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BetteTheRed said:
It's a huge, on-going problem - the lack of relevance of the music to people's lived experience of great music. How can someone whose soul is truly stirred by Freddy Mercury's "Bohemian Rhapsody" sit still through that awful dirge that is "How Great Thou Art"...
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Trust me, compared to the 18th Century English composed-for-organ stuff that I've had lately, How Great Thou Art sounds really exciting.
 
Mrs.Anteater said:
If he is from Nova Scotia, then I have worked together with his wife here at my hospital. Lovely family. Were very sad to loose his wife when she left NS, she was such a gentle nurse.
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I know they moved here in the summer from back east somewhere so could be the same folks you know. If so, hopefully his wife will find work in the hospital here as she does sound like a good nurse.
 
I found the music poor, their was little energy in the speakers, just overall....it did not call me to the church, nor did it seems a celebration.
 
They're Presbyterians. I don't know about their fame in Canada, but in Brazil (and in some regions of the US) they're not particularly known for their lively services.
 
It isn't so much the liveliness, but that is ok. I just listened to sections, and wanted to fast forward. Just me I guess.
 
GiancarloZ said:
They're Presbyterians. I don't know about their fame in Canada, but in Brazil (and in some regions of the US) they're not particularly known for their lively services.
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Deadly cereus as waxing linguistics ... blooming thoughts ... can get flowery or floury as bread of thought falls ... manna? Some cream filled for metaphor ... hows 've the rising's UN ... can liven the lyrical nature ... thus it was ET!
 
Pinga, I
I had the same reaction. For one thing, it was far too long for one sitting at the computer. It would have benefited from editing down to less than an hour. I found myself skipping through. Perhaps that is why I missed the children's time – if there was one. I always look for children at the service.
The music didn't thrill me – there was only one hymn I was familiar with and I like congregational singing that I can participate in.

One thing that I was hot/cold about - the screen above the choir. Good to see the words to the unfamiliar hymns, and helpful to know where we were in the service when fast forwarding over parts of it. Difficult because I have developed a pain in the neck that makes it difficult to look up and I'm sure that if I was in this congregation sitting in front, which I like to, I would find it difficult to look up to the screen.

All in all I would have to attend a few times before I commit myself to attending this church.
 
BetteTheRed" said:
It's a huge, on-going problem - the lack of relevance of the music to people's lived experience of great music. How can someone whose soul is truly stirred by Freddy Mercury's "Bohemian Rhapsody" sit still through that awful dirge that is "How Great Thou Art"...
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I manage.

Love both. Can raise the roof singing either.

Rarely try both at the same time.

People aren't simple beings.
 
GiancarloZ said:
:ROFLMAO:
Trust me, compared to the 18th Century English composed-for-organ stuff that I've had lately, How Great Thou Art sounds really exciting.
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I actually like How Great Thou Art and find it stirring. Some of the lyrics speak deeply to me and others not so much. But I like it.
 
BetteTheRed said:
It's the tempo that really gets to me. Feels like it's trying to get going and never quite succeeds.
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This. I actually appreciate some of the lyrics, but the music doesn't flow well, esp. for hymn singing. I have heard some solo versions by gospel-type singers that made it work.
 
Maybe, but our pianist/organist is a music teacher, who uses a metronome in her classes, etc., and has a pretty perfect time sense herself. If it drags, it's because of the way it was written. Now, there might be modern arrangements that mess with the tempo, but as it's written, it's a dragger that never loses the weight on its tail...
 
You can, if there's like almost a hundred extra slices, and it's lemon meringue and pumpkin, neither of which 'keep' well. Fortunately, our congregation are fond-ish of pie, so selling slices for $1 on Sunday morning worked to deplete the inventory back to two whole pies, which also sold.
 
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