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When I go to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, I love spending time in the gospel tent.
It is generally filled with both believers and non-believers who all seem to be sharing a common experience.
Things that bring us together are good. They may or may not be *godly*, depending on your POV, but it doesn't really matter in the end.
Hinduism has multiple gods. Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the destroyer are the main ones.
Some Hindus say they have one god and the many gods are multiple aspects of one god.
Cantique de Jean Racine, by Gabriel Faure. Written when he was 19 to win a contest. It can be sung in French, Latin or English. I have sung it in English:
Word of God, one with the Most High,
in Whom alone we have our hope,
Everlasting light of heaven and earth,
We break the silence of the peaceful night;
Saviour Divine, cast thine eyes upon us!
Pour on us the fire of thy mighty grace,
That all hell may flee at the sound of the voice;
Banish the slumber of a weary soul,
That brings forgetfulness of thy laws!
O Christ, look with favour upon thy faithful people
Now gathered here to praise thee;
Receive their hymns offered to thy endless glory;
May they go forth filled with thy gifts.
This is from a wonderful CD called Agnus Dei:Music of Inner Harmony, Choir of New College, Oxford. The label is Erato.
Brahms--from A German Requiem. Written in the German language. How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place (sung in English). The text is Biblical but not the standard text for the Mass:
Sir Edward Elgar--"Nimrod" from The Enigma Variations, an orchestral piece, set to Latin "Lux aeterna, requiem aeternam" (Eternal Light, Eternal Rest)
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine: Rest eternal grant them, O Lord:
et lux perpetua luceat eis, and let perpetual light shine on them.
Te decet hymnus Deus in Zion, To thee praise is due, O God, in Zion,
et tibi redetur votum and to thee vows are recited
in Jerusalem: in Jerusalem:
exaudi orationem meam, hear my prayer,
ad te omnis caro veniet. unto thee shall all flesh come.
Requiem aeterman dona eis, Domine: Rest eternal grant them, O Lord:
et lux perpetua luceat eis. and let perpetual light shine on them.
This is usually the first movement in a Requiem Mass (Mass for the dead). This is a standalone piece. I had this version of it played at my father's funeral in 2000. So I managed to sneak some Latin into a little Methodist church in Texas!!!
They play it in England for Remembrance Day (what they call Veteran's Day).
we also belonged to National Philharmonic Chorale for several years, a great education in singing. This spring they are doing Carmina Burana, which we did years ago with them.
this is where we used to perform:
Wanna dance?
