“Choirboys”: Bristol Cathedral 1984 (Malcolm Archer) 

I enjoyed this - just as I enjoyed working with Malcolm Archer at Oxford in the 1970s. In my experience, he is an excellent choir director.

Malcolm Archer has a soprano range of his own. 🌲

I would have been fourteen and became a Christian that year at Mission England. Church choral music interests me, especially as I have a musical background (playing violin and viola, singing alto in my church choir). I also have perfect pitch, so would notice any sharp or flat singing!

Forgot to say that he was a very good countertenor

Oh oh oh! 26:42, Malcolm, that's too FAST! But lovely nonetheless!

Most impressive a choral rendition of prayer.

.".... to a Magnificat by Benjamin Britten". Err,,,, he never set the evening canticles!

Most interesting.

That last piece was from whom? The narrator mentions Britten...

I was a non-singing pupil ar BCS 1984-1992. And I am 99% sure I recognise the boy at 3:56 which is pretty surreal all these years later.

20:10

It seems Mr Archer wasn't very successful in conveying an appreciation of Tudor music!

Abolish Tudor music 🤣😂