We started with "POM! for all the saints", and ended with "O when the saints go marching in" which always goes down well with the younger members - and with me. Can't remember what happened in between - nothing specially saintly, but the sermon was good.
We had the Faith Mission visiting so of course the liturgical calendar was avoided like the plague. Not a bad set of hymns though (the less said about the sermon and the bigotry shoe-horned into the prayers the better):
Immortal, invisible
Tell me the old, old story
How lovely is thy dwelling place (the Asprey version, which is an old favourite of mine)
There is a redeemer
It was All Saints at our place too, plus a baptism. (Normally All Saints would be next Sunday and today would have been Reformation Sunday, but All Saints got moved to today and booted Reformation Sunday because, well, reasons.) We had:
Our God, Our Help in Ages Past/ST. ANNE Child of Blessing, Child of Promise/KINGDOM Look Who Gathers at Christ’s Table/COPELAND Glory to God! Our Living Songs We Raise/THE BLEACHER LASS O’ KELVINHAUGH
We don't celebrate All Saints until next Sunday.
Yesterday we sang several nice hymns, but as usual had the complaint from the regular moaner that we sang two that she didn't know (she obviously has a very small repertoire).
This is the day the Lord has made (Bishopsthorpe)
Jesus calls us o'er the tumult (Wraysbury)
Deck thyself my soul with gladness (Schmucke dich)
Lord of creation (Slane).
Yesterday we sang several nice hymns, but as usual had the complaint from the regular moaner that we sang two that she didn't know (she obviously has a very small repertoire).
After the first couple of occasions I'd be tempted to paste on a huge grin and congratulate her on her good fortune in having the opportunity to learn something new.
We celebrate All Saints/Souls on their calendar dates so a normal Sunday for us.
However I introduced a new communion song in the shape of a responsorial psalm allowing the people in the communion procession to sing the refrain without having to juggle a book when they receive. It went down very well.
Yesterday being a Fifth Sunday, we had a group service for the five villages.
Attendance was very poor, about ten, representing at least four of the churches, plus six in the choir. I know it is the end of half term, and the weather has been good, but….
The service was held in one of the struggling churches, though a largish, well kept building, supported financially by the lord of the manor, otherwise it would probably have closed by now.
All Saints.
For all the Saints, all 8 verses! ( Sine nomine)
Let all the world (Luckington)
Ye holy angels bright ( Darwall’s 148th)
Thy hand O God has guided ( Thornbury) all 6 verses.
During Communion:
God be in my head ( Rutter)
O breath of life ( Spiritus vitae).
Heretick! As any fule kno, it's BONK! For all the saints!
Re: He who would valiant be, a lady in the choir in St. John's always sang the last line as "to be a penguin".
Offerings at St. Pete's this morning were:
Be thou my vision - Slane Come, let us sing of a wonderful love - Wonderful Love Bright the vision that delighted - Laus Deo Rock of ages, cleft for me - Petra Come, let us join our cheerful songs - Nativity*
* David always wanted to sing the last line of that tune to "with silver bells and cockle-shells and pretty maids all in a row".
It being the first Sunday of the month, we had Evensong at St. Pete's, with the usual chants for the Canticles, part of Psalm 102 to a chant by Attwood (not, imho, one of his best) and the following hymns:
I know that my Redeemer lives - Warrington Be still, my soul - Finlandia Hail, gladdening light - Sebaste My God, accept my heart this day - Belmont
Most musically interesting item this morning was the closing organ voluntary ... Penguin's Playtime (Nigel Ogden)! Our former organist would not have approved (as I am sure Baptist Trainfan will testify!! )
Our service (visiting another church today) was Remembrance today - the full works: the Canadian national anthem, reading In Flanders Fields, the names of veterans, two minutes silence, the Last Post. Be thou my vision and then Holst's Jupiter on a trumpet following the benediction was a good way to end.
