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by Tsume Tsuyu
Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:52 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Christmas Carols
Replies: 12
Views: 8906

Re: Christmas Carols

I am just a bit bored. I know what you mean about singing the same old carols at Christmas time, but we should remember that Christmas comes but once a year, so that is actually our only opportunity to sing the traditional, well-loved carols at Mass. The faithful (and those who only come to church ...
by Tsume Tsuyu
Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:59 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: SSG AGM, Crichton Memorial Lecture and Annual Mass
Replies: 11
Views: 7162

Thanks for sharing this. I enjoyed the day, but I shouldn't like to sing there every week. I've never felt so remote from the congregation, and from Mass itself, as I did stuck up in those spooky choir stalls behind the altar.

Welcome to the forum, Alan. :lol:
by Tsume Tsuyu
Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:34 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: That final hymn!
Replies: 13
Views: 7568

Re: GIRM vs Musicam Sacram

"Go in peace to love and serve the Lord" should fill us with enthusiasm to do just that. Exactly! We haven't dropped the final hymn in our parish but, when we're planning, we never think of that last hymn as rounding things off. Usually, we try to choose 'going forth' hymns, reinforcing "Go in peac...
by Tsume Tsuyu
Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:16 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: The Great Amen
Replies: 10
Views: 7559

How come I didn't know about singing the Great Amen...... 49 years a Catholic and i didn't know. I think this is where what presbyter is talking about in his new thread comes in. Each diocese needs a committee for musical and liturgical formation to help us all to understand what we should be doing...
by Tsume Tsuyu
Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:53 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: BBC R4 Daily Service - Singers needed
Replies: 8
Views: 5719

Rehearsals were at 8.15. Were they really? It felt much earlier! I think I must be getting confused with Morning Prayer at Summer School, or maybe another broadcast with Bill in Birmingham when we definitely met at some ridiculously early hour. Oh well then, if we don't start until 8.15 I can have ...
by Tsume Tsuyu
Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:42 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: BBC R4 Daily Service - Singers needed
Replies: 8
Views: 5719

excathedra wrote: It's hard work, but very rewarding.

That's right. I have to confess, though, that the hardest part for me last year was making it to the morning rehearsals for 7 am! :shock:
by Tsume Tsuyu
Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:54 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: BBC R4 Daily Service - Singers needed
Replies: 8
Views: 5719

BBC R4 Daily Service - Singers needed

Prof. Bill Tamblyn has been asked by Radio 4 to provide the music for the Daily Service during One World Week again this year. Some of you may recall that I posted a notice about this last year. Many people who took part last year are involved again, but Bill is looking for a few more singers. The b...
by Tsume Tsuyu
Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:34 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Go Out to the Whole World…
Replies: 29
Views: 17880

Merseysider wrote:We might have to abandon plans for next year's performance of Cosi Fan Tutti on bong pipes.

Oh please don't! My eyes are beginning to water already. :-)
by Tsume Tsuyu
Tue Jun 07, 2005 1:48 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Well, no one said it would be easy...
Replies: 27
Views: 17252

I've lost track as to which thread I should be posting to, but this is the thread where I talked about the 'mix' of hymns we aim for to suit our congregation. Sid (elsewhere) has made reference to this and to the danger of choosing 'old' hymns for an 'old' congregation. I don't think we do this. I d...
by Tsume Tsuyu
Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:25 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Letting go
Replies: 12
Views: 10364

....this is still my community. It is. And that's why, if you're someone who cares about other people, I don't think it's possible to "disengage without guilt". At the end of the day, though, it really is a case of doing what you need to do for you. You are not personally responsible for the surviv...
by Tsume Tsuyu
Tue May 31, 2005 11:01 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Letting go
Replies: 12
Views: 10364

Letting go

I've not exactly been in your position, Alan, but I can empathise with some of what you've said. First though, what struck me was what you said about having previously had a "trained and trusted parish council". Given that you no longer have a resident priest, is now not the time for that parish cou...
by Tsume Tsuyu
Sun May 29, 2005 11:41 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Well, no one said it would be easy...
Replies: 27
Views: 17252

All of this makes me realise just how lucky we are in our parish to have a priest who trusts us. He never interferes with the music and trusts us not to do anything completely outrageous. In his almost eleven years in the parish he has only once asked us not to use a hymn again. There are one or two...
by Tsume Tsuyu
Sun May 08, 2005 8:42 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Payment?
Replies: 80
Views: 49607

It must also be born in mind that (this will probably provoke comment to say the least) the organist has to (or at least should) prepare and practice beforehand; not quite so much is always necessary to conduct a choir I'm afraid it's provoked me to comment, Hare, and I'm not an MD, I hasten to add...
by Tsume Tsuyu
Thu May 05, 2005 1:16 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Resurrecting Oppressed Musicians
Replies: 18
Views: 12509

isn't it important to confine oneself to the hats that suit? Almost everything I've done in my adult life, I've done because it needed doing, rather than because I was especially suited to the job. In most cases, I found I've sort of grown into the role. In some cases, I still feel uncomfortable an...
by Tsume Tsuyu
Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:32 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: This is your chance!!
Replies: 6
Views: 4922

The faithful take their cue from the presider, and if he sings they assume it must be important , and join in. This is so true. Our Priest has given up singing the Doxology, I think because he feels his voice is not really up to it any more, but I do so wish he'd join in with the sung parts of the ...