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Now now G - it's late and you'll wind up the Headmistress.Originally posted by Gabriel Jackson View PostComment
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No, it's quite all right, o.f. The Headmistress has ordered people to ignore .
I don't imagine anyone will dare to say anything anyway.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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I thought St Magnus jarred somewhat amid the contemporaneousness
[do contemporary composers write hymn tunes ?]
EDIT - how does St Pancras church combat the noise of traffic?Last edited by mercia; 17-05-12, 07:09.Comment
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What has become known as 'contemporary' hymnody belongs to the tambourine tendency. I'm not being sniffy about these hymns (perhaps best called praise songs) 'cos if folks enjoy them and are uplifted by them, well jolly good. I do object to the word 'contemporary' or even 'modern' being applied to them. Given that genuinely contemporary art-composers (well many of them anyway) are embracing a harmonic language that is easy on the public ear, I can see no reason why they shouldn't have a go at writing hymn-tunes. How about it Messrs Dove, Chilcott at al? Maybe you already have.....Comment
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I don't think there's any choice but to put up with it. You kind of get used to it and don't notice it after a while...Originally posted by mercia View PostComment
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What's the Patrick Gowers piece like ?
He used to lecture to us when I was an undergraduate music student and had a brilliant collection of "bits" of Bach that broke all the "rules" (as mentioned elsewhere) , I also remember him showing us how he had written a computer programme to work out all the chords that were physically playable on the guitar for a piece he was writing (this was in the early 1980's way before Sibelius etc)...... I think it was for Julian Bream ? and his Sherlock music is great (and probably better than any pension fund !)Comment
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The Gowers anthem is a very fine piece and justly popular. Written for St Paul's in John Scott's time if memory serves me well. (??) There is an excellent recording of it on Westminster Abbey's Ascension cd. And yes, Gowers' Sherlock scores are brilliant.Originally posted by MrGongGong View PostComment
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Scott also recorded it with St Paul'sComment
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Patrick Gowers' Viri Galilaei was commissioned by Richard Harries and first performed 25 years ago today - Ascension Day - in St Paul's Cathedral at his consecration as Bishop of Oxford. It was performed in the following year at the Southern Cathedrals' Festival in Salisbury, and I remember missing that performance, but hearing friends talk of it as an "incredible" piece. It wasn't until some years later that I heard it on the St Paul's CD (Hyperion) and was knocked out by it - in the same way that occurred when I heard live for the first time works like Prokofiev's 5th Symphony, Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, Langlais' Messe Solennelle and Messiaen's Transports de Joie. It's so masterfully constructed, but the best feature is the triumphant 'galloping' organ accompaniment when the hymn (See the Conqueror mounts in triumph) is heard at the climax. It's one piece of contemporary church music that has (so far) stood the test of time.Last edited by Wolsey; 17-05-12, 22:46.Comment
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I oncw did a performance of it where the organ scholar rather unfortunately had the keyboard on the incorrect sound at the start. We got birds. PG was there but forgave us. The Toccata is a good piece too.Originally posted by Wolsey View PostComment
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"Oh, that we were the-e-e-re!" And what was that choral piece taken from The Priory School Sherlock episode? A penitential text ... O Domine ... (?) An ingenious reworking of the Sherlock theme. He had an unerring sense for drama and Viri never fails to thrill, especially the hymn section Wolsey mentioned.Originally posted by orbis factor View PostComment
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