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- Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:52 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Christmas Carols
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9054
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 ...
- Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:59 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: SSG AGM, Crichton Memorial Lecture and Annual Mass
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7297
- Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:34 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: That final hymn!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7692
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...
- Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:16 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: The Great Amen
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7643
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...
- Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:53 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: BBC R4 Daily Service - Singers needed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5791
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 ...
- Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:42 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: BBC R4 Daily Service - Singers needed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5791
- Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:54 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: BBC R4 Daily Service - Singers needed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5791
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...
- Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:34 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Go Out to the Whole World…
- Replies: 29
- Views: 18187
- Tue Jun 07, 2005 1:48 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Well, no one said it would be easy...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 17454
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...
- Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:25 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Letting go
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10716
....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...
- Tue May 31, 2005 11:01 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Letting go
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10716
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...
- Sun May 29, 2005 11:41 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Well, no one said it would be easy...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 17454
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...
- Sun May 08, 2005 8:42 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Payment?
- Replies: 80
- Views: 50470
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...
- Thu May 05, 2005 1:16 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Resurrecting Oppressed Musicians
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12656
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...
- Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:32 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: This is your chance!!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4996
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 ...