Norway: Sing all the hymns
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NRK TV in Norway is known for its marathon productions showing live events in real time, a form called "slow TV". Past programs have included a live show of a woman knitting a sweater (preceded by a sheep-shearing and wool-spinning); the burning of logs in a fireplace; a five-day ferry-trip up Norway's coast, and cross-country train rides.
Today they are in the midst of a three-day performance in which about 200 choirs are taking turns singing the entire contents of the standard "psalm book". In "Psalm Book Minute By Minute". The program is scheduled to run through all of Sunday, Nov. 30 (local time).
more info: http://www.newsinenglish.no/2014/11/28/choir-marathon-gets-underway/
live video: http://www.nrk.no/informasjon/hvilke-kor-synger-hva-i-nrks-salmemaraton_-1.12064239
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Someone text me when they get to Lux illuxit.
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"Psalm book" is not a correct translation/meaning of "Salmeboka" in this context - it should be "Hymn book" or "Hymnal."
Some of the works which caught my eye (or ear):
3 : Å kom, å kom, Immanuel
Nidarosdomens Oratoriekor og Nidarosdomens Jentekor
Antall vers: 4
Organist/instrumentalist: Knut Størdal
Komponist: T: Latinsk M: Fransk missale/Thomas Helmore
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne B+A+GALLERI
42 : Å du heilage
Nidarosdomens Oratoriekor
Dirigent: Petra Bjørkhaug
Antall vers: 3
Organist/instrumentalist: Øyvind Kåre Pettersen
Komponist: T: Johannes D. Falk 1816/ 1829 M: Siciliansk folketone
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne B
43 : Stille natt, hellige natt
Nidarosdomens Oratoriekor
Dirigent: Petra Bjørkhaug
Antall vers: 3
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Joseph Mohr 1816 M: Franz Xaver Gruber 1818
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne B
78 : Leve for Jesus
Sangforeningen Varden
Dirigent: Camilla Gule
Antall vers: 3
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Russisk martyrhymne M: Russisk melodi
Sted: Utstein kloster, Mosterøy
172 : Were you there
Stine Mari Langstrand
Antall vers: 6
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Afro-amerikansk spiritual tidlig 1800-tall M: Afro-amerikansk spiritual tidlig 1800-ttall
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne S M
223 : Holy, holy, holy, holy
Melhus Songlag
Dirigent: Ingrid Synnøve Østvang
Antall vers: 5
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Tore W. Aas 2004 M: Tore W. Aas 2004
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne
225 : Veni Sancte Spiritus
Melhus Songlag
Dirigent: Ingrid Synnøve Østvang
Antall vers: 2
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Bønn fra middelalderen M: Jacques Berthier 1983
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne
284 : O store Gud, når jeg i undring aner
Rognes Songlag
Dirigent: Anne Kjøren Bones
Antall vers: 4
Organist/instrumentalist: Øyvind Kåre Pettersen
Komponist: T: Carl Gustav Boberg 1885 (Sv) M: Svensk folketone
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne
342 : Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
Busserullgjengen + Bergstadkoret
Antall vers: 6
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: John Newton 1779, 1790 (v.6) M: M Columbian Harmony 1829
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne
384 : Laudate, omnes gentes
Lakselv kirkekor
Dirigent: Anastasia Dmitrieva
Antall vers: 2
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Sal 117 M: Jacques Berthier 1978
Sted: Karasjok kirke
385 : Bless the Lord
Vokalgruppen Caritatis + Levanger Kantori
Antall vers: 2
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Sal 103 M: Jacques Berthier 1978
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne B
386 : Confitemini Domino
Vokalgruppen Caritatis + Levanger Kantori
Antall vers: 2
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Sal 136,1 M: Jacques Berthier 1978
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne B
389 : Lord, I lift your name on high
Hekta Gospelkor + Konfirmanter i Nidaros domprosti + Hekta-bandet
Antall vers: 2
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Rick Founds 1989 M: Rick Founds 1989
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne A
392 : Blessing and honour/Makten og æren
Hekta Gospelkor
Dirigent: Åse Mari Kessel
Antall vers: 2
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Gary Edward Sadler 1992 M: Jamie Harvill 1992
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne A
394 : Open the eyes of my heart, Lord
Hekta Gospelkor
Dirigent: Åse Mari Kessel
Antall vers: 1
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist:
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne A
402 : On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross
Hauka Dekorum
Dirigent: Guro Olsen Gjestvang
Antall vers: 4
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: George Bennard 1913 M: George Bennard 1913
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne B
421 : All to Jesus I surrender
Rauma Gospelkor
Solist: Mari Skullerud
Dirigent: Paul Magne Venås
Antall vers: 3
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Judson Wheeler van DeVenter 1896 M: Winfield Scott Weeden 1896
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne A + S A
428 : Just a closer walk with thee
Rauma Gospelkor + Forsangergruppe Tynset + Hekta-bandet
Antall vers: 4
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Amerikansk gospelsang M: Amerikansk gospelsang
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne A+B
468 : Hos Gud er evig glede
The Adult Choir at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa
Dirigent: Spencer Martin
Antall vers: 3
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Johan Nordahl Brun 1786 M: Norsk folketone fra Nordmøre
Sted: First Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa
470 : Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen
The Adult Choir at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa + Luren Singing Society + Northern Lights
Antall vers: 3
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Afro-amerikansk spiritual M: Afro-amerikansk spiritual
Sted: First Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa
471 : Nærmere deg, min Gud
The Adult Choir at First Lutheran Church in Decorah, Iowa + Luren Singing Society + Northern Lights
Antall vers: 5
