundredth
arr. Vaughan Williams
Blessing & Final Responses (sung by the College Choir)
Organ Voluntary
Fugue in E-flat
Marlow
J S Bach
BWV552b
The Darkling Thrush
I leant upon a coppice gate
When Frost was spectre-gray,
And Winter’s dregs made desolate
The weakening eye of day.
The tangled bine-stems scored the sky
Like strings of broken lyres,
And all mankind that haunted nigh
Had sought their household fires.
At once a voice arose among
The bleak twigs overhead
In a full-hearted evensong
Of joy illimited;
An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small,
In blast-beruffled plume,
Had chosen thus to fling his soul
Upon the growing gloom.
The land's sharp features seemed to be
The Century’s corpse outleant,
His crypt the cloudy canopy,
The wind his death-lament.
The ancient pulse of germ and birth
Was shrunken hard and dry,
And every spirit upon earth
Seemed fervourless as I.
So little cause for carolings
Of such ecstatic sound
Was written on terrestrial things
Afar or nigh around,
That I could think there trembled through
His happy good-night air
Some blessed Hope, whereof he knew
And I was unaware.
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
Hardy’s famous poem, The Darkling Thrush, first appeared in print only a matter of days
prior to the end of the nineteenth century, although he later chose to ascribe to it the
date of December 31st, 1900. It was this momentous centurial event that provided the
primary motivation for this work, which he wrote when he was sixty years of age.
Hardy was watching the sun set on one century and dawn on another. Likewise, today
we give thanks for our choral heritage, looking back at an era stretching for thirty-eight
years, while also greeting a new dawn.
The committee of the TCCA is sincerely grateful to Jonathan Dove for writing, as a gift
for Richard, this setting of Hardy’s poem.
Jonathan Dove, who read Music at Trinity, is one of England’s most distinguished
living composers and is probably best known for his operas and choral music. Perhaps
his most well-known work to date is his airport-comedy Flight. Premièred at
Glyndebourne in 1998, The Sunday Times described it as “one of the few successful
comic operas of recent musical history”. He is also acknowledged as a highlyaccomplished composer of instrumental and theatre-music. In 1998 Dove was joint
winner of the Christopher Whelen Award for his work in the fields of theatre music and
opera. He is currently Artistic Director of the Spitalfields Festival at which the Choir
has performed.
DINNER
8pm, Hall
The Menu
Smoked Orkney Salmon with Red Onion Rings, Capers & Black Peppers
or Roast Mediterranean Vegetable Terrine with Lamb’s Lettuce
Domaine Terrasse d'Elise “Le Pradel” 2002
§
Tournedos Rossini - Fillet Steak topped with Duck Liver Pâté
Madeira & Truffle Sauce
Pan-fried Rosemary Potatoes, Garlic Green Beans, and Vine Tomatoes
or Spinach & Ricotta Roulade with a Pine Kernel & Parmesan Topping
Roast Red Pepper Sauce
Crozes Hermitage, Alain Graillot 2000
§
Brown Bread Ice Cream with Fresh English Berries
§
Parmesan with Honeycomb
Warre’s 1977
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Coffee & Truffles
Feast Anthem
Confitemini Domino - John Hilton
Music from the Minstrels’ Gallery
John Brown’s Body – anon. (arr. RKM)
Chattanooga Choo-Choo – Miller (arr. BWP)
Speeches
The Master, Lord Rees of Ludlow P.R.S.
The Organist and Director of Music, Dr Richard Marlow
On behalf of the TCCA, Robert-Jan Temmink (1992)
This evening’s dinner will be compèred by Alexander Armstrong (1989)
§
After Dinner
For those who would like to repair to the College Bar,
now located off I staircase in Great Court, this will be open until midnight.
SUNG EUCHARIST
10am, Sunday 2nd July, 2006
Sung by Trinity Baroque
Joanne Andrews(1987), Kate Hamilton (1988), Clare Wilkinson (1995), Catherine King (1982),
Julian Podger (1987), Thomas Guthrie (1988), Gabriel Crouch (1992)
Communion Setting: Missa Puer natus est – Tallis
(Kyrie – Plainsong)
Hymn 159 (sung by all)
I bind unto myself today
First Lesson
St Patrick’s Breastplate
Edited by Stanford
2 Samuel 1: 1, 17-27
Anthem
When David heard (sung by Trinity Baroque)
Second Lesson
Tomkins
2 Corinthians 8: 7-15
Gradual Hymn 353 (sung by all)
Dear Lord and Father of mankind
Gospel
Repton
Parry
Mark 5: 21-43
Address – David Mackenzie Mills, Chaplain
Offertory Hymn 466 (sung by all)
Thou whose almighty word
Moscow
Descant: Marlow
Communion Anthem (sung by Trinity Baroque)
Die Himmel erzählen
Final Hymn 185 (sung by all)
Glorious things of Thee are spoken
Schütz
Abbot’s Leigh
Cyril Taylor
Organ Voluntary
Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig (variation XI)
After this service you are warmly invited to stay for breakfast,
served in the Ante-Chapel.
J S Bach
BWV768
ASSOCIATION WEBSITE
The TCCA now has a website. This can be viewed at www.trinity-choirassociation.org. Please use this site to keep abreast of the Association’s activities
and to keep us informed of any change in your contact details. The Committee
wishes to thank Christopher Gray (1989) for designing the site. The Committee
is also very grateful to Gerald Place (1972) for taking photographs during the
course of this weekend. Copies of the best pictures will be available for
everyone to download free from the TCCA website in the coming weeks.
GRATITUDE
The Committee of the TCCA would like to thank the Master and Fellows, in
conjunction with the Alumni Office, for their generous assistance in
accommodating and financing the weekend’s celebrations. The Committee is
also grateful to Ian Reinhardt (Catering Manager) for organising Saturday
evening’s dinner.
THE TCCA COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN
Dr Arnold Browne (Dean of Chapel)
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
Marie-Claire Byrne (1993)
GENERAL SECRETARY
Nicholas Yates (1991)
COMMITTEE SECRETARY
Jonathan Sampson (1992)
TREASURER
Kate May (1992)
CHOIR LIAISON OFFICER
Alison Hill (2003)
EVENTS COORDINATOR
Robert-Jan Temmink (1992)
GENERAL POSTS
Rebecca Yates (1989)
Rickman Godlee (1972)
Tom Herford (2002)
Selene Webb (Chapel Secretary)
PUBLICATIONS SECRETARY
Andrew Lamb (1994)
MUSIC COORDINATOR
Gabriel Crouch (1992)
Kirsten Burke, Britain’s leading contemporary calligrapher, has been commissioned to
create this original artwork using “The Darkling Thrush” by Thomas Hardy as her
inspiration. Kirsten has enjoyed critical acclaim and exhibited her artwork in Britain,
the USA and Europe.
Limited edition prints (54cm x 42cm unframed) are available at £85.
For further information and to reserve your limited edition print please visit:
www.kirstenburke.co.uk/darkling_thrush_gallery
or telephone Jill Hembling on 0208 692 5215.