Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 21 Mar 01 - 09:09 AM Sorry, bad link. ~S~
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Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 21 Mar 01 - 09:06 AM Welcome to Mudcat, KS. If you're new in these parts, have you checked out THIS yet? Part Two of this thread continues HERE ~Susan |
Subject: FIX ME FOR I HAVE SINNED! From: wysiwyg Date: 20 Mar 01 - 11:43 PM I am so MOCKED! Please JoeClones move these posts! LOL!!! I forgot to set a trace on Part Two! THANKS MATT! OW!!! I DON'T THINK I'VE LAUGHED THIS HARD SINCE THE FUCKING FIRE! And damn that Capslock!!!!! ~S~ |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: KS4460 Date: 20 Mar 01 - 09:02 PM I think Ah Holy Jesus is one of the most beautiful and passionate hymns ever written. Also, another good one is Go To Dark Gethsemane. |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: Matt_R Date: 20 Mar 01 - 07:44 PM Sooz...Part II...remember? Lol! |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 20 Mar 01 - 07:26 PM Sang today: He Washed My Eyes with Tears (posted in a thread) When You Pray (posted in a thread) I Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (to be posted) ~S~ |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 19 Mar 01 - 11:48 AM It's all continued HERE IN PART TWO. |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 19 Mar 01 - 10:35 AM No-- we reserve that treatment for a phrase in In the Garden. But I see how in context we ought to, for B.A. If we are going to be praising all the day long, there's lots of time for each note. ~S~ |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: sian, west wales Date: 19 Mar 01 - 06:02 AM I laughed when I read "Blessed Assurance"! Did you drawwwwwww ouuuutttt the second "This ---- is --- my --- story"? In Wales, the annual week-long August National Eisteddfod (competitive festival) culminates in a Gymanfa Ganu (Singing / Hymn session) with about 2000 voices, and it's broadcast live, so it's a Big Deal to us. A few years ago they did Blessed Assurance and the Conductor drove home the fact that the congregation WOULD remember to watch him on that phrase and they WOULD remember to halve the tempo because they knew and he knew that if they didn't then Sods Law was that the TV camera would be on THEM when THEY screwed up. OK - maybe he didn't use quite those terms, but he put the fear of the Lord into them anyway. Got a big laugh, too. Bigger laugh from me as the camera happened to hit on a friend of mine who claims she can't sing worth a hill o' beans ... but she put on a great mime act! Oh, and Whispering Hope! << big sigh >> sian |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 18 Mar 01 - 07:12 PM Chords for the above. BLESSED ASSURANCE (D)Blessed assurance, (G)Jesus is (D)mine! O what a (E7)fore- (A)taste of (E7)glory di- (A)vine! (A7)Heir of sal- (D)vation, (G)purchase of (D)God, Born of His (G)Spirit, (A7)washed in His (D)blood. Refrain (D)This is my story, (G)this is my (D)song, Praising my (G)Savior, (E7)all the day (A7)long; This is my (D)story, (G)this is my (D)song, Praising my (G)Savior, (A7)all the day (D)long. NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE (F)Nearer, my (Bb)God, to Thee, (F)nearer to (C)Thee! (C7) (F)E'en though it (Bb)be a cross (F)that (C7)raiseth (F)me, Still (Bb)all my (F)song shall (C7)be, (F)near- (Bb)er, my (F)God, to (C)Thee. (F)Nearer, my (Bb)God, to Thee, (F)near- (C)er to (F)Thee! WHISPERING HOPE (C)Soft as the (F)voice of an (C)angel, (G7)Breathing a lesson un- (C)heard, Hope with a gentle per- (F)suasion (C)Whispers her (G7)comforting (C)word: "Wait till the (G7)darkness is (C)over, (G)Wait till the (D7)tempest is (G)done, (G7) (C)Hope for the (F)sunshine to- (C)morrow, After the (G7)shower is (C)gone." Refrain: (G7)Whispering (C)hope, oh how (G7)welcome thy (C)voice, (C7) (F)Making my (C)heart in its (G7)sorrow re- (C)joice. SH |
Subject: Lyr Add for Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 18 Mar 01 - 01:23 PM Here are the three pieces we did last night, the first in marking the recent passing of Malcolm Disley. They may be in the threads somewhere, but I could not find them there except by link to Cyber Hynmnal. In any event I am including them.
