trentonjconn

My experience with the Old Mass has been that most down time is accompanied by organ improv when the rubrics permit it.

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St. Aelred Catholic Church
Madison, Georgia
The Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter

Maundy Thursday, 6:00pm
Ordinary: Merbecke w/ Scottish Chant Gloria
Pr…

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Communion: O Filii et Filiae

...without alleluias, one would at least hope...what was the rationale for selecting this hymn?

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St. Aelred Catholic Church
Madison, Georgia
The Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter

Principle Mass, 11am
Ordinary: Englished Mass XVII
Blessing of Palms a…

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Do you know of churches that sing it in the way you suggest?

If my tiny country parish with 100 families can pull it off, yours can too! As Sponsa above mentions, the polyphonic turba …

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The traditional practice is for three deacons (or two deacons and the priest) to sing it. The OF missal explicitly says that the role of Christ should be reserved for the priest if at all possible, a…

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My two cents: if you want there to be music during the Passion, then sing the passion itself! This is the traditional practice, and the turba can be sung in polyphony by the choir. This way, you elev…

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"Holy Hildegard Choir Guild". All parish groups here are formatted as guilds.

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What a mess. Sounds about like 99% of the NO funerals I've ever played or attended. You have my sympathies.

With the "May the Choirs of Angels"...you could just sing &q…

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My experience of the "no recessional during Lent" is that it's often an awkward, ham-fisted attempt at creating a sort of stark stillness. If there are hymns at the other typical four-…

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Regardless, it's not really the job of the congregation to set the tempo.

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Would you not be profoundly disappointed if you were experiencing an opera and one of the singers, either through premeditation or on a whim, decided to speak their aria as opposed to singing it? Wou…

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I disagree strongly that this variability with the OF is a bug as opposed to a feature. The degree to which things vary creates a highly unstable liturgical environment. There is a much, much higher …

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We did it a capella with the refrain in SATB. It came together quite nicely, both the choir and the plebs enjoyed it.

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Man, that sounds like an amazing lineup, especially with the historical instrumentation. Were recordings made?

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St. Aelred, Madison GA (Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter)

Mass in the Night, 10:00pm
Prelude of carols begins at 9:30pm

Ordinaries: Englished Mass IX (Commun…

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One just has to be careful to always understand that psalm-toning propers is a temporary fix on the path to singing the full propers. Setting them to psalm tones, calling it a day, focusing on hymns …

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What's the difference between an organist and a terrorist? You can negotiate with a terrorist.

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While it may not be banned, it is certainly time for that Gloria (and the rest of that setting) to be retired...

The Heritage Mass is a reasonably dignified vernacular metrical setting…

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My experience has been that, usually, the folks who complain about this sort of thing are the ones who dislike traditional music in general and who are therefore looking for things to complain about.

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