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| Thou that has given... |
Sat, 26 September 2009 11:22 |
 Augsburg Boy
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so much to me,
the poem by George Herbert, any known hymn settings, vocal setting anyone aware of? Thanks...
Randy
"The Lord so loved the world that He did not send a committee."
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| | Topic: Spanish Gloria settings |
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| Spanish Gloria settings |
Mon, 24 August 2009 10:46 |
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I inadvertently posted this in the wrong forum. A friend of mine has asked me a question that I'm passing on to you in the hopes of getting some direction. He's a choir director in a Spanish-language parish and is having trouble finding a setting of the Gloria that doesn't have some monstrous paraphrase of the text (and, preferably, isn't responsorial). He says this basically rules out anything in "Flor y Canto".
The parish currently alternates between the Salazar, the "Misa Popular", and a responsorial plainsong setting.
Thoughts? Thanks in advance!
-- Andrew
"Active participation does not preclude the active passivity of silence... Worshippers are not passive, for instance, when... following the prayers of the celebrant, and the chants and music of the liturgy."
-- Pope John Paul II
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| | Topic: Text changes in the Ordo Missae |
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| Text changes in the Ordo Missae |
Fri, 21 August 2009 14:07 |
Karl
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Courtesy of the USCCB, visuals that show the changes in the congregational and presidential texts:
http://www.usccb.org/romanmissal/examples.shtml
Click on the PDF icon for more easily read versions, though I should note there's a typo in the PDF of the peoples' parts that repeats a line from the old Gloria into the new Gloria.*
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| | Topic: Sanctus from People's Mass |
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| Sanctus from People's Mass |
Sun, 26 July 2009 14:55 |
Ron
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Hi All--
Anyone know of a setting of the Sanctus from the People's Mass written for brass quartet and organ? I searched WLP's website and found a setting for two trumpets and timpani and another written for 3 trumpets, 2 F horns, and 3 trombones, and possibly a giraffe. Seems WLP is not taking the middle ground on this one...thought I'd run in by the collective minds on the board.
Ron
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| | Topic: American Gradual |
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| American Gradual |
Sat, 18 July 2009 09:49 |
PS4Ever
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Jeff got a nice little post up yesterday on the Offertory proper for this coming Sunday:
http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2009/07/offertory-prope r-latin-and-english.html
It includes a sound sample of the American Gradual version.
Though our Church is very happy with using the propers from the Roman Gradual for the Gradual/Psalm and Alleluia, I think it might be a good time to try one of these out at the offertory. Bruce Ford has done a good job with this.
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| | Topic: Hymn tune "Resignation" |
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| Hymn tune "Resignation" |
Sun, 05 July 2009 10:45 |
Augsburg Boy
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I used it as a prelude for violin and piano, nice settig by Clemens, really. What surprised me is what a response it got, even though we haven't used it or know it as a hymn (My Shepherd You Supply My Need ).
I had plans for introducing later in the summer as a hymn sung, but people are chomping at the bit for it NOW! It is new to the ELW, which is fine...My flautist wants to play the same setting ( it is written for either or ) and even the trumpeter asked if it has a trumpet part, yep it does!
That's nice, leaving the people drooling for more ! And for our pastor's first Sunday, and her first presiding at the Eucharist, went really well, if you discount this. As I was playing the Hymn of the Day, I glanced in the mirror to find the ushers collecting the offering. 
When we got to the offering, someone decided to announce that it has already been taken, so I shouted back "Well, we still will have an Offertory !" 
Democracy in the church is way over rated....a benevolent dictatorship maybe, but I'll be damned if we turn into Congregationalists ! 
As I continue to research this tune, I ran across this video from Seward Memorial Methodist Church in Alaska, stunning arrangement for handbells and cello !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvV1N20bWkA
[Updated on: Mon, 06 July 2009 04:40]
Randy
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| | Topic: A Love Letter to the Pipe Organ |
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| A Love Letter to the Pipe Organ |
Sat, 04 July 2009 18:38 |
M Anon
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I don't think the blogger at the New Liturgical Movement is an organist himself.
http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2009/07/what-is-organ.h tml
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you hear something all your life and then suddenly it is like you have heard it for the first time. Has that happened to you? This is what I experienced with the remarkable new organ installed at Loyola University. Built by Goulding and Wood Pipe Organ Builders of Indianapolis, it has 53 stops, 70 ranks, and 3,747 pipes, an instrument so powerful that it made me appreciate the entire class of pipe organs in all times and all places in a completely new way.
As you sit there in the pew listening to the astonishing range and variety of which that instrument is capable, a revelation hits: this is the most incredible musical experience one can have, even if only considered from the point of view of what you hear and feel. It's not such much this particular instrument itself or that it is being played by a master. It is the apparatus of the organ itself. It wholly deserves its special status in the Church and in human history.
