Peter Clark Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 In desperation - I have to play a funeral Monday at 10.00 am and they want "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam" and "I heard the voice of Jesus say" neither of which I can get my hands on - any help? (They also want Jerusalem (Parry)) Deus in ajdutorium meum intende Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanderman26 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 In desperation - I have to play a funeral Monday at 10.00 am and they want "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam" and "I heard the voice of Jesus say" neither of which I can get my hands on - any help? (They also want Jerusalem (Parry)) Deus in ajdutorium meum intende Peter For "I heard the voice of Jesus say": one of these tunes? http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/i/h/iheardtv.htm And for the Sunbeam: http://www.biblestudycharts.com/CH_Jesus_W..._A_Sunbeam.html Hope this helps, Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clark Posted September 25, 2009 Author Share Posted September 25, 2009 For "I heard the voice of Jesus say": one of these tunes? http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/i/h/iheardtv.htm And for the Sunbeam: http://www.biblestudycharts.com/CH_Jesus_W..._A_Sunbeam.html Hope this helps, Dick Thanks Dick: I'll do some hasty trasncribing tomorrow! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJJ Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Thanks Dick: I'll do some hasty trasncribing tomorrow! Peter 'Kingsfold' is the tune we use for I heard...... we don't do sunbeams! A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ick1508 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Jerusalem (to other words) and I heard the Voice... (Kingsfold) are both in the much-maligned Mission Praise. ... Sunbeam: could I suggest listening and busking? BTW - I see Mission Praise is now in a black edition, with another 100+ songs... the previous one barely fits on the music desk!! The choir would need weightlifting exercises! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clark Posted September 25, 2009 Author Share Posted September 25, 2009 Jerusalem (to other words) and I heard the Voice... (Kingsfold) are both in the much-maligned Mission Praise.... Sunbeam: could I suggest listening and busking? BTW - I see Mission Praise is now in a black edition, with another 100+ songs... the previous one barely fits on the music desk!! The choir would need weightlifting exercises! Sunbeam I have now got as a pdf from another forum but not sure which tune they want for I heard the Voice so an embarrassing few moments will be spent tomorrow humming the alternatives down the phone. But isn't this forum just great for this sort of thing? Many thanks for your responses. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Cooke Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Sunbeam I have now got as a pdf from another forum but not sure which tune they want for I heard the Voice so an embarrassing few moments will be spent tomorrow humming the alternatives down the phone. But isn't this forum just great for this sort of thing? Many thanks for your responses. Peter I would be surprised if they had the Kingsfold tune in mind when they requested "I heard the voice" - I bet they're after the one in G minor - sorry - don't have a hymn book at my side but I think it's by Dykes and the tune is called Vox something - possibly/probably Vox Dicentis. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrick Coleman Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Vox Dilecti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roffensis Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 In desperation - I have to play a funeral Monday at 10.00 am and they want "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam" and "I heard the voice of Jesus say" neither of which I can get my hands on - any help? (They also want Jerusalem (Parry)) Deus in ajdutorium meum intende Peter Subeam!? Tell them they can't have it as you can't find the music. Someone once asked me to play Swing low sweet Chariot, to which I said NO. I said it wasn't liturgically correct. I was told by the funeral director that I was not supposed to say that. I simply replied "I just have". I always recommend that tosh is reserved for the Crem. So does the Priest. R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clark Posted October 4, 2009 Author Share Posted October 4, 2009 Subeam!? Tell them they can't have it as you can't find the music. Someone once asked me to play Swing low sweet Chariot, to which I said NO. I said it wasn't liturgically correct. I was told by the funeral director that I was not supposed to say that. I simply replied "I just have". I always recommend that tosh is reserved for the Crem. So does the Priest. R They'd already printed the order of service before either the priest or I had seen it.... something we're going to crack down on here. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Taylor Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Peter, Did you play “Sunbeam”? Assuming the PDF you were sent is the same one I found at Hymnary.org it’s a very pianistic arrangement. Did you play it as written or do any re-arrangement. I’d be interested to know what people do to make things like this work on the organ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Lane Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 we don't do sunbeams! A Is that because we live in England! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clark Posted October 7, 2009 Author Share Posted October 7, 2009 Peter, Did you play “Sunbeam”? Assuming the PDF you were sent is the same one I found at Hymnary.org it’s a very pianistic arrangement. Did you play it as written or do any re-arrangement. I’d be interested to know what people do to make things like this work on the organ. Yes I did play it - as the coffin left the church. I re-arranged it, filling in the appropriate chords. I tried, no honestly, I tried to keep it tasteful but I'm sure it must have sounded more Blackpool Tower than Blackpool Sacred Heart. