[Magdalen] serendipitous purchases

[James Oppenheimer]

That is a lovely piece. I am familiar with it as a singer also.  I have no
idea what the words mean.
Knowing that my wife often plays it on her PC and loves it, I asked her (a
big romance language scholar) what the words mean.  She said that she has
no idea what the words are but it is beyond beautiful.

I doubt that we're alone.

James W. Oppenheimer
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Incidentally, liner notes for that album say it was recorded at Smokey
> Mary's....all the more reason the Allegri should have been done in Latin!
>
> On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 11:10 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 10/5/2014 8:17:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
> >
> > The  other was
> > "Refuge and Strength" by the choir of St. Luke's in the Field,  which is
> a
> > collection of psalms in various genres from Anglican chant to  Russian
> > Orthodox. It includes the Allegri "Miserere" which is very nicely  done
> > except for being in English. Sorry to be such a snob, but it just does
> not
> > scan properly or sound right in English! Just because we are
> > Episcopalians,
> > we can't sing in  Latin?>>>>>
> >
> >
> > Yes indeed.  You're more likely to have choral music in Latin
> > (with English translations in the service leaflet) in Episcopal  churches
> > than in the RCC.
> >
> > I agree I can't imagine the Allegri in anything but Latin.
> >
> > St. Luke in the Fields has an excellent music tradition, and it was  the
> > home parish of both my friends, Howard Galley and Mason Martens.
> > Both were Solemn High Masses there, that of Howard, a Requiem in
> > black vestments, and Mason's was a "Mass of the Resurrection" in
> > gold and white vestments.  The music was sublime for both  funerals
> > as would be expected for two such stellar personalities.
> >
> >
> > David Strang.
> >
>