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Sarah Adams 1840 M: Lowell Mason 1856
Sted: First Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa
501 : In the Lord I’ll be ever thankful
Rondane Gospelkor
Dirigent: Vidar Hoel
Antall vers: 2
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Taizé M: Jacques Berthier 1986
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne A
565 : Laudate omnes gentes Syng lovsong, heile jorda
Rauma Gospelkor
Dirigent: Paul Magne Venås
Antall vers: 4
Organist/instrumentalist: Orgelpositiv: Knut Anders Vestad
Komponist: T: Sal 117 M: Odd Johan Overøye 2007
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne A
619 : Eat this bread, drink this cup
Frænakoret + Canite
Dirigent: Gunn Sissel B. Håseth
Antall vers: 3
Organist/instrumentalist: Wout Booschart
Komponist: T: Taizé M: Jacques Berthier 1982
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne
626 : Kum ba yah, my Lord
Liv laga
Antall vers: 4
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Spiritual fra De vestindiske øyer M: Spiritual fra De vestindiske øyer
Sted: Opptak fra studio 15 på Tyholt
646 : Sometimes in our lives
Rondane Gospelkor
Solist: Mari Skullerud
Dirigent: Vidar Hoel
Antall vers: 3
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Bill Withers 1972 M: Bill Withers 1972
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne
649 : Through the storms of life
Rondane Gospelkor
Solist: Mari Skullerud
Dirigent: Vidar Hoel
Antall vers: 2
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Calvin Bridges 2005 M: Tore W. Aas 2005
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne
664 : Kom, du Guds kjærleik, kom
Osternes Mannskor
Dirigent: Ole Christian Otterstad
Antall vers: 4
Organist/instrumentalist: Magne Harry Draagen
Komponist: T: Bianco da Siena (d. 1434) / Richard Fr. Littledale 1867 M: Ralph Vaughan Williams 1906
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne
680 : Ubi caritas et amor
Lys Våken Klæbu menighet + barn fra Inderøy menighet + Hydrokoret
Antall vers: 4
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Gammel antifontekst til fotvaskingen på skjærtorsdag / Taizé M: Jacques Berthier 1978
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne A+B
681 : God of creation, send us with your love
Hydrokoret
Dirigent: Trond Dahlen
Antall vers: 2
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: M. Thomas Thangaraj 1990, etter 2 Kor 13,13 M: Tamilsk raga tilrettelagt av M. Thomas Thangaraj 1990
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne B
688 : Go, tell it on the mountain
Olavs menn
Solist: Sandra Borøy
Dirigent: Per Sødal
Antall vers: 4
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Afro-amerikansk spiritual før 1865 M: Afro-amerikansk spiritual før 1865
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne A + S A
689 : Løft høgt hans kross
Olavs menn
Dirigent: Per Sødal
Antall vers: 5
Organist/instrumentalist: Brita Sjöberg
Komponist: T: George William Kitchin 1887 / Michael R. Newbolt 1916 M: Sydney Hugo Nicholson 1916
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne A
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708 : There is a longing in our hearts
Sandra Borøy
Antall vers: 4
Organist/instrumentalist: Bjørn Vevang
Komponist: T: Anne Quigley 1992 M: Anne Quigley 1992
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne S MIDT
744 : The Kingdom of God is justice and peace
Øksendal songlag
Dirigent: Arne Magne Johannessen
Antall vers: 2
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Taizé 2001 M: Taizé 2001
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne B
879 : Å Jerusalem, du sæle
Embla
Dirigent: Norunn Illevold GIske
Antall vers: 6
Organist/instrumentalist:
Komponist: T: Latinsk, 700-tall M: Hymnemelodi frå mellomalderen M: Henry Purcell omkr 1685
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne
888 : Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Trønderkor
Dirigent: Rudolf de Beer
Antall vers: 2
Organist/instrumentalist: Bjørn Vevang
Komponist: T: Lina Sandell 1861 M: C.H.H. Parry 1916
Sted: Vår Frue kirke, inne
The singing has been of generally very high quality, ofttimes inspired. At the moment they have just finished Hymn No. 806.
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That happened. The whole thing can be watched again in 33 two-hour episodes. I've only watched a tiny fraction of it, but there's some good stuff. I recommend the performances by the trio Sursum Corda.Thanked by 1CHGiffen
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Alas, we Catholics don't even have a standard hymnal for such a noble endeavor.
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Do you really want one?
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Matthew, are you proposing the CBC do a three day marathon of singing all the songs in the CBW?
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I'm just suggesting that a "standard hymnal" has many argument against it... such as CBWIII. I'm pretty sure a "National Hymnal" of the USA would look quite a bit like it.
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By standard hymnal, I meant a single hymnal for American Catholics, not a pastiche of different hymnals or songbooks or music issues that we have to deal with now, nor a "national hymnal." The Episcopalians came closest to something like that with The Hymnal 1940.
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Would you trust a USCCB committee to put together a hymnal? If the hymnal could talk, it would say, "We are many parts..."Thanked by 1Adam Wood
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In the German-speaking areas of Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and South Tyrol [now part of Italy]) we have a standard hymnal for Catholics. It contains about 700 numbers of common repertoire (not all of it hymns or psalms, because it is also meant as a prayerbook and contains texts about the sacraments, examinations of conscience etc.) and a diocesan appendix of about 100 hymns. It is a mixture of contemporary and traditional hymns (and that means going back to the 13th century, since the Easter hymn "Christ ist erstanden" is the oldest hymn in the German language known), a few chant ordinaries and simplex Allelujas, antiphons and psalms.
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A promotional website about Gotteslob is at http://www.mein-gotteslob.de/ .
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