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Taylor Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Although it may be an unusual choice for a funeral, for me this song recalls many happy childhood memories. At Sunday school in the early sixties, we used to sing Jesus wants me for a sunbeam a lot. It may not be not great music, but surely in the category of “hymns for very young people” it's up there with the greats like Daisies are our silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombarde32 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Although it may be an unusual choice for a funeral, for me this song recalls many happy childhood memories. At Sunday school in the early sixties, we used to sing Jesus wants me for a sunbeam a lot. It may not be not great music, but surely in the category of “hymns for very young people” it's up there with the greats like Daisies are our silver. Mark, I really loved that hymn. It's the first one I really remember from Sunday School. Looking back, 40 odd years on, it really made me think about the beauty of nature and God in what was a most childlike way. Our music teacher was more interested in our elocution between 'are' and 'our', however! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clark Posted November 5, 2009 Author Share Posted November 5, 2009 Funeral this morning, not in my "home" church. I saw the deceased's son last week to talk about the music, and the priest was also present. It seems that mum's favourite piece of music was Nessun Dorma and son wanted this played during the Mass. When we pointed out that this wasn't really appropriate, he said that the Funeral Director has said it would be OK. It seems that FDs are now arranging the music, so a letter will be sent to all FDs which serve this area saying that the music will be chosen in consultation with priest and organist. As a compromise I will play it as the coffin leaves the chutch. Peter Nessun Dorma at a funeral makes a change from its usual location of a Nuptual Mass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
En Chamade Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Nessun Dorma at a funeral makes a change from its usual location of a Nuptual Mass! Just as well that most of the congregation won't know what the words mean. Thinking about the recent case of the vicar in Tunbridge Wells, I've come to the conclusion that it's only a matter of time before some insensitive clod demands Disco Inferno (Burn Baby Burn) be played at a cremation service. I can just see the headline now EC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrick Coleman Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Shall we start a sequel to Grumpy Old Men? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsoff Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Shall we start a sequel to Grumpy Old Men? Start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roffensis Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Shall we start a sequel to Grumpy Old Men? Yes I have never played "Nasty Doormat" as I perfer to call it. I heard what I considered a perfectly foul rendition of it recently on the telly during a funeral at a fairly major Cathedral. The big dark one. Really this sort of stuff should be banned. It's disgusting. I'm disgusted. R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Coram Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Subeam!? Tell them they can't have it as you can't find the music. Someone once asked me to play Swing low sweet Chariot, to which I said NO. I said it wasn't liturgically correct. I was told by the funeral director that I was not supposed to say that. I simply replied "I just have". I always recommend that tosh is reserved for the Crem. So does the Priest. R I find that very disappointing indeed. The church exists, first and foremost, for people; whether you believe or whether you don't, it's possible for us all to unite around that and recognise the good it's possible to achieve. Those within the church community (and the word church refers to people, not bricks and mortar) have a moral, spiritual and biblical duty to reach out to all those without. To tell people, scornfully or otherwise, that what is special to them is not welcome and cannot be accomodated because it doesn't conform to your own presupposition of what is correct instantly alienates them from the church - or rather, the church from them. (And what on earth is wrong with singing a Spiritual, anyway?) Why should crematoria and registry offices have exclusive rights over making people feel cared for and accomodated? If you put ritual and correctness and proprietry over concerns of humanity, spirituality and community, then perhaps the Freemasons are for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair McEwan Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I find that very disappointing indeed. The church exists, first and foremost, for people; whether you believe or whether you don't, it's possible for us all to unite around that and recognise the good it's possible to achieve. Those within the church community (and the word church refers to people, not bricks and mortar) have a moral, spiritual and biblical duty to reach out to all those without. To tell people, scornfully or otherwise, that what is special to them is not welcome and cannot be accomodated because it doesn't conform to your own presupposition of what is correct instantly alienates them from the church - or rather, the church from them. (And what on earth is wrong with singing a Spiritual, anyway?) Why should crematoria and registry offices have exclusive rights over making people feel cared for and accomodated? If you put ritual and correctness and proprietry over concerns of humanity, spirituality and community, then perhaps the Freemasons are for you. Well said David. A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrick Coleman Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Well said David. A Hear, hear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarber49 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Hear, hear! I agree: hear, hear. Although if "Swing low" is to be performed because it's a rugby song - then I'm not so keen, though I'd do it. If it's as a spiritual then it's highly appropriate, even if, for me, it's not quite up there with the B minor Mass as a musical experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Fairhurst Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I would be surprised if they had the Kingsfold tune in mind when they requested "I heard the voice" - I bet they're after the one in G minor Entirely dependent on the church, I think - we've always sung Kingsfold until trying Vox Dilecti for the hell of it last year. On balance I think that Vox Dilecti (first two lines in G minor, then two in G major) is sufficiently cheesy that RVW was right not to even admit it to the Chamber of Horrors. But each to their own. As for the other one, I've always known it as Jesus Wants Me For A Mungbean... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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