As long as I can remember, manufacturers of audio equipment have been trying to give us the ultimate sound experience: all enveloping, endlessly flexible, a completely physical experience that is overwhelming in all its parts. I've lived through many rounds of innovations in sound reproduction, and just as many media innovations from LPs to 8-tracks to cassettes to CDs to MP3 plays, and an equal number of listening systems from stereo to quad to surround sound.
And look at this: it had all been figured out many hundreds of years ago. The pipe organ does all of this and much more, and adds something extra that no other media has been able to replicate. I can only sum it up in the word authenticity, which I surmise relates to the existence of vast amounts of wind that make it possible and diffusion of sound in all directions that results.
There is something about the combination that penetrates beyond merely listening. It is music in three dimensions, something you experience in all parts of your body and so deeply that it borrows straight into the heart as well. It can't be captured on a recording. It is perhaps the most obvious case of music that absolutely must be heard live because only in this setting do you experience that mystical dimensions of omni-directional sound that is burrowed within the physically created wind of the building itself.
Again, this is not a modern innovation. The first organs might have come into use in the 3rd century, but by the early middle ages they were in common use, with the wind effects created by people manipulating bellows blowing through pipes to make the sound – in the same manner as the human voice itself. It is no wonder that people would walk many miles to hear the organ, and no wonder that it became such a wonderful tool of evangelism in mission territories. Its voice carries with it a kind of divine authority that compels assent.
At the sacred music Colloquim this year, the organ was featured mainly as a solo instrument, which is the setting in which its glories are really permitted to shine. How sad that so many think of it as nothing but an accompaniment instrument used to "support singing," a kind of crutch for everyone. The organ can both walk and fly and should not be contained within this role.
Setting the organ free as a solo instrument provides additional benefits. It permits the organist a surprising degree of freedom of expression, even to the extent that every organist is a kind of composer in his or her own right, by virtue of the tempos and stops chosen for each piece. For this reason, every time you hear Bach you are likely to hear it in a different way, an expression of the creativity of both the original composer and of the current artist. Their talents mix and merge to create a new piece of music each time it is played. Therefore, embedded in the performance of organ itself is an overt bow to transtemporality that takes out of the mundane march of history as we know it in daily affairs.
Perhaps for this reason, I've detected that listeners adopt a broadness of the musical mind that they would otherwise not adopt at the symphony or in private listening on an MP3 player. For example, at the Colloquium this year, we heard some very modern pieces by Jean Langlais (1907-1991), Larry King (1932-1990), Max Reger (1873-1916), Gaston Litaize (1909-1991), and Jehan Alain (1911-1940) – many of them filled with dissonances of incredible power and rhythms that challenge any ear.
If the same music were sung by a choir or played by an orchestra in concert, listeners would internally protest and wait for crowd-pleasers that offer less that challenges our sense. But on the organ, we are more likely to accept the challenge and let it lead us to new places. And so the work of Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) has become standard organ repertoire despite the astonishing dissonance of his work. His music has experienced a success that similar harmonic experiments from contemporaries have not enjoyed.
This again takes us back to that capacity of the organ to compel assent. It is not just another instrument. It is special, the "king of instruments" according to Guillaume de Machaut. I find it striking that within the culture of organists themselves, there is an internal culture that rallies around their own composers and repertoire that is not part of the broader conventional wisdom of music. There is a special language, a special list of great composers and performers.
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| | Topic: A couple of GIA ????? |
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| A couple of GIA ????? |
Sat, 04 July 2009 05:50 |
Augsburg Boy
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1. Anyone have or use the instrumental parts to the St Augustine mass by Leon Roberts? I found out this week in analyzing and trying to use it with instruments, they do not seem to match real well the choral score. Or am I missing something? The Kyrie, for instance, has a 4 measure rest before Violin part comes in, which means the violin is playing a half step off the melody
Had a similar issue trying to use the Saxophone part back at Pentecost, just ended having him play the melody.
2. African American Heritage Hymnal: I thought IIRC there was a companion Commentary on this hymnal, but do not seem to find it? Any suggestions? Thanks;
Randy
"The Lord so loved the world that He did not send a committee."
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| | Topic: Sheet Music Plus coupon |
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| Sheet Music Plus coupon |
Mon, 22 June 2009 15:05 |
Augsburg Boy
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Anyone that uses this site, www.sheetmusicplus.com the following code can be used, I just got my "summer" music to learn order so I won't be using it.
s09-dgw-q7s
Have fun shopping, I did!
Randy
"The Lord so loved the world that He did not send a committee."
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| | Topic: Blott en dag... |
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| Blott en dag... |
Mon, 22 June 2009 14:43 |
Augsburg Boy
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AKA Day by Day, the Swedish tune, anyone aware of a hymnal that has it in D major???? I could transpose, but my transposition skills are "much better" when reading it ! 
D major is a more comfortable key, and works better with the second communion hymn for us this Sunday. Thanks
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Randy
"The Lord so loved the world that He did not send a committee."
