[Magdalen] Fantasy Wedding.

[Joseph Cirou]

I would add the following:

May God Smile on You--J.S Bach (soprano duet) or soprano and baritone--or
Counter Tenor (another soloist) and Bryn Hmmm
Beati qui Timent Dominum (Psalm 127--Wedding Psalm) Purcell or others
Wedding Versicles by various--including those commissioned for the Wedding
of HRH the Princess Margaret

(if a baptism is amended to the Liturgy for whatever reason and the either
party is an heir to the throne of France (any descent) Plaude Laetare
Gallia--Lully

Recessional Finale to Act II Lohengrin (without the part for Ortrud)
(Metropolitan Opera Chorus supplement with King Henry the fFowler in
regalia leading the Recessional with Regal Canopy)--this should take it
closer to 13M

Joe

On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>