BLESSED ASSURANCE
NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE
CYBER HYMNAL NOTES:
WHISPERING HOPE^^
Wish you could have been there. I autoharped and song-led all three. Hardi and our friend Ed played banjo on Blessed Assurance. Hardi fiddled and Ed played tenor banjo, both of them on melody, on the second two items, and it was so pretty. We enjoyed the warmup so much it was like being in church twice, for us. I got funny just before the service when the first arrivals asked, "What are we singing tonight?" And what came to mind was "Blistering Assurance." Fortunately though these same good people prayed for us before the service began, so when we sang it did not come out that way! *G* For many, this was the first time they had heard Whispering Hope. It was new for me, too. If I did not have so many people generously giving me recordings, I'd probably never have learned these old lovelies. If you'd like to borrow the recordings I've accumulated, see this thread: GOSPEL TAPE LIBRARY OFFER ~Susan |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 14 Mar 01 - 10:08 AM Aww..... ya got me! ~S~ |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: GUEST,Sarah2 (at work) Date: 13 Mar 01 - 11:51 PM Susan,
I always thought this would make a great song. Tried to do it once myself, but I never can get through it without blubbering: The Toys
My little son, who look'd from thoughtful eyes (When you see me blubbering in the pews, it's 'cause I use it as a Lenten prayer.) Sarah |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 13 Mar 01 - 02:25 PM Thanks, Joe. Andrea... I don't have any words. Just a heart swelling for all involved, as though I could wrap everyone up in it. Must be His I'm feeling; I know mine's not big enough. ~S~ |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: MMario Date: 13 Mar 01 - 11:43 AM yup - I like that Isaiah the Prophet as well |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: sian, west wales Date: 13 Mar 01 - 11:34 AM Hmmm. No comment, I guess. But thanks for the links, Joe. Sian |
Subject: Lyr Add: JUDAS AND MARY (Sydney Carter) From: Joe Offer Date: 13 Mar 01 - 04:28 AM Here's a slightly different version of "Judas and Mary," with one additional verse. -Joe Offer- JUDAS AND MARY (Sydney Carter) Said Judas to Mary: "Now what will you do With your ointment so rich and so rare?" I'll pour it all over the feet of the Lord, And I'll wipe it away with my hair,' she said, 'I'll wipe it away with my hair.' 'Oh Mary, oh Mary, oh think of the poor: This ointment it could have been sold. And think of the blankets and think of the bread You could buy with the silver and gold,' he said, 'You could buy with the silver and gold.' 'Tomorrow, tomorrow, I'll think of the poor, Tomorrow,' she said, 'not today.' 'For dearer than all of the poor of the world Is my love who is going away,' she said, 'My love who is going away.' Said Jesus to Mary: 'Your love is so deep, Today, you may do as you will. Tomorrow, you say, I am going away But my body I leave with you still,' he said, 'my body I leave with you still.' 'The poor of the world are my body,' he said, 'To the end of the world they shall be. The bread and the blankets you give to the poor You'll know you have given to me,' he said, 'You'll know you have given to me.' 'My body will hang on the cross of the world Tomorrow,' he said, 'not today, And Martha and Mary will find me again And wash all my sorrows away,' he said 'And wash all my sorrow away.' Copyright Galliard Publications I found the lyrics here (click), and also in the Worship Hymnal from GIA Publications. There's a WAV recording of part of it here (click) and a nice MIDI here (click) Note that this song will not be included in the Digital Tradition. Sydney Carter's publisher asked the Digital Tradition to remove all Sydney Carter songs from the database. -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: roopoo Date: 13 Mar 01 - 03:40 AM For those who might want details, there is a thread on the Great Heck rail crash. It'll be a week or more old now. In case it hadn't been revised on there, the final death toll has been set at 10. One a young churchwarden, a software engineer, from Holy Trinity in York. Yes, we are only a mile or so from the site, and our church is Heck's parish church. It was weird last week at our Lent course to see the church with no flowers again, and so empty after nearly 300 crammed in the Sunday before. I can't remember all the hymns we had this Sunday: a power cut halfway through the service didn't help. "Fight the Good Fight" was the last one. Acapella! As you might suspect from this, our village is less than a mile from a big power station! Andrea