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| | Topic: Free Organ in PA |
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| Free Organ in PA |
Sat, 30 May 2009 20:36 |
M Anon
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| Posted elsewhere ( http://musicasacra.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1940& amp;page=1#Item_0)online |
I'm forwarding this as a public service.
Would you please post this e-mail chain below right away to Pip-OrgL? I
don't belong to it, and we have a time-crisis organ situation on our
hands. I had no idea that this church had closed. Alexander Mills
trained with Henry Erben and his organs are wonderful -- they are just
as good in quality as Erben. I have personally seen this organ and can
attest to its quality. It would be a tragedy for this to go to the
dump. We need to get the word out ASAP to see if someone can please
rescue it (all of it -- not just pipework). If you can think of anyone
else to notify, let me know.
Thanks,
Mike Friesen
Carverton United Methodist Church
Church Road
Carverton, Pennsylvania (near Wilkes-Barre)
Alexander Mills
New York City, New York
c.1873
Here is the stoplist:
2 manuals
11 stops with two bass/treble divisions, yielding 13 speaking stops
11 ranks
Great (58 notes)
[8'] Gr. Open Diapason
[8'] Gr. Stop. Diap. Bass
[8'] Gr. Melodia TC
[8'] Gr. Gamba TC
[4'] Gr. Principal
[4'] Gr. Flute*
[2'] Gr. Fifteenth
Swell (58 notes, enclosed)
[8'] Sw. Stop. Diap. Bass
[8'] Sw. Stop. Diap. Treble TC
[8'] Sw. Dulciana TC
[4'] Flute
[8'] Sw. Oboe TC
Tremolo
Pedal (27 notes)
[16'] Ped. Bourdon
Couplers and Mechanicals
Great & Swell (by pushbuttons)
Pedal & Great
Pedal & Swell
Bellows Signal [label missing]
*replacement label; as the pipework is marked “Har Fl”, the stop name
was likely Flute Harmonic.
Source: personal inspection by Michael Friesen
Mike,
I just got off the phone with a piano/organ technician in Wilkes
Barre. He called to inform me that the Carverton Methodist church is
closed and the Alexander Mills organ will be thrown out if not removed
in the next week or so. He just found out about it himself and is
calling around to see if anyone can save it. OCH was not interested.
His name is Earl Orcutt, phone 570-510-1817. Apparently the sale of
the building is imminent and the new owners don't want the organ. I
hope someone can save this organ. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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| Ascension Thursday |
Wed, 13 May 2009 09:18 |
PhiMuAlpha2681
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Prelude: Fugue alla Gigue -- Buxtehude
Entrance: Lift Up Your Hearts, Believers* / ST THEODULPH
Confiteor
Kyrie: adapted from Litany of Saints
Gloria: Carroll T. Andrews
Psalm 47: Michel Guimont
Salisbury Alleluia
Offertory: Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise / LLANFAIR
Community Mass
Agnus Dei: Proulx in F
Communion: This is the Feast of Victory / FESTIVAL CANTICLE
Hymn: Go to the World / SINE NOMINE
Postlude: Exsultate -- Michael Higgins
* -- text by Sylvia Dunstan; from GIA's Hymns for the Gospels. This is a great collection, if you don't have it in your libraries. Modern/contemporary texts set in standard meters so they can be pared with hymntunes your congregations already know, and the table of contents is organized by scripture citations for the gospels of the 3 year cycle.
An artist can be truly evaluated only after he is dead. At the very 11th hour, he might do something that will eclipse everything else.
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| | Topic: All Langlais Lovers |
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| All Langlais Lovers |
Thu, 19 March 2009 04:01 |
Augsburg Boy
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Good News!
Through a few e mails to Ann ( not our Ann, the one without the "e" ) I have found out that the COMPLETE Organ Music of Langlais will soon be available in a 25 CD Set.
Currently, there are several volumes missing or unavailable, but that Musical Heritage Society will soon release the complete set. Link below.
http://www.annlabounsky.com/
Randy
"The Lord so loved the world that He did not send a committee."
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| | Topic: NOT Liturgical music but... |
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| NOT Liturgical music but... |
Tue, 10 March 2009 10:41 |
Augsburg Boy
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weird enough to share! Also testing out my new head phones.
In looking for a recording of Calvin Hampton playing, which I did find, on the same CD I found the music of Gerald Busby.
Some of it , quite nice, contemporary, but listed as one of his pieces, though not recorded is "Body Ode" ( 1994 ) for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone and glass-eater.
Yep, you read that correct. 
I thought the piece I found ( and bought ) called Resuurection, by Knut Nystd, for organ and soprano, which calls for soprano to stand in the swell box and sing at the end of the piece was weird. Heck, that's tame. 
Just for the fun of it.
Randy
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| | Topic: Taize Chant Part Deux |
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| Taize Chant Part Deux |
Sat, 28 February 2009 03:07 |
Augsburg Boy
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For those who appreciate Taize Chant, I need to call your attention to the following CD by St. Thomas Moore Group. It is a very intersting interpretation of Taize, especially with the instrumentation.
