[Magdalen] Seasonal music

[Marion Thompson]

The alto line is a pleasure to sing; let the sopranos do what they may.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 11/29/2016 3:23 PM, Kate Conant wrote:
> 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:
>
>>
>> In a message dated 11/29/2016 12:35:39 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
>>
>> 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.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>
>> Re:  E'en So Lord Jesus:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> David S.
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