All Saints did get a look in after all, just this week:
[disputed low pitched note] For all the saints
Through the love of God our Saviour
Jesus, lover of my soul
We lay our broken world
Moved by the Gospel let us move
Most musically interesting item this morning was the closing organ voluntary ... Penguin's Playtime (Nigel Ogden)! Our former organist would not have approved (as I am sure Baptist Trainfan will testify!! )
Indeed he would not - but I loved it, just the thing on a dreary day! It would have sounded even better in a certain other church in your town which has a Real Cinema Organ (not that it gets used much, I believe).
The singing of the last hymn was most inspiring, too (I haven't watched anything else).
Yesterday we sang:
Praise to the holiest - Gerontius
How sweet the name - St Peter
In Christ alone
All creatures of our God and King- Lasst uns erfreuen
“The God of Abraham praise” (Leoni).
“Gloria, gloria” (it's a children's setting).
“For your holy book we thank you” (Irby).
“The day of resurrection” (Ellacombe).
“Thanks to God whose word was spoken” (Regent Square).
“I will sing the wondrous story” (Hyfrydol).
The Solemnity of All Saints, transferred to Sunday:
For all the saints, who from their labors rest (Sine Nomine)
By all your saints still striving (Nyland)
Let saints on earth in concert sing (Dundee)
O what their joy and their glory must be (O Quanta Qualia)
Choral:
Ned Rorem: Rejoice we all in the Lord (1986)
Victoria: Missa O quam gloriosum est regnum
Stanford: Justorum animae
“The God of Abraham praise” (Leoni).
“Gloria, gloria” (it's a children's setting).
“For your holy book we thank you” (Irby).
“The day of resurrection” (Ellacombe).
“Thanks to God whose word was spoken” (Regent Square).
“I will sing the wondrous story” (Hyfrydol).
Most musically interesting item this morning was the closing organ voluntary ... Penguin's Playtime (Nigel Ogden)! Our former organist would not have approved (as I am sure Baptist Trainfan will testify!! )
Indeed he would not - but I loved it, just the thing on a dreary day! It would have sounded even better in a certain other church in your town which has a Real Cinema Organ (not that it gets used much, I believe).
The singing of the last hymn was most inspiring, too (I haven't watched anything else).
The first hymn was a good one too that I really enjoy singing - 'Sing we the king who is coming to reign'.
“The God of Abraham praise” (Leoni).
“Gloria, gloria” (it's a children's setting).
“For your holy book we thank you” (Irby).
“The day of resurrection” (Ellacombe).
“Thanks to God whose word was spoken” (Regent Square).
“I will sing the wondrous story” (Hyfrydol).
No, no - Is Outrage! Last tune is Hydrofoil...
The problem is that "Hyfrydol" doesn’t actually sound anything like "Hydrofoil".
“The God of Abraham praise” (Leoni).
“Gloria, gloria” (it's a children's setting).
“For your holy book we thank you” (Irby).
“The day of resurrection” (Ellacombe).
“Thanks to God whose word was spoken” (Regent Square).
“I will sing the wondrous story” (Hyfrydol).
No, no - Is Outrage! Last tune is Hydrofoil...
The problem is that "Hyfrydol" doesn’t actually sound anything like "Hydrofoil".
At some point, I was taught the pronunciation is something like huv-RUH-doll, with the u as in up. Is that anywhere close to correct?
“The God of Abraham praise” (Leoni).
“Gloria, gloria” (it's a children's setting).
“For your holy book we thank you” (Irby).
“The day of resurrection” (Ellacombe).
“Thanks to God whose word was spoken” (Regent Square).
“I will sing the wondrous story” (Hyfrydol).
No, no - Is Outrage! Last tune is Hydrofoil...
The problem is that "Hyfrydol" doesn’t actually sound anything like "Hydrofoil".
Depends whether you're from north or south Wales, I think.
Not all that much. Slight difference in intonation but the obscure (schwa) sound of both Ys is the same wherever you are in Wales. Mind, there's probably an obscure dialect somewhere that pronounces one or both with the clear sound, of course.