For a Taize purist, it may not be to your liking, but for anyone with a bunch a accomplished High School Youth, with instruments, it would work. They even use percussion to great effect. 
It is thinking "outside the box", much like the time I used Tenor Saxophone to accopany on a Gregorian Agnus Dei. That got a few heads to turn around and look at the organ loft!
Two tracks that I seem to come back to again and again are Ostende Nobis ( a chant I was unfamiliar with till now ) and their interpretation of Veni Creator Spiritus.
Pricey for a CD, being an import, but for anyone serious in the use of Taize, well worth it, IMO. FWIW.
http://www.amazon.com/Taize-Chant-Margaret-Rizza/dp/B000G6BK MA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1235818898&sr= 1-1
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Randy
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| Presentation of the Lord |
Wed, 28 January 2009 20:22 |
PS4Ever
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Our second latest Mass of the year - luckily its both shorter and earlier than the Vigil. The Gradual we use is one of my organ student's favorite piece of polyphony.
Gathering in Baptistry: Christ Be Our Light (from Gather Comp 2)
Lighting of Candles: Ecce Dominus noster...
Invitation: Procedamus in pace...
Procession to Church: Lumen ad revelationem gentium...
Vesting: Adorna thalamum...
Incense: Christ Is the World's Light (from Worship 3)
Kyrie IX
Gloria IX
Psalm: Suscepimus (Byrd)
Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia
Presentation/Offertory: I Sing the Mighty Power of God (from Worship 3)
Sanctus IX
Acclamation: Quotiescumque..
Amen: Simple chant
Agnus Dei IX
Communion: Of the Father's Love Begotten (from Worship 3)
Sending: Here I Am to Worship (Hughes)
Postlude: Wie Schon Leuchet der Morgenstern (Buxtehude)
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| 25th Anniversary of Ordination type song |
Wed, 28 January 2009 14:09 |
Augsburg Boy
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Ideas please, we had planned our Mid-week Lenten Dinner ( Corned Beef and Cabbage ) and Eucharist (with lots of incense due to cabbage )for the 25th of March, the Feast of the Annunciation, well so we could have a Happy break from Lent. I just found out today, quite by accident, or the Holy Spirit, that this date is also the actual date for the 25th anniversary of ordination for our Interim pastor. She never mentioned this when we were planning the date.
Any ideas for a song, preferably a soprano solo, which might be appropos for such an anniversary? I already have a soloist lined up to do the Randall Thompson "Magnificat", so hence the sop solo. Thanks for any ideas.
Randy
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| Rodger's MX-200 |
Mon, 29 December 2008 19:57 |
Ron
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Anyone have any experience with the MX-200 sound module put out by Rodgers? If so please e-mail me at Historyguy101 AT yahoo DOT com. Many thanks!
Ron
[Updated on: Mon, 29 December 2008 20:10]
Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi
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| | Topic: Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella by Keith Chapmann/the future of Digital Organs? |
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| "Reclaiming" prayerful singing |
Fri, 21 November 2008 19:02 |
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http://www.theviewnewspapers.com/news/13259/chant-classes-re claim-prayerful-singing/
Interesting story about re-encountering Gregorian chant through a newly formed schola in the Baltimore area.
About 47 years ago, Leon Keller fell in love, as a student at St. Vincent College in Pennsylvania. He was instantly drawn by a combination of beauty and serenity, which touched him deeply.
Unfortunately, he parted ways with his object of affection after graduating and, over the years, eventually lost hope that there would ever be a reunion.
But, a chance encounter last year, while visiting the parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, changed all that.
The organist, Mia Coyne, randomly came up to him after Mass and asked if he would like to join a newly-forming class. Keller, taken completely by surprise, enthusiastically agreed to be a member of the group, which he knew would coincidentally put him back in touch with his long-lost love -- Gregorian chant.
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| ? on Randall Thompson "Nativity..." |
Mon, 03 November 2008 01:38 |
Augsburg Boy
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according to St. Luke. Is anyone aware of a recording of this gem, specifically ( or as it translates out here in the hood, from Ebonics, "pacifically" ) the Magnificat for solo Soprano?
We want to do it this year, but I have been unable to find a recording of it. Thanks in advance.
Randy
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| The Raleigh Ringers |
Fri, 31 October 2008 12:53 |
Augsburg Boy
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I've posted links to this wonderful group, here is their schedule thru 2009, I think we have board participants from these areas. Enjoy! I wish they would come to Boston. 