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Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 12 Mar 01 - 12:12 PM LOL! Next it will turn up here! Posting the Welsh, huh? Saturday nights the last few weeks have been outstanding. For the lesson on the Transfiguration, it was all contemporary praise. Commune With Me, Behold What Manner of Love, Isn't He?, and Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus. All Maranatha! pieces. I forget now what order they were in. Lent 1 was Micah 6:8, Beautiful, and White as Snow from Maranatha!, and Chatter With the Angels from Wee Sing, a spiritual to which I added verses. Lent 2 was our old favorite as a band, that never grows old, and that I always seem to have enough voice for no matter what-- Never Grow Old, to open. After the penitential order, Phos Hilaron, and collect, it was I Went Down to the River to Pray (from Brother Where Art Thou, thank you Dharmabum!). We are having no offertories for Lent-- the offertory for Lent is to watch Hardiman's hands and humility prepare the table with his gracious economy of movement. I played a slow, quiet version of Precious Lord Take My Hand during communion, and then we closed with it, done a bit faster. For Precious Lord, I had found several short text versions, and wanted enough verses for everyone to learn it who had never heard the melody. Our Saturday night crowd will tackle any piece I throw at them, actually, unlike so many Sunday morning congregations. So each week they may or may not have ever heard or sung what is planned, and they seem to really like the unexpectedness of it. They are always eager to see what songsheets I have laid out on the baby grand, and I sit right next to the piano in its curve, visiting with people as they arrive, and seeing how they react to the songsheets-- I love to see faces light up when they see an old personal favorite that we've never done, or their curiosity about silly stuff from children's hymns, or spirituals they have never heard. It was especially wonderful this week to hear them take up "I Went Down to the River to Pray" as it went along-- I don't think any of them had ever sung in that way before. I don't think I had either. Here is the version of Precious Lord, Take My Hand that we did.
PRECIOUS LORD, TAKE MY HAND
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Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: sian, west wales Date: 12 Mar 01 - 11:34 AM Just when you least expect it ... I bought a copy of the new interdemoninational Welsh hymn book on Saturday and was leafing my way through when what do I find but ... Judas and Mary! First line slightly different than the way I do it but that's the folk process! More importantly, I now know who's responsible for at least the tune (and probably the words): Sidney Carter. I should have guessed, really! Anyway, please add that credit to the above. Interestingly, the Welsh words are completely different (a Harvest Thanksgiving hymn) but written by a minister who spent some time in Toronto ... so I bet that's where he picked it up! Funny old world! Sian |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 05 Mar 01 - 06:00 PM Oh-- duh! Thanks Sian. CRS. I had not stored the item as tagged to the place name, in this feeblbrain. Guess there's Lent, and LENT. ~S~ |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: sian, west wales Date: 05 Mar 01 - 04:50 PM Andrea, I am very sorry to hear that you were close to the rail disaster. Tragic. sian |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 05 Mar 01 - 02:37 PM Andrea... what happened? Also, Sian sent me a scan of the melody for Judas and Mary-- it's wonderful! (It's a BIT like Maid on the Shore, which might do in a pinch if you are dying to do this and have no tune.) MMario, you will love this one. I'll have it for you when you visit. ~S~ |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: roopoo Date: 05 Mar 01 - 01:59 PM We were all going to burn our last year's palm crosses on Ash Wednesday