But yeah, essentially Huhv-RUHD-ol. Plenty of rolling of the R if at all possible.
My wife is learning Welsh and we usually watch "Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol" (the Welsh "Songs of Praise") on the TV. Welsh pronounciation seems fairly consistent except for "y" which seems to have at least three values depending on where it's found and whether it's stressed or not.
My wife is learning Welsh and we usually watch "Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol" (the Welsh "Songs of Praise") on the TV. Welsh pronounciation seems fairly consistent except for "y" which seems to have at least three values depending on where it's found and whether it's stressed or not.
South Wales - 'Uh' except in final syllables and in the monosyllables dy, fy and y(r) (and a few borrowings like nyrs (nurse)). In final syllables and most monosyllables it's the same as i (as in English tin or machine, depending on vowel length)
North Wales - the same, except the "i" sound is slightly different - it's the same as the north Wales u, a sound I cannot represent without using IPA, where it's ɨ, ɨ:
Online visit to a Protestant church in the Netherlands for their 600th anniversary - an ecumenical service, with guest preacher* from the local RC parish.
All in Dutch, but three familiar hymns to the tunes we know here:
For all the Saints (Sine Nomine)
Praise to the Lord the Almighty, the King of creation (Lobe den Herren)
Now thank we all our God (Nun Danket)
/slight tangent, but enquiring mind needs to know/
*Named as Pastor D, she is listed on her parish's website as *Pastoral Worker D*, the priest being listed as *Pastor C*. For the service I watched, she wore a cassock-alb and green stole.
RC Shipmates will advise, I'm sure, but I take it that this is as close as the RCC is, at the moment, to female deacons? AIUI, the RCC in the Netherlands is somewhat more liberal, in various ways, than in some other countries.
/end of tangent/
BTW, I don't know what was sung at Our Place, other than the current version of the National Anthem...
Our Place (C of E) hosts the town's main Remembrance Sunday event as the war memorial is in the road outside the church. After the uniform groups parade, with Last Post / two minutes' silence / Reveille and reading of the Roll of Honour the service continued inside the church where we sang:
O God, our help in ages past ST ANNE
Lord, for the years LORD OF THE YEARS
In Christ alone (Stuart Townend)
Guide me, O thou great redeemer CWM RHONDDA
National Anthem
I think that this was the first Remembrance Sunday service where our rector chose not to robe - vestments are usually worn only at the first of our three regular Sunday services.
Brief service of reflection at the Methodist church, intended primarily for those unable to stand in the Market Square for Remembrance service.
Praise to the holiest
Make me a channel of your peace.
We had:
Behold the mountain of the Lord (GLASGOW)
Lord make us servants of your peace (O WALY WALY)
Lord teach me all your ways (GARELOCHSIDE)
God of day and God of darkness (LEWIS FOLK MELODY, because I don't know JOEL, couldn't find a midi of it and was blowed if I was going to type in manually a tune I don't even know when I have another that works)
Lord for the years (LORD OF THE YEARS)
Remembrance Sunday was marked at St. Pete's thusly:
God is our strength and refuge - Dambusters' March Jerusalem the golden - Ewing Eternal Father, strong to save - Melita* God, as with silent hearts - Supreme Sacrifice We shall go out, with hope of resurrection - Londonderry Air
As we were a bit ahead of time, the priest suggested we sing the last hymn before the Act of Remembrance, which was fine (I hate that tune with a passion, and was glad to get it out of the way). Unfortunately, the server had other ideas, and suggested to the priest after the Act of Remembrance that we sing it again.
I may never forgive him for that ...
* did you know that with a bit of tweaking, the Sailor's Hornpipe just about fits as a descant to Melita?
* did you know that with a bit of tweaking, the Sailor's Hornpipe just about fits as a descant to Melita?
Just tried it and it would need quite a bit of tweaking surely? You've inspired me to maybe have a go though!
