Charles Villiers Stanford: Magnificat in C, op. 115 | The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford 

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No, it is being sung at the right speed. Stanford indicates crotchet = 60 in the vocal score.

@@gregfolland6569 I am sure that you are correct. However, RVW's metronome markings in the English Hymnal are decidedly tedious. I suspect his only church visits were to Westminster Abbey. Modern taste (especially with baroque music) is decidedly zippier! (Compare Cecilia Bartoli to Kathleen Ferrier. I confess to preferring the latter.)

Robert Pecksmith (currently Assistant Master of the Music at Buckfast Abbey). You can find his solo recordings at ru-vid.com/group/PLMqxY1p-1SR0BwbczeuYk7wOm7F7eHFvW.

The syncing issues are due to the fact that the audio and video tracks were recorded in two separate locations. The audio was recorded at St Paul's Cathedral (see the photos at the start and at the end of the video), but on this particular occasion we didn't get permission to film evensong there. I was only allowed to set up my microphones in the quire and in the organ loft. I therefore had to use the video recording of an earlier performance at Somerville College Chapel instead. It's the same group of people singing the same music a few days earlier, but obviously the two venues have a very different acoustic…

@@stefan.schwarz Really? Well under those circumstances you did a really good job then Stefan! And thanks for the reply. :-)

Ouch, women and girls can also sing nicely

@@e.a.coldrickYes - but Stanford wrote it for men & boys. 💪💪

My preference is the mixed choir, regardless of what was originally intended. It also allows a greater range of ages to perform.

Ha ha : )

I'd be interested to know why you don't want to sing it again and in what respect the Bb is "worse". But I don't expect a very intelligent answer, if I get one at all. ;-)

Why did you bother listening to it. Is it a form of masochism? I remember hearing Stanford in A (with orchestra) at S. Alban's Holborn, London in 1974. As you can guess, out of this world.

(Me personally) I think you are being very rude and disrespectful😑😑😒