Society of Saint Gregory

I agree wholeheartedly Alan29.

Gwyn wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:48 pm
Re: 16ft manual stop:
It can be useful, I sometimes draw it for a final verse of a rousing hymn, then play the verse up an octave. This gives added zing.

Depends on the voicing.

Hence "can" and "sometimes."

Re: 16ft manual stop:
It can be useful, I sometimes draw it for a final verse of a rousing hymn, then play the verse up an octave. This gives added zing.

Keraulophon notes:

Most of those seated near me were not able to join in the traditional Latin prayers and plainsong melodies. Apparently it's not only in the UK that familiarity has been lost!

A tragedy, and on our watch. Shame on us.

Credo III sung antiphonally. Wonderful.

Thanks Keitha. That's very useful info.

Fraternal greetings,
I wonder does anyone recognise the Mass setting from which the Kyrie (commencing at 5:48) and the Agnus Dei (commencing at 53:37) are taken?
http://www.ktotv.com/video/00231861/mes ... illet-2018
Quite delicious.
Thanks everyone,
Gwyn.

I often attend an Ordinariate Celebration of Holy Mass in Rogerstone, South-East Wales. Mass is celebrated with dignity and reverence. The music is typically Anglican - no bad thing. The Mass setting is poor, sounding like it's been cobbled together by a committee. A very capable organist plays regu...

iirc the Gradual is also an option.

Didn't Bugnini get himself slung out? Or was that a different Bugnini?

I see. Thank you.

Far more disturbing, a recent tweet about Readers (Lectors) links to a piece on the New Liturgical Movement website by Peter Kwasniewski which references a practice at St Thomas Aquinas College, California, where only vested altar servers are allowed to do the readings. Is the SSG thereby endorsing...

Thanks folks. Some lovely snippets there and some interesting observations.
Gwyn.

The hymn "O God of every shining constellation" has had a few airings on Songs of Praise of late. The Tune "Lucy" is a cracker.
What do we know of it? I've not seen it in any hymnals.
Gwyn.

The same setting was used when Midnight Mass was broadcast from Arundel Cathedral two to three years back.