Which reminds me, long ago in a previous church, I once wrote hymn words to Melita, paraphrasing the Song of Jonah in Jonah 2 1-9 (in response to a challenge from the pulpit that there were no appropriate hymns for this passage). It just seemed appropriate to set it to a tune so closely associated with the sea!!
O Day of Peace that Dimly Shines/JERUSALEM God of Compassion, in Mercy Befriend Us/O QUANTA QUALIA We Wait the Peaceful Kingdom/MERLE’S TUNE Soon and Very Soon
Maybe "descant" wasn't quite the right word - "arrangement" might have been better.
I remember David getting his assistant to play the tune on the piano, while he twiddled the hornpipe a couple of octaves above. The modulation in the middle fitted particularly cleverly imho.
Maybe "descant" wasn't quite the right word - "arrangement" might have been better.
I remember David getting his assistant to play the tune on the piano, while he twiddled the hornpipe a couple of octaves above. The modulation in the middle fitted particularly cleverly imho.
Annual Mass for the bereaved this evening. At least 150 there. Names of the dead read out candles lit etc. All in semi-darkness. The candle lighting took about 30 minutes which I and the other musicians filled by taking bits of Taize, Be still for the presence etc for a gentle walk as quiet background instrumentals.
Usual familiar modern RC stuff was sung
Here I am Lord
Because the Lord is my Shepherd
Eagles Wings
Be not afraid.
We used to have such a service (albeit non-eucharistic) every year, in October, but the local funeral directors who organise the invitations have not done so since 2019. I did wonder if they might have wanted one this year, but no.
IIRC, we usually had: Amazing Grace
The Lord's my Shepherd
Blessed are the pure in heart
Thine be the glory
Maybe "descant" wasn't quite the right word - "arrangement" might have been better.
I remember David getting his assistant to play the tune on the piano, while he twiddled the hornpipe a couple of octaves above. The modulation in the middle fitted particularly cleverly imho.
We used to have such a service (albeit non-eucharistic) every year, in October, but the local funeral directors who organise the invitations have not done so since 2019. I did wonder if they might have wanted one this year, but no.
IIRC, we usually had: Amazing Grace
The Lord's my Shepherd
Blessed are the pure in heart
Thine be the glory
We organise ours. Funerals in our church and relatives of parishioners who died elsewhere. Last year we had under 50, so numbers this year were heartening.
This type of service was greatly appreciated when I used to attend my parish church, but I have been told by the church warden that it lost its popularity, so was discontinued ( along with early and midweek communion and Evensong) by the new vicar. I would have thought post- Covid was the right time to restart.
This type of service was greatly appreciated when I used to attend my parish church, but I have been told by the church warden that it lost its popularity, so was discontinued ( along with early and midweek communion and Evensong) by the new vicar. I would have thought post- Covid was the right time to restart.
Apart from anything else, it can be a great form of outreach.
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Immortal, invisible
Tell me the old, old story
How lovely is thy dwelling place (the Asprey version, which is an old favourite of mine)
There is a redeemer
Our God, Our Help in Ages Past/ST. ANNE
Child of Blessing, Child of Promise/KINGDOM
Look Who Gathers at Christ’s Table/COPELAND
Glory to God! Our Living Songs We Raise/THE BLEACHER LASS O’ KELVINHAUGH
Yesterday we sang several nice hymns, but as usual had the complaint from the regular moaner that we sang two that she didn't know (she obviously has a very small repertoire).
This is the day the Lord has made (Bishopsthorpe)
Jesus calls us o'er the tumult (Wraysbury)
Deck thyself my soul with gladness (Schmucke dich)
Lord of creation (Slane).
After the first couple of occasions I'd be tempted to paste on a huge grin and congratulate her on her good fortune in having the opportunity to learn something new.
However I introduced a new communion song in the shape of a responsorial psalm allowing the people in the communion procession to sing the refrain without having to juggle a book when they receive. It went down very well.
