[Magdalen] In Christ Alone

[Jay Weigel]

Well, David, the non-professional congregation I worshiped with on Easter
did a rousing, bang-up job with the hymn. Talk about singing "lustily and
with good courage"! They might well be Methodists or Lutherans!

On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 5/8/2017 10:40:46 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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> What  think ye  all?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> It's nice to encounter a hymn in this contemporary style that  has
> a nice, Christocentric text.
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> I like the barbershop quartet version better than the female
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> I wonder how a non-professional congregation would do with
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> And I must confess the hymn (really anything!) suffers in contrast to what
> is surely one of the greatest motets of the past century, the Morten
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> "O Magnum Mysterium."  Here it is sung by the Winchester
> Cathedral Choir in their stalls in the great choir (architectural) of
> the Church.
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> Thanks for this!
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjiiF83q7G0
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkIDNnZ9pMk
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> David S.
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