[Magdalen] Psalm - Whither Goeth Thou?

[sally.davies at gmail.com]

Well, our usual service ("the 9.30") has no psalm at all. Instead, a long
line of frequently dreary or banal "choruses". We don't have a Gloria
either...'

It's a slippery slope, I tell you, but where it begins...? Can't be the
Coronation Mass as we have NEVER had that.

Our former parish used to chant the psalm fairly often, but only the choir
ever really wanted to.

I'm quite happy with a said psalm but I do like the responsorial aspect, it
helps me connect with the meaning more effectively and I'm sure that's not
just because I like it but something about the way it makes your brain work

Sally D
On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 at 02:07 Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Well, we sing a cappella most Sundays with n the Arab or Slavic Byzantines.
> Some Greeks and Armenians use the organ. Just back from the Cappella
> Romana's Good Friday in Jerusalem in a live perforamance at Annuniciation
> Cathedral  In Atlanta. The performance was decidedly sine organo (a tuning
> fork could be seen from the congregation.)
>
> Joe
>
> On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 7:12 PM, Marion Thompson <
> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello, Ferdinand,
> > The Episcopal Church in the USA.  A number of us are not in the USA and
> > are Anglican Church of Canada or elsewhere or Church of England or
> whatever.
> >
> > Marion, a pilgrim   ... today my sail I lift ....
> >
> >
> > On 3/14/2015 6:54 PM, Ferdinand von Prondzynski wrote:
> >
> >> Jim Guthrie wrote:
> >>
> >>  Plainchant should appear at the principal TEC service on Sunday morning
> >>> with the
> >>> same frequency as the entire Bach b-Minor Mass or Mozart's Coronation
> and
> >>> the
> >>> like.
> >>>
> >> What's a "TEC service"?
> >>
> >> And I'm afraid I disagree with what you say above. I'm not saying that
> >> every church for every service should have Gregorian chant. But for some
> >> it's the right thing. As indeed for some, admittedly few, the Coronation
> >> Mass is. And I think it's not really anyone's business to tell parishes
> >> what they "should" have, or not.
> >>
> >> Ferdinand
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>