Attendance was very poor, about ten, representing at least four of the churches, plus six in the choir. I know it is the end of half term, and the weather has been good, but….
The service was held in one of the struggling churches, though a largish, well kept building, supported financially by the lord of the manor, otherwise it would probably have closed by now.
All Saints.
For all the Saints, all 8 verses! ( Sine nomine)
Let all the world (Luckington)
Ye holy angels bright ( Darwall’s 148th)
Thy hand O God has guided ( Thornbury) all 6 verses.
During Communion:
God be in my head ( Rutter)
O breath of life ( Spiritus vitae).
Re: He who would valiant be, a lady in the choir in St. John's always sang the last line as "to be a penguin".
Offerings at St. Pete's this morning were:
Be thou my vision - Slane
Come, let us sing of a wonderful love - Wonderful Love
Bright the vision that delighted - Laus Deo
Rock of ages, cleft for me - Petra
Come, let us join our cheerful songs - Nativity*
* David always wanted to sing the last line of that tune to "with silver bells and cockle-shells and pretty maids all in a row".
Take this moment.
How great thou art - country and western style.
Is Outrage! *BONK* is Rude Word!
It being the first Sunday of the month, we had Evensong at St. Pete's, with the usual chants for the Canticles, part of Psalm 102 to a chant by Attwood (not, imho, one of his best) and the following hymns:
I know that my Redeemer lives - Warrington
Be still, my soul - Finlandia
Hail, gladdening light - Sebaste
My God, accept my heart this day - Belmont
[disputed low pitched note] For all the saints
Through the love of God our Saviour
Jesus, lover of my soul
We lay our broken world
Moved by the Gospel let us move
Indeed he would not - but I loved it, just the thing on a dreary day! It would have sounded even better in a certain other church in your town which has a Real Cinema Organ (not that it gets used much, I believe).
The singing of the last hymn was most inspiring, too (I haven't watched anything else).
Praise to the holiest - Gerontius
How sweet the name - St Peter
In Christ alone
All creatures of our God and King- Lasst uns erfreuen
During Communion:
Hail true body - Standish
“The God of Abraham praise” (Leoni).
“Gloria, gloria” (it's a children's setting).
“For your holy book we thank you” (Irby).
“The day of resurrection” (Ellacombe).
“Thanks to God whose word was spoken” (Regent Square).
“I will sing the wondrous story” (Hyfrydol).
For all the saints, who from their labors rest (Sine Nomine)
By all your saints still striving (Nyland)
Let saints on earth in concert sing (Dundee)
O what their joy and their glory must be (O Quanta Qualia)
Choral:
Ned Rorem: Rejoice we all in the Lord (1986)
Victoria: Missa O quam gloriosum est regnum
Stanford: Justorum animae
No, no - Is Outrage! Last tune is Hydrofoil...
The first hymn was a good one too that I really enjoy singing - 'Sing we the king who is coming to reign'.
The problem is that "Hyfrydol" doesn’t actually sound anything like "Hydrofoil".
*sigh*
No, but in print it looks like Hydrofoil...
I need to get out more...
Catch the hydrofoil to Manly and have a surf. Bit chilly still, though.
Not all that much. Slight difference in intonation but the obscure (schwa) sound of both Ys is the same wherever you are in Wales. Mind, there's probably an obscure dialect somewhere that pronounces one or both with the clear sound, of course.
But yeah, essentially Huhv-RUHD-ol. Plenty of rolling of the R if at all possible.
