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My sides are splitting!  I have no idea how that was done, but it was priceless!  Richard Gere is definitely on my "don't watch" list.

David

soubasse32:

I think I shall nominate this as my very favorite (obscure) hymn!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-ZnPE3G_YY&feature=related

If I'm not mistaken, that's a nice shot of St. Edmundsbury Cathedral at the beginning. 

I think that is St. Edmundsbury in the entire video, now that I look a bit more closely.

(I'm bumping this post, as I think a few more folks could stand a wee bit of humor!)

Jason?  Choirmaster?  Tumult?  (and anyone else, especially in the U.K.) ...do you know this hymn? 

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Soubasse32

I think that I know the tune as "Christ is Made the Sure Foundation."  What is the actual name of the tune?  In our Worship II RC hymnal, "Christ is Made the Sure Foundation" is sung to Eden Church rather than this tune.

We sing "Christ is Made the Sure Foundation" to REGENT SQUARE, which is not the tune in the video.  I'm sure I have heard the tune before, and it appears to be 8.7.8.7.8.7--no D or Refrain.  I have looked through our current hymnal and none of the tunes with that meter fit.  I believe I have heard it used to the words of "Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus" somewhere--maybe on one of my British CDs.

Well, I was able to find it on the Cyber Hymnal.  The tune is WESTMINSTER ABBEY and is listed as an alternate tune for "Christ is Made the Sure Foundation"  (the only hymn for which this tune is listed, by the way).

David

The hymn is "Blessed City, Heavenly Salem", and the tune is indeed Westminster Abbey, which is used for a variety of hymns, but I'm certainly familiar with its use here. A version of the words is available: http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/b/b128.html although it doesn't seem to match exactly with the words sung in the clip. It's very close though, and makes you realise just how clever the makers of the clip were to come up with the "alternative" words.

In our RC (as opposed to arsey, LOL!) hymnal, WESTMINSTER ABBEY has the words "For the Healing of the Nations."

One of my favorite tunes that I rarely hear in the U.S. is THAXTED, from Holst's 'Jupiter.'  Several hymns use this tune, including "O God of all Creation," "I Vow to Thee My Country," and "O God Beyond All Praising."

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KHh8isGtB6w&feature=related

 

I am very fond of THAXTED.  Perhaps we would sing it more in the USA if our liturgists would only planet (sic).

LOL!!         

I have to confess that I misspoke.  I was looking in the prior edition of the UMC hymnal.  The current edition does, indeed, include WESTMINSTER ABBEY and it is used for "Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation".  Sorry.  (I do like the tune!)

THAXTED is a very nice tune.  We have an anthem in which it is featured.

David

Don't know if this qualifies as obscure, but as far as I know the lovely tune In Paridisum has been published only in the new(ish) Lutheran Service Book; of course, the magnificent Paul Gerhardt text has been around quite a few years <g>.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh25Bn1OngI

 

 

It certainly has an odd meter:  8.11.8.11

David