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Gregorian Chant Day

23/06/2007 By 9 Comments

Just about to go off to the Gregorian Chant Day which is almost the last special event that we have on for the West End Festival. Not sure what it will be like. I’m putting it down as a Professional Development Day, not least because Plainsong is not my strong point.

Neumes have always elided me.

There should be plenty of time to pretend to be nuns too, which is always important. I’m hoping that the first number is, “How do you solve a problem like Maria,” but I’ve a feeling that it might be something else.

The last trump of the Festival comes tomorrow night with the definitive Festal Evensnog for the Jack the Dipper – Parry’s I was glad, Stanford – Evening Canticles in C, Te Deum in Bb, This is the Record of John and responses by Richard Shepherd. Clouds of billowing copes filling the sanctuary, natch.

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Consultation Paper

07/09/2006 By 6 Comments

The following paper has been published to the congregation. Comments welcome from outside the community as well as within.

Dear Friends

I spent some time this week reading a sermon that was preached by a former Provost of this church some years ago. It contained the following quote:

I remember in my third week at the cathedral someone came to me and asked if I realised that I had made 42 changes to the liturgy. That worried me, as I thought I hadn’t made any changes. I still used the same service, wore the same vestments and did things in the same order. It also worried me as I was just beginning to wonder about one or two changes.My hunch is that each Provost has a similar experience on arriving at St Mary’s.This paper is an invitation to make responses to a number of proposals that I want members of the congregation to think about. [Read more…]

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