South Wales - 'Uh' except in final syllables and in the monosyllables dy, fy and y(r) (and a few borrowings like nyrs (nurse)). In final syllables and most monosyllables it's the same as i (as in English tin or machine, depending on vowel length)
North Wales - the same, except the "i" sound is slightly different - it's the same as the north Wales u, a sound I cannot represent without using IPA, where it's ɨ, ɨ:
All in Dutch, but three familiar hymns to the tunes we know here:
For all the Saints (Sine Nomine)
Praise to the Lord the Almighty, the King of creation (Lobe den Herren)
Now thank we all our God (Nun Danket)
/slight tangent, but enquiring mind needs to know/
*Named as Pastor D, she is listed on her parish's website as *Pastoral Worker D*, the priest being listed as *Pastor C*. For the service I watched, she wore a cassock-alb and green stole.
RC Shipmates will advise, I'm sure, but I take it that this is as close as the RCC is, at the moment, to female deacons? AIUI, the RCC in the Netherlands is somewhat more liberal, in various ways, than in some other countries.
/end of tangent/
BTW, I don't know what was sung at Our Place, other than the current version of the National Anthem...
“Be still and know that I am God” (Anon).
“Beauty for brokenness” (Kendrick).
“Here is love vast as the ocean” (Dim Ond Iesu).
“’Thy kingdom come!’ On bended knee” (Irish).
“There’s a light upon the mountains” (Mount Holyoke).
O God, our help in ages past ST ANNE
Lord, for the years LORD OF THE YEARS
In Christ alone (Stuart Townend)
Guide me, O thou great redeemer CWM RHONDDA
National Anthem
I think that this was the first Remembrance Sunday service where our rector chose not to robe - vestments are usually worn only at the first of our three regular Sunday services.
Praise to the holiest
Make me a channel of your peace.
Behold the mountain of the Lord (GLASGOW)
Lord make us servants of your peace (O WALY WALY)
Lord teach me all your ways (GARELOCHSIDE)
God of day and God of darkness (LEWIS FOLK MELODY, because I don't know JOEL, couldn't find a midi of it and was blowed if I was going to type in manually a tune I don't even know when I have another that works)
Lord for the years (LORD OF THE YEARS)
God is our strength and refuge - Dambusters' March
Jerusalem the golden - Ewing
Eternal Father, strong to save - Melita*
God, as with silent hearts - Supreme Sacrifice
We shall go out, with hope of resurrection - Londonderry Air
As we were a bit ahead of time, the priest suggested we sing the last hymn before the Act of Remembrance, which was fine (I hate that tune with a passion, and was glad to get it out of the way). Unfortunately, the server had other ideas, and suggested to the priest after the Act of Remembrance that we sing it again.
I may never forgive him for that ...
* did you know that with a bit of tweaking, the Sailor's Hornpipe just about fits as a descant to Melita?
Which reminds me, long ago in a previous church, I once wrote hymn words to Melita, paraphrasing the Song of Jonah in Jonah 2 1-9 (in response to a challenge from the pulpit that there were no appropriate hymns for this passage). It just seemed appropriate to set it to a tune so closely associated with the sea!!
Make me a channel of your peace
All who would valiant be
Longing for light
Sorry I'm not very clued up on names of tunes.
O Day of Peace that Dimly Shines/JERUSALEM
God of Compassion, in Mercy Befriend Us/O QUANTA QUALIA
We Wait the Peaceful Kingdom/MERLE’S TUNE
Soon and Very Soon
I remember David getting his assistant to play the tune on the piano, while he twiddled the hornpipe a couple of octaves above. The modulation in the middle fitted particularly cleverly imho.
I couldn't resist having a go at this today, not totally happy with the middle bit though... https://clipchamp.com/watch/lcZo2zrgg1c
It works!
Rather fun...
🕺🕺
Usual familiar modern RC stuff was sung
Here I am Lord
Because the Lord is my Shepherd
Eagles Wings
Be not afraid.
By God, they sang, really sang.
Heartening.
IIRC, we usually had:
Amazing Grace
The Lord's my Shepherd
Blessed are the pure in heart
Thine be the glory
Excellent! 🙂
We organise ours. Funerals in our church and relatives of parishioners who died elsewhere. Last year we had under 50, so numbers this year were heartening.
Apart from anything else, it can be a great form of outreach.