Richard Fairhurst Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 24 minutes ago, Rowland Wateridge said: Something very different, and rather splendid, Welsh chapel or very large male choirs at the RAH: Arwel Hughes’ wonderful “Tydi, a Roddaist”, No 364, in both Welsh and English. There is much else of course, but this stood out as the most surprising new entry. It was in 'New English Praise' too - one of a handful of rather splendid tunes first selected for that volume. Tertius Noble's 'Ora Labora' ("Come, labour on") is another, and Maurice Bevan's 'Corvedale'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hebridean Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Jean Langlais' hymn tune Dieu, nous avons vu, to "God, your glory we have seen in your Son" is alive and well in possibly the most popular Catholic hymn book in England, Laudate. It is number 758. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Fairhurst Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 So it is! I have Laudate on the shelf and had never spotted that. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hebridean Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 41 minutes ago, Richard Fairhurst said: So it is! I have Laudate on the shelf and had never spotted that. Thank you. You are very welcome! I have to say that having used Laudate for many years now, I have never been called upon to play Langlais' hymn tune - but at least it is there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd y Garreg Wen Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 7 hours ago, innate said: Maybe Rowan Williams, who knows a thing or two about hymns, music, and Welsh, has a different opinion. He may well do. The hymn is unusual in being famous and well loved but not having a settled tune - it’s sung to several. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innate Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 25 minutes ago, Dafydd y Garreg Wen said: He may well do. The hymn is unusual in being famous and well loved but not having a settled tune - it’s sung to several. Which contradicts your earlier claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd y Garreg Wen Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 10 hours ago, innate said: Which contradicts your earlier claim. It was a joke. Hence the wink emoji 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innate Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 4 hours ago, Dafydd y Garreg Wen said: It was a joke. Hence the wink emoji 😉 Ah. My eyesight can see the emoji but can’t distinguish it from any other! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarber49 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 On 13/11/2023 at 20:16, Dafydd y Garreg Wen said: It may finally be happening: https://reh.hymnsam.co.uk/what-is-being-published/ Revised English Hymnal will be launched on Wednesday 29th November 2023. Come Sing Revised English Hymnal will include congregational singing of a selection from the new hymnal followed by a drinks reception. Wednesday 29th November 2023, 6pm-9pm. St James Church, Sussex Gardens, Paddington London W2 3UD RSVP to Michael Addison michael@hymnsam.co.uk by Wednesday 22nd November 2023. All are welcome but capacity is restricted to the first 250 respondents. The Full Music edition will be available for sale on the night. Has anyone got a copy yet? I ordered it, years ago, from Amazon. Last week they told me it was coming before 11 pm on Friday, but now say it's currently unavailable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timothyguntrip Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 58 minutes ago, sbarber49 said: Has anyone got a copy yet? I ordered it, years ago, from Amazon. Last week they told me it was coming before 11 pm on Friday, but now say it's currently unavailable! I had the same thing - then suddenly changed to an estimated delivery of 21st December! I am assured from sources that stocks are making their way from the printers this week for distribution... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd y Garreg Wen Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 7 hours ago, timothyguntrip said: I had the same thing - then suddenly changed to an estimated delivery of 21st December! I am assured from sources that stocks are making their way from the printers this week for distribution... 🤣🤣🤣 No sign of my copy either yet, which I ordered over three years ago (not from Amazon). My comfort is that I only paid £23 for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd y Garreg Wen Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 UPDATE NOVEMBER 2023: Thank you so much for your patience and understanding whilst the Revised English Hymnal has been in editorial stages. The full music edition is now at the printer - stock is expected in our warehouse on 5th and 6th December. Of course, all back orders will be despatched first class. We know that many people are looking forward to seeing REH. We share this excitement and look forward to sharing this wonderful new hymnal with you very shortly. Thank you. LAUNCH EVENT: thanks to all who joined us on the 29th November 2023 at St James, Paddington, London. We hope to release a film of the event very shortly. https://reh.hymnsam.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveBarker77 Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 I went to the launch event last week and bought a copy there... I can confirm that it exists and is on my desk next to me now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarber49 Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 That's good to know, Steve - I was beginning to wonder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd y Garreg Wen Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 Are you sure? Can we believe you? After so many false dawns you must excuse scepticism … How was the launch event? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarber49 Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 The melody edition being rushed out on the 30th April (according to the Amazon website) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Cooke Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Honestly! I have just received an email from Amazon to say that they have now cancelled my order, placed in April for the REH and there was me thinking it would arrive any day! I have placed a new order now with Keith Harrington and Church Organ World. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd y Garreg Wen Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 My copy (ordered in October 2020) was finally dispatched at the end of last week and was actually “out for delivery” yesterday … but for some reason the courier decided not to deliver it (didn’t bother to ring the bell). Falling at the final hurdle. Is there a curse on this book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarber49 Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 I ordered it 2 years ago from Amazon. They kept giving me revised delivery dates but this morning told me the order was cancelled due to "a lack of availability". What's going on now? Edit: sorry I see Martin Cooke has just posted the same thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timothyguntrip Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 I have today cancelled my order with Amazon as I could see this happening. Have ordered through RSCM (HymnsAM) as it says it is in stock (more than 50 in stock apparently) and 'dispatched within 48 hours'. This sounds a lot less vague than Amazon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Well you are all much more patient and trusting than me. I similarly ordered from Amazon and got an email today to say my order had been cancelled. Call me cynical, but I suspect the fact Amazon guaranteed it would hold the price at the time I ordered (£26.40) and this is now way short of the RRP of £35 may have something to do with the sudden cancellation. I was losing interest with all the delays anyway, so I shan't bother to order it now. I can't see I will use it much anyway. A shame for the publishers, but the extent of delay has been frankly ridiculous and has never really been explained properly (and that comes from someone who works in publishing!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwhodges Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Not a hymn book, but I had a book pre-ordered on Amazon for delivery in October. When the due date came, they said it was not available and they could not give me a date. I'd had this on other books and the delivery had then appeared within days. But this time it stayed in this state, and when I realised it was in stock everywhere, and going to the Amazon page for it showed it as available from Amazon, it was clear they were not going to sort it out - so I cancelled the order, and reordered elsewhere (at a higher price, of course...). The idea that this is deliberate because they don't want to fulfil their promise of the lower price seems realistic, I fear. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Cooke Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 To be fair, though, the process of ordering other music through Amazon has been perfectly smooth. Indeed, I have only very rarely had any problem with them over any product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarber49 Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 18 hours ago, Philip said: Call me cynical, but I suspect the fact Amazon guaranteed it would hold the price at the time I ordered (£26.40) and this is now way short of the RRP of £35 may have something to do with the sudden cancellation. I'm sure that's right, though it hadn't occurred to me. You can't really blame them, I suppose, they can't have expected such a lengthy delay. They haven't been very honest about it, though, and it's not as if they don't make plenty of money out of us all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarber49 Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 It's arrived (from the RSCM). Beautifully printed and bound. At first glance it doesn't seem that exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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