symphony of Psalms (ii)
that was really interesting.
Great music. The liturgy worked, mostly, I think. The sequence from despair through the up-and-down hope and despair of Psalm 42, to hope, to more hope in Psalm 16, to sheer unadulterated joy in Psalm 150 was good. Musically breaking between part 2 and part 3 was a bit of a hiatus. But to pray at all we had to find a break in the music somewhere, and to pray AFTER part three would have been hopelessly anti-climactic. Hmmm.
I was very happy with my choice of readings (42 and 16), and fairly happy with the prayers I wrote based on the themes of the Psalms. Lots of blog-readers and bloggers there - any thoughts? I ask because I'm thinking we should do more of this music set liturgically.
We are so lucky to be dripping with so much talent and enthusiasm from so many young musicians. It's quite wonderful.
It was an absolutely wonderful service. The Chapel was filled with beautiful music - God given gifts and talents wonderfully used in worship. I was very glad I made the trek up from London to be there.
Posted by: Helen | 09/03/2005 at 00:07
Twas awesome :) I'd be up for doing more 'unconventional' services with interesting music, definitely!
Posted by: Serena | 09/03/2005 at 14:09