evening in Snaith Priory, the mother church of our team parish, and use them for the imposition of ashes. A certain tragic and horrific incident that morning in Great Heck, which is also in our parish changed the complexion of the service a little, in that we didn't do the ashes, and the Bishop of Doncaster came to lead the service. We still had a Eucharist service and we sang "40 Days and 40 Nights" and "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind" among others. There were 5 hymns in all that night, but I can only remember 2 of them. We are fairly traditional in our Lenten hymns and the majority are from Ancient and Modern (New Standard). Our weekly Lent activities this year are services of Holy Communion on Wednesday evenings, led by different members of the clergy team, each speaking on key figures from the Passion and visiting a different church in our parish each week with each new figure and speaker. Our church in Hensall is the first, and our Rector is starting the ball rolling with a talk on Judas! With all the turmoil and sorrow we have had in the last few days he has not as yet been able to prepare anything and he says it may be totally "off the cuff"! He is a past master at this, although he professes to find it hard to get his head round Judas at the moment. The best thing I ever did for Lent was about 4 years ago when I took on a sponsorship of a little girl in Uganda. She is delightful, and has now started to write a little in English (she's nearly 10). Andrea |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 05 Mar 01 - 11:19 AM Marion, Oh yes! I am sure it will become part of the tradition of the parish too. It has room for so many kinds of expression-- and Hardiman is a master at fitting them all together. Hmmmm.... maybe I will also font it up and cause it to be xeroxed and left on the back table with the other Lenten meditations.... *G*G* ~S~ |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: Marion Date: 05 Mar 01 - 09:31 AM Hi Susan. Breathlessly romantic? I'm just amazed to see how devout I was just a few years ago. Are you really going to use the prayer in church? Marion |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: Abby Sale Date: 03 Mar 01 - 01:58 PM Callop Monday, pancake Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Bludee Thursday, Friday's lang, but will be dune, And hey for Saturday afternoon!
For (Fat) Shrove Tuesday:
Both from English Folk-Rhymes, GF Northall, 1892 |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 03 Mar 01 - 10:13 AM sian, I'm replying here so I can let everyone know-- this computer cannot do sound at all. But I WOULD love tunes. Sometimes I can open jpg's, sometimes not. But I can always open Word attachments, and a "print screen" and paste into Word of anything is one meatball way to send stuff, as an e-mail attachment. (Click HERE to e-mail me.) ~Susan |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: sian, west wales Date: 03 Mar 01 - 07:10 AM I'll have to think about this Satan / Judas / etc. thing over Lent, I guess. It'll be my Lenten meditation. Someone has to do the sh*tty jobs - from Satan to Judas to the pariahs of whatever country. The Least of These, etc. Would God be weeping for Fallen, or agonising that they had to take on the worst jobs. I'm sure I've read some philosopher who claimed that Judas was the most blessed of the disciples, not the most cursed. This is going off the music request at hand, right? OK, to return ... WYSIWYG, I've sent the ABC to Joe Offer - maybe he'll be able to sort it. Otherwise if you want the tune, PM me and I'll try to scan it. sian |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 01 Mar 01 - 09:59 PM This is the corrected second verse-- line breaks, yes, but also a typo.
Could I rain such grief as the Father can I would pour it out full-cupped; Thanks guys. ~S~ |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 01 Mar 01 - 04:05 PM oops. call a clone.... |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 01 Mar 01 - 03:51 PM Alex, wow!!!!! I am flipping now, and I know Hardi will. Wotta LENT!!!! sian, boo hoo, I can't read ABC!!!! I have often said I pray for Satan. I should write a lament. "Who weeps for false light." Now THERE would be a large portion of grief-- God's, for that fallen one once so lovely and so clear. Mmmmmmm.....
