Sacred River: Six hours of continuous sacred music Sunday 26 November

[oddoneout]

19th cent English dirging...

For which the ideal 'follow-on' would presumably be Gaelic psalm singing.....

[underthecountertenor]

... I'm also putting money on : Hildegard of Bingley, Arvo Pärt, some Bulgarian nuns, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, some Negro Spirituals, Palestrina, Bach, and some goddawful 19th cent English dirging...

... and some Shaker simple songs....
.

Do you mean Hildegard of Bradford? Or perhaps Judith of Bingham?

[subcontrabass]

But would it not be better if we had an idea of what was being played when, or am I missing something?
Are we just supposed to go with the flow for six hours and find out later what we were subjected to?

From the perspective of whoever dreamed this idea up you probably are missing something, but then so are they.

I suggest that a possible approach would be to switch off Radio 3 for the six hours, then look at the playlist and see whether there is anything worth listening to via iplayer. In the meantime, on a Sunday morning, a careful choice of a place of worship should enable you to experience some sacred music live and in its proper context.

[jean]

... I'm also putting money on : Hildegard of Bingley, Arvo Pärt, some Bulgarian nuns, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, some Negro Spirituals, Palestrina, Bach, and some goddawful 19th cent English dirging...

... and some Shaker simple songs...

I'd bet on a good deal more non-Western, non-Christian music than merely Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (why only him?)

[jean]

...on a Sunday morning, a careful choice of a place of worship should enable you to experience some sacred music live and in its proper context.

But only of a Christian sort. I'm expecting we'll be offered a much wider range than that. Rams' horns at the very least.

[subcontrabass]

But only of a Christian sort. I'm expecting we'll be offered a much wider range than that. Rams' horns at the very least.

Sikh and Hindu temples (and possibly other places) also function on Sunday mornings.

[jean]

I stand corrected.

And of course the South Place Ethical Society at Conway Hall used to schedule their chamber music concerts at 6.30 on Sunday (do they still?) precisely to lure people away from finding spiritual nourishment at Evensong.

[Serial_Apologist]

Do you mean Hildegard of Bradford? Or perhaps Judith of Bingham?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

They spend as much time telling us about it in advance than they would jabbering between the music in normal circumstances.

But of course this way they can pretend it's clever and innovative.

[un barbu]

'Super flumina Babylonis' as a possible starter to the day?

[Nick Armstrong]

... I'm also putting money on : Hildegard of Bingley, Arvo Pärt, some Bulgarian nuns, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, some Negro Spirituals, Palestrina, Bach, and some goddawful 19th cent English dirging...

[Pulcinella]

From the perspective of whoever dreamed this idea up you probably are missing something, but then so are they.

I suggest that a possible approach would be to switch off Radio 3 for the six hours, then look at the playlist and see whether there is anything worth listening to via iplayer. In the meantime, on a Sunday morning, a careful choice of a place of worship should enable you to experience some sacred music live and in its proper context.

Good suggestions!
Sadly, the minster is only doing one (long) service Sunday morning, but, as you say, there are other places.
Singing in a concert myself Saturday night, with social afterwards, so it might be a morning recovering in bed anyway!

Sung Eucharist and Confirmation
Missa Rigensis Praulinš
Ave verum corpus Byrd
Sermon by the Archbishop of York

PS: The Praulinš is an interesting setting, well worth a listen.
We sang it (complete) at our last concert.
The minster choir will undoubtedly not sing the Credo, and may well not sing all other 'movements' either; we are usually served either the Kyrie or the Gloria.

[mozart79]

when i first hared about this i thought it was going to be on the through the night slot so to find it's going in the day is some what surprising but it's definitely i will listen to on the i player.

[oddoneout]

... I'm also putting money on : Hildegard of Bingley, Arvo Pärt, some Bulgarian nuns, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, some Negro Spirituals, Palestrina, Bach, and some goddawful 19th cent English dirging...

... and some Shaker simple songs....
.

The trailer just now suggests Allegri Misery as well.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I bet Stimmung doesn't get a look in.