"O wondrous type! O vision fair!", St. Bartholomew's Church
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- čas přidán 18. 02. 2012
- #137 from the Hymnal 1982. Lesson Hymn on the Last Sunday after the Epiphany (Transfiguration Sunday), February 19, 2012, at St. Bartholomew's, an Episcopal church in New York City.
Words: Latin, "Caelestis formam gloriae", from the Sarum Breviary, 1495; translation, John M. Neale, 1851; altered in "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1861
Tune: 'Wareham'; melody, William Knapp, 18th century; harmony, James Turtle, 19th century; descant, Sydney Hugo Nicholson, 20th century - Hudba
What a grand place Saint Bart's must be ! I ahve enjoyed watching many videos made there. Congratulations on keeping high the musical style, too... all good, solid, time-proven hymns of the traditional Church, with no garish modern exeperimental flash-in-the-pan junk compositions.
I have watched many of the videos from St. Bart. I love the choir, congregation, and organ. Too many churches are turning away from hymns and great organ music.Thank you for sharing and keeping this worship tradition alive.
Elder Robert V. Fuller, Sr. Pipe organs are the best man-made thing ever!
@@claireforestgreenorgangeek7144 Truly, "The King of Instruments" ! Greetings from N.H.
Oh, wondrous type! Oh, vision fair
Of glory that the church may share,
Which Christ upon the mountain shows,
Where brighter than the sun he glows!
With Moses and Elijah nigh
The incarnate Lord holds converse high;
And from the cloud the Holy One
Bears record to the only Son.
With shining face and bright array
Christ deigns to manifest today
What glory shall be theirs above
Who joy in god with perfect love.
And faithful hearts are raised on high
By this great vision’s mystery,
For which in joyful strains we raise
The voice of prayer, the hymn of praise.
O Father, with the eternal Son
And Holy spirit ever one,
We pray you, bring us by your grace
To see your glory face to face.
This hymn tune, Wareham, is in my Top Ten Favorites. I can even sing the descant as long as my throat isn't sore. But remember, singing is just a hobby for me; what I am serious about is playing the ORGAN. I am an enthusiastic amateur organist. If professionals were allowed to be picky about the repertoire, I would be an experienced professional organist by now. (I don't like *modern* hymns except the service music by Powell and Mathias). I'm a traditionalist. My favorite composers are Rafe Vaughan Williams and Handel. My favorite hymn tunes are FOREST GREEN, Kingsfold, Dix, Lasst Uns Erfreuen, Wareham, and Abbotsleigh. I have been an organ geek for 30 1/2 years now. (In my childhood and adolescence my ears were too sensitive for tolerating the volume of the organ, but I grew out of it in 1988. My ears are still sensitive but not to the organ anymore, unless it's fortissimo.) I love the organ so much I nickname all organs Forrester, after my favorite hymn tune, FOREST GREEN.
I love the organ so much I nicknamed all organs Forrester after the hymn tune FOREST GREEN, which is the best melody ever composed.
The ORGANIST is outstanding, I wonder if this a Skinner Pipe ORGAN. The sound is excellent......lovely...beautiful....wonderful...
Pipe organs are the best man-made thing ever!
This is a very under-used hymn tune. We need to bring it back! :)
gamusicus we sing it a couple of times a year at St. Thomas Episcopal Church. It's one of the choir director's favorite tunes.
Impeccably celebrated.
Hudson Bailey definitely!
Glad you've enjoyed the videos! :-)
Why isn't this sung on everyTransfiguration Sunday? Another has passed and my church again has not sung it.
O WONDROUS PIPE! O MUSIC FAIR! I LOVE PIPE ORGANS EVERYWHERE!
Glad to hear a congregation actually singing.
Cathy Thirsk Stevens You are so absolutely right!
I note that this is referred to as the Lesson Hymn. Is this also called the Gradual in some congregations?
Wouldn't Deo Gracias be a better tune?