[Magdalen] serendipitous purchases

[Marion Thompson]

Psalm 51.

Marion, a pilgrim
On 10/7/2014 1:50 AM, James Oppenheimer wrote:
> 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.
>>>