An Alternative to the OCP Lenten Gospel Acclamation
  • JacobFlahertyJacobFlaherty
    Posts: 331
    The link should take you to there. Let me know what you think. I just couldn't take the OCP 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' version any longer...

    http://www.musicasacra.com/forum/discussion/6235/lenten-gospel-acclamation#Item_1

    JIF
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  • benedictgal
    Posts: 798
    I do not like it, either. That is why, whenever I cantor, I use the Lenten Gospel Acclamation by David Hurd. It's based on his Kyriale. It is solemn, quite beautiful and easy to sing.
  • Ralph BednarzRalph Bednarz
    Posts: 493
    OCP has bits and pieces of chant structures, mostly used to season a metered melody rather than to support the text. I frequently avoid them.
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  • benedictgal
    Posts: 798
    What makes the OCP settings even worse is the way they split the phrases, as well as the way the accompaniment sounds. It's just too joyful for Lent and, upon listening to the piece carefully, it does, sadly, sound like "Mary Had a Little Lamb." This is not Owen Aslott's best works.
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