Saturday, November 8, 2008
7:30 pm Concert
College of the Albemarle -- http://www.albemarle.cc.nc.us/
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Sponsored by the Center Hill/Cross Road Volunteer Fire Department
Tickets: $15
Tickets available at 1880 West City Drive (252-338-8021) or the Center Hill/Cross Road Fire Department (252-221-4956 or 252-221-8578)
Sunday, November 9, 2008
3:00 pm Concert
Virginia Beach United Methodist Church -- http://www.vbumc.org/
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Suggested donation: Adults - $12, Students - $10
For information, contact Wes Lockfaw at 757-428-7727 or wlockfaw@vbumc.org
Saturday, December 6, 2008
7:30pm Concert (Joint Concert with The Madisonville Community College Singers)
Glema Mahr Center for the Arts -- http://www.glemacenter.org/
Madisonville Community College
200 College Drive
Madisonville, Kentucky
Concert Tickets: Main floor - $20, Balcony - $15
For information, contact Retha Tarter at 270-821-2787 or retha.tarter@kctcs.edu
Workshop 10am - noon. For more information on the workshop, contact
Lynn Curtis at 270-821-2787 or LCURTIS0005@kctcs.edu
Sunday, December 7, 2008
2:00 pm Concert
First Presbyterian Church -- http://www.fpcnashville.org
4815 Franklin Road
Nashville, Tennessee
Free concert.
For more information, contact Daphne Garey at 615-298-9517
Saturday, December 20, 2008
3:00 pm & 7:30 pm Concert
Sunday, December 21, 2008
3:00 pm Concert
Meymandi Concert Hall
Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts
2 E South St
Raleigh, North Carolina
Tickets: Adults - $18, Seniors - $16, Students & Groups - $14
Early Bird tickets available from The Raleigh Ringers through November 28th.
Please download this Order Form to purchase ... http://www.rr.org/_downloads/Early%20Bird%20Tix%20Dec%2008.p df
Tickets are available at the Progress Energy Center Box Office and Ticketmaster outlets.
FUTURE CONCERTS
April 18, 2009 - Sunset Beach, North Carolina
April 19, 2009 - New Bern, North Carolina
May 2, 2009 - Peachtree City, Georgia
May 3, 2009 - Wingate, North Carolina
June 7, 2009 - Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, North Carolina
June 27, 2009 - AGEHR Area II Featured Concert, The Mellow Theater, Scranton, Pennsylvania
September 11, 2009 - Dunn Center, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
September 12, 2009 - Columbia, South Carolina (Workshop and Concert)
November 12, 2009 - Ft. Myers, Florida
November 13, 2009 - Bonita Springs , Florida
November 14 , 2009 - Gainesville, Florida
November 15 , 2009 - The Lakeland Center, Lakeland, Florida
December 5, 2009 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
December 6 , 2009 - Leffler Chapel & Performance Center, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
Saturday, December 19 & 20, 2009 - Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, North Carolina
Randy
"The Lord so loved the world that He did not send a committee."
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| Diocesan 25th Anniversay |
Wed, 22 October 2008 10:15 |
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This Friday night, I will be a part of our Diocesan Choir for the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Diocese of Palm Beach. I am excited, as this is something that you don't get to do too often! Thought some of you would like to know the music that is planned.
Prelude: Instrumental music from 6:40 to 7:00- brass for ten minutes, strings for ten minutes.
Leading Procession: 7:00 - Handbell Choir playing "Celebration in C"
Procession of Presbyterate and Episcople Entrance (and they are expecting about 200 priests!) Choir- "Exultate Justi" by Joncas -
up to six verses, repeating them if needed!
Penitential Rite: "Kyrie Eleison" by Hurd. Choir a cappella
Gloria: Mass of the Angels and Saints
Psalm: Ps 150 "Praise God in His Holy Place" by Mawby
Gospel Acc: Mass of the Angels and Saints
Presentation of the Gifts: "Hymn for the Year of Paul" by J. Michael Thompson.
HHH, Mem acc, Amen: Mass of the Angels and Saints
Lord's Prayer: chant
Lamb of God: Mass of the Angels and Saints
Commuinion Songs: first, the Chant Schola (moconnor's group)will do a Communion Chant (can't wait to hear them - one of my good friends is in it and she loves it), then Choir will do "Panis Angelicus" (Franck) in a beautiful SATB setting, which will continue instrumentally as the choir receives communion (which should be interesting as there is going to be at least 80 of us!)
Hymn to the Blessed Mother: Arcadelt "Ave Maria" - Choir,
a cappella, no meter, just watching director who really prays this song when she directs.
Recessional: "Laudate, Laudate Dominum" by Walker
Postlude: "Procession of Praise"
There will be all kinds of brass and strings and other instruments. I think it is going to be glorious, and I feel so honored to be able to take part in it.
I'll let you all know how it goes next week! Stay tuned!
Blessings,
Ginnie
"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it."
- Maya Angelou
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| For Karl |
Tue, 07 October 2008 17:12 |
Ryan
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Hey Karl,
Would you mind e-mailing me off list at rlynch21086 @ GMAIL DOT COM
Thanks
Ryan
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| Organists --- help! |
Fri, 03 October 2008 12:18 |
PhiMuAlpha2681
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This is urgent. Does anyone have a short festive introduction to the tune ST. ANNE (in C)? Long story, but I need it by Sunday.
Scans/PDF's can be e-mailed to nbasehore AT comcast DOT net
Faxs can be sent to 717-232-2799
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~nb
An artist can be truly evaluated only after he is dead. At the very 11th hour, he might do something that will eclipse everything else.