If grief could enter a hardened heart would repentance surely come? Could I rain such grief as the Father can I would pour it our full-cupped; Could I overflow with the Father's strength I would serve till all had supped. Could I find the chink where to run the flow I would empty self for love; Could I weep for false light, and rage no more, I'd be like my Lord, above. ~S~ |
Subject: Tune Add: JUDAS AND MARY From: sian, west wales Date: 01 Mar 01 - 03:33 PM I know I'm going to regret this ... but I've TRIED to do an ABC for the Judas and Mary. Is there some way that I could have tried it out before posting? Darn this technology ... it'll probably turn out sounding all oompah-pah, when it's supposed to be slow, sad and waltzy. Anyway ... see what happens... X: T:Judas and Mary M:3/4 K:F L:1/4 D2|G2d2d2|d2c2B2|A2B2A2½G4A2|B2A2B2|c2B2c2|d6|d4D2|G2d2d2|d2c2B2|A2B2A2|G4G1A1|B2A2G2|A2G2F2|G4F2|D4A2|B2A2G2|A2G2F2|G6|G4 sian
Line Breaks <br> added. aybe that will fix it. |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: mousethief Date: 01 Mar 01 - 02:18 PM True, Sian, but one just feels bad for him. |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: sian, west wales Date: 01 Mar 01 - 01:46 PM But where would the Easter Story be without Judas? Wouldn't exist? Was it ... Bonhoffer? ... who pointed out how important he was ...? sian |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: mousethief Date: 01 Mar 01 - 01:33 PM How's this: Alex |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 01 Mar 01 - 01:27 PM Hey Alex, how about a song of thanks for yesterday? ~S~ |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: mousethief Date: 01 Mar 01 - 01:24 PM Nice song lyrics! I'm with you, Sue. I don't know what to do with Judas. You want to slap him and say, "how could you not get it?!" But how can I say I would have fared any better in the same circumstances? There are monks who pray every day for Judas to repent and be healed before the Judgment. I don't know if it's possible, but I sure hope it is and he does. Alex |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 01 Mar 01 - 01:21 PM Oh, sian, it's lovely! I'll find a tune for it. Maybe some more verses too. Thank you! Poor Judas. ~S~ |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: sian, west wales Date: 01 Mar 01 - 11:47 AM I don't know if this would fit, and I don't know where you'd find the tune, but we used to do a song in our church teen choir back in the '60s ... Judas and Mary (sung as a duet):
Said Judas to Mary, "Oh, what will you do
"Oh, Mary, Oh Mary, oh, think of the poor
"Tomorrow, tomorrow, I'll think of the poor,
Said Jesus to Mary, "Your love is so dear
"The poor of the world are my body," he said, I think I've remembered if fairly correctly. I always loved that one! sian |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 01 Mar 01 - 10:12 AM We need a live video feed from the Newman Center, Matt. Make it so! ~S~ |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: GUEST,Matt_R Date: 01 Mar 01 - 10:05 AM Man, the Newman Center last night was MORE packed than it has ever been! What a turnout! The songs were pretty cool. We did "Without Seeing, We Believe", a great song. Father Tom did this great homily, short, but powerful. He kept saying "What does God do? FORGIVE!" And he kept asking us "What does God do?" and we'd all scream "FORGIVE!!!" as loud as possible. What a great feeling. I described it as "a pep rally for Jesus". Afterwards, my friend Ryan kept wishing everyone a "Happy Ash Wednesday"! Later on in the night, me and Ryan started screaming songs from Jesus Christ Superstar at the top of our lungs, while Ryan did hilarious goofy arm-swaying dances. You should have seen us blazing away at "Simon Zealotes"! Then we wanted the real thing, so we put on the Jesus Christ Superstar DVD and started singing along..lol. Before Mass, me and Ryan where entertaining people coming in by singing various Simon & Garfunkel, Monkees, and Chicago songs. We were also belting out "One" by U2. What a gas! |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: wysiwyg Date: 28 Feb 01 - 09:14 PM Wow, Marion! I love the breathlessly romantic prayer... I am going to print it up for Hardiman to use at church. He just read it over my shoulder and loves it, despite conducting three services this long, long day. Here is the one nutty had a verse from, and the one Burke mentioned above, from the 1982 Episcopal Church hymnal. Anyone know another tune for it though? This is not exactly singable and autoharpable.
