[Magdalen] Fantasy Wedding.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Does that include overnight lodging for all at the Offertory point in the liturgy, the Eucharist to be celebrated on the morrow...?

> On Nov 3, 2014, at 7:34 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> 
> I posted this for fun on one of the O/C groups, and I post it here for  
> interest
> sake:
> 
> 
> 
> With all the fuss about the recent George Clooney wedding in an  historic
> hotel in Venice, and the announcement that the wedding festivities are  
> estimated
> to have cost some $13 million dollars, I wondered what kind of a  
> traditional,
> church wedding one could get for that sum.
> 
> I therefore present my idea of an ideal, if fantasy, wedding.   YMMV.
> 
> I'm assuming that the bride and groom are practicing Christians.
> 
> It should be clear that the pieces sung in Latin and German would  have
> texts fully translated in the wedding program.
> 
> 
> LOCATION:  Saint Thomas Fifth Avenue (Episcopal; NYC).  
> 
> This is arguably the most beautiful parish church of any denomination in  
> the USA.
> There is a resident world-class mens & boys choir.  There are two  pipe 
> organs,
> of which the sanctuary organ is undergoing an enlargement and  complete
> rebuild.  The church is large enough for a grand crowd, and yet not so  
> large that
> liturgy gets lost in vastness.  There is an excellent organist and  
> assistants.
> 
> A similar location could be the RC Church of Saint Vincent Ferrer,  NYC.,
> but the Saint Thomas Choir would have to be borrowed.
> 
> CLERGY OFFICIATING:  Bishop of New York and clergy from Saint  Thomas.
> 
> TYPE OF LITURGY:  SOLEMN HIGH PONTIFICAL NUPTIAL MASS WITH
>                                MARRIAGE RITE.
> 
> MUSICAL FORCES:  Choir and men and boys.  Sopranos: Renee  Fleming,
>                                 and Angela Gheorghui.  Tenor: Roberto 
> Alagna.
>                                Bass:  Bryn Terfel.
> 
> INSTRUMENTAL:  Symphony orchestra of circa 50; two pipe organs,  piano.
> 
>                             The orchestra would be disposed at the edge of 
> the sanctuary
>                             and the soloists in suitable locations at the 
> front edge of the choir.
> 
> THE LITURGIES:
> 
> (1)  Prelude:  Wedding Day at Trollhaugen - piano - Edvard  Grieg.
> 
> (2)  Processional hymn - Choir and clergy first, and then the bridal  
> parties.
>                                      Hymn:  Love Divine: '82 - #657 - 
> Congregation sings.
> 
> (3) Wedding Rite from '79 Episcopal Prayer Book.  (If at St. Vincent  
> Ferrer,
>     This would be the Wedding Service from  the current Roman Missal).
> 
> (4)  Du ring an meine finger - Sung in German - Robert Schumann.
>      Angela Gheorghui, soprano.
> 
> (5)  Introit - plainchant from Graduale Romanum Latin Wedding  Mass.
>      chanted by Saint Thomas Choir.
> 
> (6)  Kyrie and Gloria - Mass in C - Beethoven.
> 
> (7)  Gradual chant - Choir - Graduale Romanum.
> 
> (8)  Jeg Elskar Deg (Ich Liebe Dich; I Love Thee Dear) sung in  Norwegian
>       by Bryn Terfel.
> 
> (9)  Epistle - plainchant (I would hope the Collect and the Preface  would 
> be
>      plainchanted for this service,  too).
> 
> (10) Alleluia and Verse - Chant from Graduale Romanum.
> 
> (11) Gospel - Plainchant.
> 
> (12) Ave Maris Stella - Edvard Grieg.- Choir.
> 
> 
> (13)  Offertory Chant - plainchant from Graduale Romanum - Choir
> 
> (14)  Du Bist Bei Mir - Sung in German by Renee Fleming -  Notebook
>         of Anna Maria.
> 
> (15)  Sanctus - Mass in C - Choir and Soloists
> 
> (16)  Agnus Dei - Mass in C - Choir and Soloists.
> 
> (17)  Communio - Chant from GR - Choir.
> 
> (18)  Panis Angelicus - Franck - Roberto Alagna with Choir.
> 
> (19)  O Taste and See - R Vaughn-Williams - Choir
> 
> (20)  Recessional:  Jig Fugue in G Major - JS Bach.
> 
> Reception at the Rainbow Room, RCA Building 70th floor in the  room  with
> its own Wurlitzer pipe organ.
> 
> I think all this would cost less than $13 million!
> 
> 
> 
> David Strang.
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