You have great taste. That was our wedding processional as well.
These are all some of my favorites as well. I love “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say” for funerals. We had it for my husband’s grandfather’s funeral and whenever I get to speak with families of the deceased to plan the music for the liturgy and show them this hymn, they also love it. But it’s also a wonderful hymn for outside of the funeral.
No, of course, not. You’re the whole show! And one of my favorites, as a matter of fact. It will be at the St. Louis Municipal Opera this summer, our big outdoor amphitheater in the park. It seats 11,000 and the 1,100 seats in the back are free for every performance (line up early to get one). I can’t wait. I hope they have the same Harold Hill they had last time, Dirk Lumbard who did it at Lincoln Center. He’s wonderful.
I was in grade school in the 1950s, and I guess today that’s practically the 19th century.
I like both the songs you mentioned. We sang Gather Us In on Sunday. There are frequently complaints here about it, but I rather like it’s rousing melody. It kind of sounds like a sea shanty to me, but it kind of gets you started, if you know what I mean.Traditional though I am, there are a fair few contemporary hymns that I’m rather fond of. A couple of years ago I was at an Anglican church in Toronto for Mass, Procession, and Benediction on Corpus Christi and we sang “One bread, one body” which I quite liked. I do like “Gather Us In” as well. I’m sure there are others.
I guess I’m a bit of a bundle of contradictions. I’d love to see Mass celebrated ad orientem sung to Haugen’s Mass of Creation .
It’s the same one. Ah-ve, Ah-veh, Ah-veh ma-REEEEE-a.
It does have a Psalm-like quality to it, and it’s based on The Lord is My Shepherd, a Psalm if there ever was one. We don’t use it at Mass as a Psalm, although the pastor did let us use it there for my mother’s funeral.Ah thanks for that. It must have been a hymn then. I was confused as I haven’t heard it for years and the fact that there are parts just for the cantor led to think that it was a psalm.
Plus it must be obvious that I am no music expert!
I am glad to bring an optimistic thread on liturgy. There is almost always something to like!
Totally agree.We need a discussion group for singers here.
Now THAT is a great voice for the cross-over genre!!! Thank you for sharing it. A real nice Irish tenor voice. It’s from his soul and from the depths. It’s definitely not saccharine or shallow. You can tell he has a good grounding. He’s actually someone I’d listen to more than once and wouldn’t mind seeing live - AND he’s even more interesting to know that he is a Catholic. Josh Groban is too cheesy and Charlotte Church has done something to her technique which I’m not too crazy about and have been disappointed by. She “makes” her sound rather than allow it to come organically. I used to think she had a nice, sweet voice as a child.
Actually, you can. Of course, one can say that they like the tenor voice more than a soprano voice and vice versa, but in terms of ability, “seasoning”, talent, technique, you can definitely compare. I recently saw a production of “Don Giovanni” where there was no comparison between the Don Giovanni and the his Donna Elvira and Donna Anna. Both ladies were good for B or C level houses, but they weren’t A-level voices. The Don Giovanni was A-Level and you could tell the difference. Then if the soprano and tenor are equal in talent, you’ll get the famous competitions between the two - which ones can hold their high note the longest, etc.His voice has a good ring to it. Plus, he’s a Catholic! I know you can’t compare a tenor with a soprano, but I think this is a good representation of the genre.
Alfie Boe has some good renditions of “I Vow to Thee My Country” (which is close enough to “O God Beyond All Praising”Totally agree.
Now THAT is a great voice for the cross-over genre!!! Thank you for sharing it. A real nice Irish tenor voice. It’s from his soul and from the depths. It’s definitely not saccharine or shallow. You can tell he has a good grounding. He’s actually someone I’d listen to more than once and wouldn’t mind seeing live - AND he’s even more interesting to know that he is a Catholic. Josh Groban is too cheesy and Charlotte Church has done something to her technique which I’m not too crazy about and have been disappointed by. She “makes” her sound rather than allow it to come organically. I used to think she had a nice, sweet voice as a child.
Actually, you can. Of course, one can say that they like the tenor voice more than a soprano voice and vice versa, but in terms of ability, “seasoning”, talent, technique, you can definitely compare. I recently saw a production of “Don Giovanni” where there was no comparison between the Don Giovanni and the his Donna Elvira and Donna Anna. Both ladies were good for B or C level houses, but they weren’t A-level voices. The Don Giovanni was A-Level and you could tell the difference. Then if the soprano and tenor are equal in talent, you’ll get the famous competitions between the two - which ones can hold their high note the longest, etc.
Ok… so that we can sort of bring it back to the subject. I’d love to hear Alfie Boe sing some of these hymns that were mentioned on the thread.
) and Howard Goodall’s “The Lord is my Shepherd”. Boe’s story is interesting as he was a car mechanic who got his start when someone from the music industry overheard him singing and encouraged him to apply to music school. Reminds me of the Russell Watson story except Watson isn’t classically-trained.
Oooo!!! Is that the one with Proulx harmonizations? I loved that melody. Our hymnal (Red Worship III) has it copyrighted 1986 for GIA. Although, I’m not sure if the copyright is for the harmonization or for the actual tune.Another great song is “I Received the Living God.” In our hymnal it is dated 2002!
I think it’s the same melody, but different arrangement. It might explain why yours says 2002. Grundy might have arranged it and copyrighted that year. But, I’m guessing the melody is 20th century, so it still falls under “newer hymn”.
Actually, I think there’s more singing at Catholic masses than at most Protestant services. The main difference is Protestants usually devote a time during their services where they sing 3, 4, or more songs in a row. Whereas Catholics spread our music throughout the whole mass. There’s a lot of music!
I love the version which has the line “Here I am, Lord, I’ve come to do your will. Make of me what pleases you, here I am, here I am, Lord”
Actually, there are serious problems with Gather Us In that are deeper than the fact that it is strangely reminiscent of Gordon Lightfoot’s “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”.
I like that one too. I also like the compositions of Alan Pote, but he mostly composes choral pieces. I like, and I don’t know the composer, is “We Are Surrounded”. I tried to do a web search but could not find the version I am looking for. We used to sing it a lot in our diocesan choir but I haven’t sung with the choir in awhile. It really gives the sense that there are myriads of saints and angels around us.