-- Van Cliburn
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| | Topic: The Spirituality of Sacred Music |
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| The Spirituality of Sacred Music |
Fri, 03 October 2008 07:20 |
M Anon
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There is a beautiful essay in the October Adoremus bulletin:
The serious study of the liturgical music of the Catholic Church — namely Gregorian Chant, polyphony and those modern forms of music that are consonant with the Church’s liturgical spirit and tradition — is of utmost importance in the education of a Church musician.
Catholic musicians must revere the treasury of sacred liturgical music. As the philosopher Dietrich von Hildebrand observed, we should “fear to abandon the prayers and postures and music that have been approved by so many saints throughout the Christian era and delivered to us as a precious heritage. The illusion that we can replace the Gregorian chant, with its inspired hymns and rhythms … betrays a ridiculous self-assurance and lack of knowledge”.1 (emphasis mine)
The constant teaching of the Magisterium, underlined in the teaching of Vatican II, has reiterated that Catholics should receive the Sacred Liturgy, with its renowned tradition of sacred music, as food for the soul.2
As French Cistercian Abbot Dom Jean-Baptiste Chautard wrote, “The Church uses her chant and her ceremonies to appeal to the sense faculties, and to reach, through them, the souls of her children more fully, and to give to their wills a more effective presentation of the true goods, and raise them up more surely, more easily, and more completely to God”.3
By analogy, as a child embraces the spoon that his mother puts into his mouth, he savors the food that his mother has prepared for him. In like manner, as children of the Heavenly Father, we too must earnestly hunger for the milk of our Holy Mother the Church, the truths of our faith that are lovingly prepared for us in the Eucharistic Banquet, so that fortified by all that is true, good and beautiful, our hearts, minds and voices might harmoniously resound with the voice of our Mother the Church, and return a joyful song unto the Lord.
When we have this sort of disposition, then we can come to know what the psalmist calls “the beauty of holiness” (Ps 29:2). The Divine Liturgy is the consummation of love between Christ and His Church, between Bridegroom and Bride, which is filled with song and replete with melody.
Because the liturgy peels back the veil of time so that we might come to see the Lord face to face, the formation of Church musicians cannot be limited to the study of theory, history or to the perfection of musicianship. Pastoral musicians must be drawn into an intimate contact with the Word of God, both through the Sacred Scripture and ultimately through the Holy Eucharist.
The Word of God must form in us mature Christian wisdom, to give us a relish and taste for the things of God. If we are to have clear perceptions of reality, we must know the eternal value of the Sacred Liturgy. If we can experience the music of the liturgy in this manner, then we follow the axiom based on the thought of Saint Augustine of Hippo, “he who sings well, prays twice”.4
To sing well is to sing with a heart that is on fire for God. Our earthly music, no matter how refined it is in our vision, or how imperfect it may be in God’s, will be pleasing to Him only when we truly become mirrors of charity. As Benedictine Father Stephen Thuis wrote in 1952, “It is of interest to note that today we are experiencing a revived appreciation of plainchant. This, then, would indicate … that we are in the midst of a reawakening of the religious spirit”.5
Church musicians are exhorted to follow the advice of Pope Saint Pius X, who counseled pastoral musicians, before making music before the Lord, to pray and meditate on the sacred words of the liturgy entrusted to the choir. If the renewal of liturgical music today is to bear lasting fruit, then each of us must cultivate a liturgical piety based on profound and prayerful meditation on the Word.
Lectio Divina — Listening to God
A very ancient art, practiced at one time by all Christians, is the technique known as Lectio Divina or “divine reading” — a slow, contemplative reading and praying of the Scriptures — which enables the Bible, the Word of God, to become a means of union with God. This ancient practice has been kept alive in the monastic tradition, and is one of the inherent benefits of celebrating the liturgy with Gregorian Chant.
In his rule, Saint Benedict says that the art of Lectio Divina begins with cultivating the ability to listen deeply, to hear with the ear of our hearts. When we read the Scriptures we should try to imitate the prophet Elijah. We should allow ourselves the opportunity to listen for the “still, small voice” of God (I Kings 19:12), which is God’s voice touching our hearts.
The cry of the prophets to ancient Israel was the joy-filled command to listen. Sh’ma Israel: Hear, O Israel! (Deut 6:4). In Lectio Divina we, too, heed that command and turn to the Scriptures, knowing that we must hear the voice of God, which often speaks very softly. In order to hear someone speaking softly we must learn to be silent. Gregorian Chant can quiet our souls, so full of the noise of the world, and prepare us to embrace this sacred silence.
From time to time, a word or a passage in the Scriptures speaks to us in a personal way, and we must take it in and ruminate on it. In the celebration of Mass, after the epistle, our Mother the Church guides us in this sort of Lectio Divina by selecting a short psalm verse called the Gradual, as a scriptural-musical meditation in preparation for the Gospel. While the text of the Gradual and Alleluia is short, the melismatic chants (with several notes sung to a single syllable) decorate and embellish the Scripture passage with a spirit of melodic and rhythmic freedom, which gives us time to spiritually digest and contemplate the sacred texts.
