RSCM Scotland Triennial Festival 2006
The 2006 Scottish Triennial Festival was at St Michael's Church, Linlithgow on Saturday 4 November.
Key people
The preacher for this three-yearly celebration of the life and work of the RSCM in Scotland is Dr Stewart Gillan, Minister at Linlithgow Church. He will be accompanied by a number of clergy from Linlithgow and around Scotland.
The Festival will include the work of three excellent musicians (in addition to all the singers!):
Frikki Walker (Organist and Director of Music at St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow), director: whose enthusiasm and very capable gifts is guaranteed to make this day both challenging and immensely enjoyable. We are very grateful to him for stepping in at short notice to replace Gordon Stewart who has now moved to the USA.
Michael Harris (St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh), organist
Edward Caswell (St Margaret's, Newlands, Glasgow) will start the day with some fun warm-ups to get our voices going.
Successful candidates for the St Andrew's singing awards will receive their certificates at this service.
Music book
The choir book is now no longer available.
The music sung is listed below (some of it is available to download).
The timetable for the day can be found below.
Local rehearsals
Do please attend one of the area rehearsals if you can.
| Town/City | Date | Time | Location/Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh | Saturday 30th September | 2.30pm - 4.30pm | St Peter's, Lutton Place, Edinburgh (in the hall) Sheila Robertson E: sheila@rscmscotland.org |
| Inverness | Saturday 30th September | 2.30pm - 4.30pm | Ness Bank Church Hall, Inverness Bridget Black E: member@inbhirnis.fsnet.co.uk |
| Glasgow | Wednesday 4th October | 7.30pm - 9.30pm | St Mary's Cathedral, Great Western Road, Glasgow Frikki Walker E: walker@frikki.fsnet.co.uk |
| Gullane | Friday 6th October | 2.30pm | Contact Pat Lynch for more information T: 01620 892228 E: pat@rscmscotland.org |
| Dundee / Carnoustie | Sunday 22nd October | 2pm - 4pm | Craigiebank Church, Greendykes Road, Dundee DD4 7QU Peter Thornton T: 01241 859626 E: pat@rscmscotland.org |
| Dundee / Carnoustie | Sunday 29th October | 2pm - 4pm | Craigiebank Church, Greendykes Road, Dundee DD4 7QU Peter Thornton T: 01241 859626 E: pat@rscmscotland.org |
Timetable for the day
The provisional timetable for the day is as follows:
- 1.00pm arrivals / registration
- 1.45pm choir rehearsal
- 4.00pm tea (Cross House - down the hill)
- 4.45pm robing and preparation for service
- 5.00pm seating
- 5.15pm all seated for the service
- 5.30pm service begins
Getting there
Please note that parking is limited in Linlithgow and that we have been advised to use public transport if at all possible. The church is only a few minutes' walk from Linlithgow railway station. Times of services can be found on the National Rail and other websites.
Music list
- Tchaikovsky: Blessed angel spirits
- Hymn: All my hope on God is founded (Michael)
- Stainer: I saw the Lord
- Beetschen: Psalm 91 (with cantor)
- Hymn: How shall I sing that majesty (Coe Fen, arr. SATB & descant)
- Dams: If I take the wings of the morning
- Vaughan Williams: Song of the Tree of Life
- Hymn: Hark, hark, my soul (Pilgrims) AMR 354
- Prayers with sung response Loving Father, hear our prayer (Chinese, in Light of Life, RSCM 2002)
- chant: In paradisum (1st section: men; 2nd section: all) music available here
- Handel: Let all the angels of God worship him (from Messiah)
- Mozart: Gloria (from Coronation Mass)
- Hymn: Angel voices ever singing (Angel voices, with descant)
So you can start looking at the music we have included references to the location of music in standard anthem and hymn books.
A public domain copy of the music for Blessed angel spirits can be found here.
Music for In paradisum can be found here.
Both of these editions are as they will appear in the Festival book.