John Maslen Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 I recall a service sheet we were presented many years ago that included an item entitled 'The Lord sprayer' Regards to all John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcnd5584 Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 I did a wedding a couple of weeks ago where the Bridal march (sic) was called BRIDLE march! Unbelievable! Hmmm.... on the other hand, did you take a good look at the bride? It may not have been a mistake.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Lane Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 I did a wedding a couple of weeks ago where the Bridal march (sic) was called BRIDLE march! Unbelievable! And of course everyone must have come across Vidor's Tocatta (Tocatta often spelt in various ways, sometimes with Fugue added!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Lane Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 I recall a service sheet we were presented many years ago that included an item entitled 'The Lord sprayer' Regards to all John Possibly of course, appropriate for the season of Harvest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrabombarde Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 And of course everyone must have come across Vidor's Tocatta (Tocatta often spelt in various ways, sometimes with Fugue added!) A little while ago I played as the retiring voluntary for a wedding, the grandly-named 'Wedding March, from "Mendelssohn" '. Must confess I didn't know of a piece of music called Mendelssohn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vox Humana Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Hmmm.... on the other hand, did you take a good look at the bride? It may not have been a mistake.... That's exactly what crossed my mind (but naturally I was too polite to say...! ) A little while ago I played as the retiring voluntary for a wedding, the grandly-named 'Wedding March, from "Mendelssohn" '. Must confess I didn't know of a piece of music called Mendelssohn. Surely it's only a matter of time before we encounter "Mandelson's Wedding March"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contrabordun Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 I once played a piece called Stoccata (also by Vidor). Which I think is actually quite a good title for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHM Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Surely it's only a matter of time before we encounter "Mandelson's Wedding March"? No, that would be a Civil Partnership March! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Lane Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 A little while ago I played as the retiring voluntary for a wedding, the grandly-named 'Wedding March, from "Mendelssohn" '. Must confess I didn't know of a piece of music called Mendelssohn. This reminds me of a joke by Rory Bremner shortly after ClassicFM started, and when Henry Kelly was presenting a show on it. Bremner, speaking as if he was Kelly announced "That was Dvorak's New World Symphony, doesn't say who it was by!". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
companypleasant Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Hi everybody In the programme for last Sunday's service at my church, - in the hymn "For the fruits of his creation" the third line was printed as "for his 'gits' to ev'ry nation" Jonathan. This reminds me of a joke by Rory Bremner shortly after ClassicFM started, and when Henry Kelly was presenting a show on it. Bremner, speaking as if he was Kelly announced "That was Dvorak's New World Symphony, doesn't say who it was by!". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Morley Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Best one I've ever seen, Widor Toccata and Fugue (J S Bach) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themythes Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 One I heard over the weekend. An announcement at a carol service went as follows: the third verse of this carol is as follows—”Enough for him whom cheribum worship night and day; A breastful of mild . . . .” I may have misheard the ranconteur, but I thought it was alleged to have occurred during a live TV broadcast. I have certainly come across a service sheet from a cathedral in the south of England which contained the words “Cheribum and seraphim”. . . Enough already. David Harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcnd5584 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Not exactly a mistake, although having found the hymn, I rather wished it had been: I once had to play EH No. 3 at a wedding. No, look it up; I am not giving the title here - this is a family board.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveHarries Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Well that's a bit grating (GREATing, get it?). Ahem. J Do us all a favour: get your coat. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveHarries Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 "Decani Cantoris Millenium Appeal £20,000 was raised fro the Choral Foundation. At 2:30pm a small ceremony will take place in the song school when a plague will be unveiled to thank the donors." ["News & Notes" section, Bristol Cathedral service sheet, 23rd November 2008] Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveHarries Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Hi everybody In the programme for last Sunday's service at my church, - in the hymn "For the fruits of his creation" the third line was printed as "for his 'gits' to ev'ry nation" Jonathan. That's a good one. Made me laugh. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiffaro Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Not exactly a mistake, although having found the hymn, I rather wished it had been: I once had to play EH No. 3 at a wedding. No, look it up; I am not giving the title here - this is a family board.... Did you mean the bit about "the day of fear shall come"? "In the middle of the night"? Clearly that bridegroom wasn't godless. (Obligatory Mendelssohn year reference.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsoff Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Not exactly a mistake, although having found the hymn, I rather wished it had been: I once had to play EH No. 3 at a wedding. No, look it up; I am not giving the title here - this is a family board.... There was something towards the front of A & M Revised which was equally open to misinterpretation. I forget the hymn number and the exact phrase but it included the words sick men and beds, plus another I completely forget. I was much too young to understand why the older boys in the choir found it funny but laughed anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buxtehude Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 One I heard over the weekend. An announcement at a carol service went as follows: the third verse of this carol is as follows—”Enough for him whom cheribum worship night and day; A breastful of mild . . . .” I may have misheard the ranconteur, but I thought it was alleged to have occurred during a live TV broadcast. I have certainly come across a service sheet from a cathedral in the south of England which contained the words “Cheribum and seraphim”. . . Enough already. David Harrison I heard sung (when recording): Enough for him whom cherubim worship day and night; A breast full of milk and a manger full of [look of horror from choirmaster as he realises where this might be going] ...er do you mind if we do that again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
companypleasant Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 There was something towards the front of A & M Revised which was equally open to misinterpretation. I forget the hymn number and the exact phrase but it included the words sick men and beds, plus another I completely forget. I was much too young to understand why the older boys in the choir found it funny but laughed anyway... Hi all It's slightly off topic on this thread, but recently, a member of the congregation reading the intercessions, started to read the list of those needing prayers, who were ill, under the heading of those who had died. Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidh Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Hi all It's slightly off topic on this thread, but recently, a member of the congregation reading the intercessions, started to read the list of those needing prayers, who were ill, under the heading of those who had died. Jonathan It's many years ago that a local evangelical church had visitors from Czechoslovakia, so the minister prayed for everyone, black and white, and especially the Czechs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevington Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 It's many years ago that a local evangelical church had visitors from Czechoslovakia, so the minister prayed for everyone, black and white, and especially the Czechs. Also some many years ago now, the Anglican cathedral in Melbourne had 'Sons of the Nuns of Chester' listed as a processional, instead of 'Song', not to mention a previous organist who surely deliberately chose Canticles by Brewer for an AA service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotto Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 ...not to mention a previous organist who surely deliberately chose Canticles by Brewer for an AA service. lol, what was the anthem, "The Spirit of the Lord" perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headcase Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 ...then there was the free church minister, who after a long spell of service on the mainland, returned to his previous pulpit on the Isle of Wight and greeted the congregation with, "How lovely to see the old Cowes faces again..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themythes Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 lol, what was the anthem, "The Spirit of the Lord" perhaps? Brewer in D/The spirit of the Lord Most apt choices! One imagines the psalm would have been 75; this particular psalm covers not only cocktails but cards, rugby, weight-training and maybe other activities that should not be discussed or even hinted at in these august pages. I feel another thread coming on . . . . David Harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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