In antiquity, the image of the ruminant animal quietly chewing its cud was used as a symbol of the Christian pondering the Word of God. Christians have always seen a scriptural invitation to Lectio Divina in the example of the Virgin Mary “pondering in her heart” what she saw and heard of Christ (Lk 2:19).
For the church musician today, these images are a reminder that we must take in the Word — even memorize it like the monks of old, if we can — and while contemplating it, allow it to permeate our thoughts, our hopes, our memories, our desires. This is the second step or stage in Lectio Divina: meditatio, meditation. Through this meditation, we allow God’s Word to become living and active in our daily lives.
Gregorian chant, as the Lectio Divina of the early Church, provides a deep reflection on the Word of God in the context of the Sacred Liturgy and in the wider tradition of the Church. Gregorian chant has a spirituality — a liturgical spirituality — all its own.
True Christian, spiritual, music is never an end in itself. It returns the soul to God, causing the listener to become sanctified. Truly sacred music leads to the most profound silence, to true contemplation of the Divine Majesty.
Saint John Chrysostom, Doctor of the Church, taught that “our chant is nothing but an echo, an imitation of the angelic chant. Music was invented in Heaven. Around and above us the angels sing”. By embracing the Church’s song, Gregorian Chant, as Lectio Divina, our holy Mother the Church lays the foundation stones of an ecclesial renewal, attuning Catholics to the beauty of Christ, reflected in the Sacred Liturgy.
The Church Sings to Her Bridegroom
The axiom lex orandi, lex credendi (the law of prayer is the law of belief) should be expanded to include lex cantandi, lex amandi — the law of singing is the law of loving. As Saint Augustine said: “For he that sings praise, not only praises, but only praises with gladness: he that sings praise, not only sings, but also loves Him of whom he sings. In praise, there is the speaking forth of one confessing; in singing, the affection of one loving”.6
Music is the language of love. Hence the Church, as the Bride of Christ, has always sung the praises of her Divine Bridegroom, Jesus Christ. Her praises, in turn, are the echo of that ineffable canticle sung in the Godhead from all ages. For the Eternal Word, Jesus Christ, is a divine canticle singing the Father’s praise.
This is the infinite hymn that forever sounds in the “bosom of the Father” (Jn 1:18). It is the canticle that rises up from the depths of the Divinity, the Living Canticle wherein God eternally delights, because it is the infinite expression of His perfection.
Thus the Church is filled with the songs of the angels. When the Sanctus passes through the lips of the Church she is echoing the joyous praise of the cherubim and seraphim, who adore our Triune God in ceaseless adoration.
Because one who loves is wont to sing — Cantare amantis est, as Saint Augustine says7 — then the Church must sing God’s praises with knowledge, with understanding and with love.
Our voices, filled with such love and understanding, will not be silenced, but rather, with all the saints and angels, our songs of praise will echo through all eternity in the halls of heaven.
I'm curious do any of you get resistance from your volunteer musicians when you want to talk about the texts? or disagreement from them that the appropriateness of the text is a more important consideration than whether they like the tune?
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| Sheetmusicplus.com |
Tue, 24 June 2008 04:11 |
Augsburg Boy
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If you use this company, write to me off board, and I got a coupon for $1.50, I can't, won't be using it.
Paschalboy at aol dot com
First come, first served! this really is a terrific site and cheap music, and cheap delivery as long as you plan well ahead of time. Sometimes you get surprised, like I did, when I ordered a Durand edition of Messiaen and got it in less than two weeks!
Randy
"The Lord so loved the world that He did not send a committee."
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| Music For Opening of Year of St. Paul |
Thu, 12 June 2008 20:39 |
beaurm
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Thanks for all of your kind words. I'm still really excited about this large event, and the Festival Choir (which has swelled to 50!). Here's a bit of my music plans:
Prelude: Brass Quintet and Organ (still looking for music)
Gathering Hymn: Sing With All the Saints in Glory [HYMN TO JOY]
Glory to God (Hylton)
Psalm 34 from R&A
Celtic Alleluia
Choir Piece: Jubilate Deo (Mozart)
Presentation Hymn: Faith of Our Fathers [ST. CATHERINE]
Mass of Creation (Haugen)
Communion Hymn: Only This I Want (Schutte)
Choir Piece: Praise the Lord (Mozart/Hopson)
Closing Hymn: Go Make of All Disciples [ELLACOMBE]
Postlude: Brass and Organ (still looking)
Should be a great time! We've advertised this across the Diocese, and are expecting an overflow crowd, including several priests and deacons. Hey Dennis, I'll look for your face in the crowd--we seem to be really good at finding each other by accident in large crowds. Remember those NPM Nationals where we just kind of bumped into each other? Odd, but in a good way. My wife and I can show you around mid-Michigan. On a sad note: last visit to Frankenmuth revealed that the brew-pub/eatery had closed. The economy has hurt that charming little town. Russ B.
