[Magdalen] Clergy choice of funeral hymns

[Ian Gomersall]

What a lovely variety, including some I never heard.

To help us continue the theme on our blog has anyone been to a bishop's funeral and remember the hymns sung?

Ian


Fr Ian Gomersall

Sent from my mobile device - so please forgive any typos.

> On 11 Nov 2016, at 16:00, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Love all of those hymns. I was unfamiliar with the Grieg setting, but its
> sentiment very much reminds me of hymn 286 in the 1982: "Who are these like
> stars appearing?"
> 
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> 
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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>> In a message dated 11/10/2016 9:57:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> houstonklr at gmail.com writes:
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>> my favorites are  :>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>> Used at my mother's funeral, and llikely mine, too:
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>> Ye Holy Angels Bright (Darwell's 148th).
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>> Who is this Flock Arrayed in White? (Norwegian - found in Lutheran
>> hymnals).
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>> I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light (Houston)
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>> Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah (Cwm Rhondda)
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>> And Service Music:
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>> Ordinary - Merbecke
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>> Proper - Traditional Latin
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