[Magdalen] Seasonal music

[Kate Conant]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjtMJxtoooI

I had never heard this until today.  It's okay, but I prefer lower pitches.

"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 11/29/2016 12:35:39 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
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> I often  remember the oft-repeated direction of our Michigan State U
> choral  director, Charles K. Smith: "Always beautiful." If a passage
> soars to lofty  heights in terms of pitch, let it do that and don't try
> to help it by  yelling. Focus instead on singing the right pitches with
> beauty and  phrasing.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> Re:  E'en So Lord Jesus:
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> We tried it at the local Procathedral.  The anthem is easy  enough
> to read musically, but the sopranos simply couldn't get it right,
> and the O/C cancelled it and there was a replacement anthem.
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> I recall that dramatic time (during Advent naturally) when Paul
> Manz was dying, and it seemed the entire church music world was
> there at his bedside.  His beloved wife had died some years  earlier,
> and Manz and his family looked upon his impending death as a
> reunion event.  Never had the text of "E'en So Lord Jesus" been
> more appropriate.  It was a sermon in the flesh for all of us
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> David S.
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