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| Ordination to the Order of the Deaconate |
Tue, 13 May 2008 22:32 |
Ryan
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Hey Guys, i'm singing at an Ordination Mass at St Clement's this weekend, Unfortunately I have a conflict that occurs during the Actual Ordination on Saturday but I will be singing on Friday Night when he gives his Final Vows.
Friday May 16 - Solemn Profession of Final Vows
I'll be doing some singing, and playing for this one.
Entrance Hymn: Be Thou My Vision
Gloria: Missa Cum Jubilo
Psalm 84
E Minor Alleluia
Offertory: I can't recall the name, but only the Women will be singing a Chant
Sanctus: Missa Cum Jubilo
Mem Acc: Heritage
Amen: Straight tone Chant
Agnus Dei: Missa Cum Jubilo
Communion: Soul of my Savior
Meditation: Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) Soprano Solo
Closing Hymn: Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
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Saturday May 17 - Ordination to the Order of Deacon
Entrance Hymn: Alleluia Sing to Jesus
Gloria: Missa Cum Jubilo
Psalm 27
E Minor Alleluia
Offertory: Ugh, Again my mind goes blank sorry!
Sanctus: Missa Cum Jubilo
Mem Acc.: Heritage
Amen: Straight tone Chant
Agnus Dei: Missa Cum Jubilo
Communion: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All
Closing: O God Beyond All Praising (Proulx Arr.) w/ Soprano Descant on Last Verse.
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| TV Mass |
Thu, 24 April 2008 14:35 |
Ryan
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Hey Guys,
thought i would give a heads up. Next Sunday May 4. I'm bringing the a few from the Choir of St. Clement's Shrine in for the TV mass. I'll be playing the organ, and the director will be there.
We will be doing some good stuff.
Not sure if the Entrance and Closing will be seen on TV but I'll list them any way
Entrance; Hail the Day that sees Him Rise
Psalm 27: Ostrowski
E-Minor Alleluia - I don't know the composer, but It's a French one taken from some Jubilee Book.
Offertory will only be Organ
Sanctus; Missa Cum Jubilo
Mem acc/amen: Danish
Agnus Dei: Missa Cum Jubilo
Communion: Proper Chant for the 7th Sunday
Closing: Praise to the Lord
It's not on Channel 7 anymore, they moved it to the CW Network in Boston at 7am. But it's rebroadcast on BCTV at 9:30am and 7:30pm. So you can also stream it live at those times at http://www.catholictv.com
It's going to be good!!
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| Daniel Roth, Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston 2pm, 4/10 |
Sat, 19 April 2008 21:56 |
Jscola31
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For those of you, like me, who aren't able to get down to NYC this weekend, Daniel Roth, organist at St. Sulpice, is giving a recital at 2pm at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, April 20 at 2pm. This morning I attended the master class. it was wonderful. my friend jake street did the Demmiseux te deum and monseir roth was very impressed. M. Roth signed a cd I have of him, he was very gracious, friendly, and did an impression of mme. marie-madline durufle!
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| | Topic: FYI: National Catholic Youth Choir |
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| FYI: National Catholic Youth Choir |
Sat, 08 March 2008 07:53 |
PhiMuAlpha2681
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I received the following in the mail. I post it here in case there are qualified youth in your ministries who may be interested.
~nb
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THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC YOUTH CHOIR
"Spreading the Catholic Faith through Great Music"
WHO: Catholics entering grades 10, 11, 12
WHERE: St. John's Abbey and University
WHEN: June 16-July 2, 2008
PRICE FOR ENTIRE EXPERIENCE: $650 (scholarships available)
Application/Audition materials:
www.CatholicYouthChoir.org
Applications Due 3/31
Axel Theimer, conductor
Fr. Anthony Ruff, OSB
Saint John's School of Theology-Seminary
Collegeville MN 56321
320-363-3233
800-241-4796
awruff AT csbsju DOT edu
An artist can be truly evaluated only after he is dead. At the very 11th hour, he might do something that will eclipse everything else.
-- Van Cliburn
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| | Forum: Environment & Art |
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| Topic: Restoring the Altar Rail |
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| Restoring the Altar Rail |
Thu, 23 June 2011 04:32 |
PS4Ever
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I learned yesterday of a Parish, way out in the middle of nowhere, restoring their Communion Rail. It was shortened dramatically on both sides of the opening in the 1980s. Today it is being restored with a gate that replicates the original.
Many Parishes today are undertaking such projects and I think it is wonderful. Their Parishes are being restored to closer to their original state.
We should encourage such projects - even if not in our own parish - with donations, prayers and formal letters of encouragement. Sometimes a letter of kind and encouraging words will encourage pastors to continue with such work (perhaps restoring a high altar or moving the tabernacle to the center).
Deo Gratias!
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