Now quit your care and anxious fear and worry; } + : ~ *> ) Christ's kiss of peace and a blessed Lent to all. ~S~ |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: Marion Date: 28 Feb 01 - 07:21 PM 1. Not exactly an answer to your question, but still music-related and Lent-related: I gave up the fiddle for Lent one year, and the guitar another year. However, I did it in the spirit of Egyptian Coptics (a branch of Orthodoxy). When I lived in Egypt I found that even though Lent is officially 55 days long, only the keeners actually eat vegetarian and go to the special services for all that time. The others start practicing the Lenten disciplines gradually according to their degree of devoutness... a few weeks before Easter, or at Palm Sunday, or starting Maundy Thursday or Good Friday for the slackers. So religious slacker that I am, I start my Lenten discipline on Maundy Thursday. But seriously, fasting from your instruments for a short time might be a better way to cultivate detachment than fasting from meat - especially if, like me, you're a vegetarian anyway. 2. Not an answer to your question either, but Lent-related: here's a prayer I once put together (some is original and some is ripped off from other sources).
LENTEN PRAYER 3. An answer to your question: I think the hymn "Oh Jesus I have promised to serve thee to the end..." is kind of Lenten. Marion |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: mousethief Date: 28 Feb 01 - 12:12 PM Yes! we sing the entire the 119th Psalm (with little sung 3- or 4-line mini-hymns between each verse!) on Holy Friday in the evening (it is the Matins of Holy Saturday -- Holy Week gets kinda topsy-turvy in the Orthodox Church!). It's called the Lamentations of Holy Saturday. The verses stuck in-between the Psalm verses are a lamentation for the death of God, and a hopeful looking-forward for the Resurrection. Very poignant. I'm trying to find it online but not having much luck. Alex |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: GUEST Date: 27 Feb 01 - 11:53 PM Psalm 119 |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: GUEST,En Date: 27 Feb 01 - 08:04 PM That last reference above of course referred to the responsorial psalm after the third reading on Holy Saturday. En-don't-know-why-I'm-a-guest-now |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: GUEST Date: 27 Feb 01 - 08:01 PM When I was director I chose Lenten hymns that focused on the the return of one's attention to God. No crucifixion music until Palm/Passion Sunday. I'm no longer directing the music but still lead singing occasionally. Here's what has been planned for Ash Wednesday: Save your People--Jim Farrell Ps. 51--Kendzia As the Deer Longs [O Waly Waly alt.] Hosea--Western Priory Agnus Dei--chant Mass XVIII, Plainsong Amazing Grace How's that for eclectic? I also like With the Lord--Joncas and much of the Taize stuff--lots of opportunities for ad lib harmonies and obligatos, varied instrumentation, simple, easy to learn If you're Catholic, here's a wonderful jazz setting of the responsorial psalm after the third reading (Exodus) Let Us Sing--Fintan O'Connor, I believe. We used sax, flute, piano, drums. |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: Dave the Gnome Date: 27 Feb 01 - 06:59 AM We do the traditional Pace Egg Play during the week leading up to Good Friday, culminating in performing it at the Lancaster maritime festival on Good Friday itself. Always found it rather odd that the traditional blacking up and 'cadging' (and boozing!) associated with this activity occured during the last week of lent but then realised that during the development of the Pace Egg play Catholocism and anything to do with it (including lenten abstainance) was probably frowned upon. Alternatively I guess that in cultures where abstainance was still practiced during lent the cadging was OK but the monies saved for a good knees up on Easter Sunday??? Incidentaly I reckon the Irish have a good plan - have your saints day during lent so you have a good excuse to have a break from abstaining part way through the season;-) Cheers Dave the Gnome |
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music From: GUEST,Bo Date: 27 Feb 01 - 01:09 AM Somewhere in the season there has to be the old German hymn "Ah, Holy Jesus". Gives me chills and tears every time. |
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