Et cum spiritu tuo

Et avec votre esprit.

Just not that hard.

Personally, I'd stick with Latin, because that is the primary text from which all translations start and happily read a fairly literal translation, but I'm not one for too much wordy wordy English.

All this translation business does make you wonder to what extent the Reformation was driven by the use of the vernacular - English and German and the printing press.

In music we see a shift from melismatic text setting in imitative counterpoint sung by professional musicians to syllabic, metrical, homophonic congregational hymns. All is clear, but not necessarily very beautiful.

Random thoughts before bedtime

1. A mere couple of hundred calories stands between me and grumpiness.

2. Lent seems to coincide with stuff going wrong.

3 It's interesting how the R4 news followed the item about Anglicans joining the Ordnariate (couched pretty negatively, proving they must be doing the right thing,) with guess what? a story about bad stuff in Philadelphia. Coincidence? I think not.

4 Reluctant Sinner points out how many people manage to go to Mass today. The last time I went to Mass on Ash Wed at Westminster Cathedral, I queued for 5 mins to get into the aisle to queue to receive the ashes, whilst the Allegri Miserere was being sung. No-one seemed put off by the elitist music either. The place was rammed full of people of working age.

Ash Wednesday

Today's the day

of course, that Anglicans set on course for the Ordinariate will be leaving their churches, joining us folks for Lent, before being received into the Church for Easter. Great to have you on board.

Rach 2

A snippet here.

That's the symphony, not the piano concerto.

Not exactly sure when I shall be practising it. Oodles of notes for us horns. Want a lush romantic sound? Out come the horns. Most symphonies have that bit we don't play. Not this one.

Am spread thinly musically just now.

Accidentals - oops

We often find that pupils are vague on sharps, flats and the like.

Mr X Which notes are in a D major chord?

Pupil D

Mr X Yes, and?

Pupil F

Mr X F what?

Pupil F...sir?

St David's Day