tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post1075575714553756749..comments2024-03-12T07:54:08.013+00:00Comments on Offerimus Tibi Domine: Requiem fit for a (Catholic) KingFr Simon Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375804232895565241noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-71233439771668104192015-03-27T21:12:48.621+00:002015-03-27T21:12:48.621+00:00A negative comment? That I cannot have! The VERY I...A negative comment? That I cannot have! The VERY IDEA!Fr Simon Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05375804232895565241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-32653860622454031972015-03-27T20:08:29.656+00:002015-03-27T20:08:29.656+00:00Thank you for the questions about music. I am Fath...Thank you for the questions about music. I am Father Henry's ‘music man’ at St Catherine's and I looked after the musical arrangements last evening.<br /><br />The music was:<br /><br />Before Mass: an organ prelude by Percy Whitlock.<br /><br />The full ordinary and proper was sung from Claudio Casciolini's ‘Missa pro defunctis’. <br /><br />The motet at the communion was Ave Verum by William Byrd.<br /><br />The recessional hymn was Jerusalem by Parry.<br /><br />The concluding voluntary was the March Imperial by Sir Edward Elgar.<br /><br />This very accessible setting of the Requiem contained everything from start to finish for an SATB quartet in the a 17th century style. Anachronistic the music may have been BUT as Father said, we were not re-enacting, we were prayerfully celebrating a Mass for the Repose of the Soul of an English Catholic Monarch. All the music (IMHO) conveyed those sentiments.<br /><br />I would like to say (before anyone comments) that I am well aware of all the rubrics for music at Requiem Masses. Indeed all other EF Requiems at St Catherine’s are conducted according to those rubrics i.e. no organ, no vernacular hymns etc. Last evening was something quite special and that was why, following the discussions prior to the occasion, we did what we did.<br /><br />I must also say that the setting was probably the most suitable (apart from the Chant Requiem) for the church building, in which the Mass was celebrated. We are limited by space, acoustic (or lack of) and resources and we provided the very best that we could given all those limitations. The comments after Mass appeared favourable. I only heard one negative comment relating to the setting of the Dies Irae alternating between chant and polyphony.<br />Anthony Dickinsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-28570032087571988042015-03-27T20:07:57.893+00:002015-03-27T20:07:57.893+00:00The Proper & Ordinary were by the Italian comp...The Proper & Ordinary were by the Italian composer Claudio Casciolini (1697 - 1760). Polyphony to enhance the chant and make it more interesting but not too florid. There was a motet at Communion - Byrd's "Ave Verum Corpus". It seemed to go down very well indeed, and was beautifully executed, judging by the comments afterwards. Fr Simon Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05375804232895565241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-15743874433474080602015-03-27T18:56:41.448+00:002015-03-27T18:56:41.448+00:00Well done Fr Simon. I too would be interested in k...Well done Fr Simon. I too would be interested in knowing which Ordinary & Proper you usedDavid O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04023042558615821880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-79126035923215658452015-03-27T17:33:04.645+00:002015-03-27T17:33:04.645+00:00Father,
I thank you for sharing these. Aside from...Father,<br /><br />I thank you for sharing these. Aside from Jerusalem, may I ask what Mass Ordinary and any other items of note in the musical repertory you used?<br /><br />I circulated some of these images, with a link to this post, on my own blog in the course of a series of articles relating to the late king <a href="http://modernmedievalism.blogspot.com/2015/03/at-last-requiem-fit-for-catholic-king.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />And yes, Simon makes a good point that I hadn't thought of before: the Greyfriars proooooobably used the Roman Missal. Good catch there.The Modern Medievalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238571174836044412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-63750794349269594772015-03-27T17:09:42.046+00:002015-03-27T17:09:42.046+00:00A fitting requiem for a Catholic King which is wha...A fitting requiem for a Catholic King which is what he should have been given instead of what took place in Leicester. Even though it was a requiem it was a very uplifting occassion.Well done to all who made it possible.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11355106332585552518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-15152111073292235222015-03-27T16:48:16.916+00:002015-03-27T16:48:16.916+00:00A little bird tells me that the Franciscans who bu...A little bird tells me that the Franciscans who buried Richard III would have used the Roman Missal, not the Sarum (which would have been almost identical with the Mass that you offered).Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07537123281964278798noreply@blogger.com