[Magdalen] Whither Pentecost Sequence.

[Christopher Hart]

We had people standing and reading from wherever they were in a multitude
of languages today. French (several), Italian, Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Koine
Greek, Aramaic, Spanish, German, English, Russian, and Gullah. It was a
cacaphony. I'm not sure how effective it was. They all read the same
portion of the lesson from Acts at the same time.

On Sunday, May 15, 2016, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, I had asked the vicar about that before she went away, and she
> thought it was a good idea. But what she arranged was for someone to read
> the [very long] Gospel passage in Koinè Greek and then the deacon read it
> in English. I didn't find it very effective.  A couple of years ago I had
> people read in three modern languages besides English--one was Arabic--and
> I had them read simultaneously from wherever they were in the congregation.
> I liked that better than any other way I've experienced it; it seemed to me
> that that might have sounded a bit like that first Pentecost. Though, of
> course, if each person was simply hearing the words in their own language,
> I guess they wouldn't hear a collection of languages.
>
> It's good for us, though, to realize that the Gospel is read and
> proclaimed in a multitude of languages around the world.
>
> > On May 15, 2016, at 2:22 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > What I missed was the reading of some/part of the lessons or prayers in
> > various languages. Our congregation is pretty white bread but I know
> there
> > are people who do speak some other languages and could do that.
> >
> > On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com
> <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> >>> Sent: May 15, 2016 1:41 PM
> >>> To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>" <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>>
> >>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Whither Pentecost Sequence.
> >>>
> >>> We went full traditional:
> >>> Hail Thee Festival Day
> >>> Down Ampney
> >>> Abbot's Leigh
> >> Very nice. There are a number of nice settings of the Golden Sequence
> out
> >> there. In Chicago it was a part of the Pentecost Proprium by Jozek
> >> Kronsteiner--an Austrian composer. The music was part of a cache of
> >> European compositions introduced by Msgr. Meter after the 1950 Holy Year
> >> (the first time a lot of new European music had surfaced.) For the real
> >> classics there is always the Dunstable. Mozart wrote a setting of the
> >> Alleluia Verse for Pentecost. I wanted something more contemporary for
> my
> >> anniversary. We already were doing Mexican Baroque and Gabrieli and the
> >> Agnus Dei from the Vierne Mass. I tried to include every group in the
> >> Parish. I just realized I didn't include the Filipino. I don't think
> they
> >> came forward when I was asking for suggestions. Our sacred dancers were
> >> Puerto Rican assisted by a classical dance troupe that had
> choreographed.
> >> Jehan Alain's Dances for Organ.
> >>
> >> Joe
> >>
> >>> The Gibson was a complete (and very welcome) surprise.
> >>>
> >>> The recording on the link I sent is directed by our DoM, who is IMO
> >> amazing.
> >>> -M
> >>>
> >>>> On Sunday, May 15, 2016, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Lucky you! We got a nice anthem which I didn't recognize, "holy
> Spirit,
> >>>> Fill With Power" by Lani Smith
> >>>> On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 1:07 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>
> >>>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> This morning's motet
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://paulgibsonmusic.com/2007/09/veni_sancte_spiritus.html
> >>
> >>
>


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Christopher Hart

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