Couldn't agree more. It's beautiful.alan29 wrote:Got to say that the Durufle is one of my Desert Island picks.
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- Thu Dec 13, 2012 5:50 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: (M)any takers for the old Mass?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10584
Re: (M)any takers for the old Mass?
- Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:33 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Carols at Midnight Mass
- Replies: 48
- Views: 30908
Re: Carols at Midnight Mass
londonchurchman wrote:Talking of Carols, are most of you also planning a Carol service based losely on the Nine Lessons tradition? My local chuch made a valiant attempt last year, and are doing the same this year on the evening of the 23rd.
If only....
- Mon Nov 19, 2012 10:29 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: BJHN conference speech
- Replies: 48
- Views: 20665
Re: BJHN conference speech
If you consider that the most popular are by Bernadette Farrell, Marty Haugen et al, I would hazard a guess at most. This is a fair point - and I'm one who likes traditional four square hymnody (probably would cite Common Praise as my ideal hymn book). In my experience, the works of these composers...
- Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:29 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: BJHN conference speech
- Replies: 48
- Views: 20665
Re: BJHN conference speech
Actually, he's not making any assumptions about what used to happen. He's commenting on what does, and what could/should happen today.
- Thu Nov 01, 2012 3:00 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Malurgy
- Replies: 136
- Views: 44409
Re: Malurgy
I suppose the implication is that, 3000 years later, the layout of Solomon's temple is not necessarily binding upon us?
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 12:35 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Psalm Books - any uptake?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3221
Re: Psalm Books - any uptake?
We started using these in September, and after half a dozen weeks, I've got no hesitation in saying that they are splendid. The responses are picked up well by the congregation and the choir is rising to the challenge of learning a new psalm tone every week (I don’t use a solo psalmist; the whole ch...
- Mon Oct 15, 2012 6:57 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: A year on, what are we singing?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 45231
Re: A year on, what are we singing?
I have to report that progress has no been too good in this particular part of Britain's first city
But Liverpool isn't in Birmingham. At a stretch, I suppose you could say it was a suburb of Wolverhampton, but I don't see how you could say it was part of Birmingham.
- Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:48 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Church services and copyright
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8102
Re: Church services and copyright
SC, are you saying that the charitable exemption arises as of legal right or simply through the choice of the copyright holder? If the latter then every rights holder is free to choose their own policy on this, a potential minefield for people trying to do the right thing. IIRC, even the use of mate...
- Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:41 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: High esteem for the pipe organ?
- Replies: 220
- Views: 87912
Re: High esteem for the pipe organ?
a broad wobbling tremulant
Is this not the primary function of a contralto?
- Mon Sep 24, 2012 6:56 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: High esteem for the pipe organ?
- Replies: 220
- Views: 87912
Re: High esteem for the pipe organ?
All that amounts to though is the statement that 'an organist who doesn't know how to do it won't be able to' - which is not a reflection on the organ. Some fairly basic stuff goes a long way: - determine a tempo and a volume taking into account the size of the congregation (and the proportion of th...
- Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:49 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Greener grass?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 24518
Re: Greener grass?
My guess would be that for RC use, Hyfrydol ("Alleluia Sing to Jesus") is the likeliest to be known to a congregation.
- Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:39 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: High esteem for the pipe organ?
- Replies: 220
- Views: 87912
Re: High esteem for the pipe organ?
I do not agree that the amount-of-air-moved argument is handwaving — indeed, it is no more than common sense. Depends on whether you're talking about amount-of-air-moved in the sense that ultimately you need a large resonant cavity somewhere to get decently developed bass notes, or in the sense of ...
- Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:11 pm
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: High esteem for the pipe organ?
- Replies: 220
- Views: 87912
Re: High esteem for the pipe organ?
A thorough technical discussion, easily the best on this topic that I have seen, is available at http://www.pykett.org.uk/EndOfPipeOrgan.htm#Technical . It's a lot more specific about the underlying reasons for the inferiority of digital sound than any amount of handwaving about 'amount of air moved...
- Thu Sep 13, 2012 7:19 am
- Forum: Liturgy Matters
- Topic: Missal tones
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4845
Re: Missal tones
This is what I use (horse's mouth and all that) http://www.icelweb.org/musicfolder/openmusic.php
- Mon Aug 20, 2012 11:01 pm
- Forum: Sounds Off
- Topic: Some questions for composers
- Replies: 7
- Views: 19580
Re: Some questions for composers
Don't be too sad - your question was specifically addressed to 'composers': I doubt I'm the only one of your hundred or so to have read it, mentally wished you well, looked forward to hearing about what you find, but (on the basis of lifetime Opus count of zero) did not feel qualified to answer...