hakunamatata Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Our choir, is giving two carol concerts, with audience participation, in December. One in the church at Marseillan 18.30 on the 6th and the other in the church at Capestang, 18.00 on the 13th. Everyone welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 France thank God is a secular society. Why are you imposing your Little British habits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Oh, Norman, not again! Why not let others enjoy themselves the way they want?You don't have to attend and you don't have to like it. But others want to go and want to participate.If you carry on like this, Norman, I swear I will be your very last fan on here.........[:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakunamatata Posted November 28, 2009 Author Share Posted November 28, 2009 "British Habits" ???? Since when was choral singing a British habit! Gosh dont the weirdos come out of this forum occassionally, I was mistaken when I thought it was a forum of intelligent folk - still I suppose there is always one and you Norman H seem to be IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 [quote user="NormanH"]France thank God is a secular society. Why are you imposing your Little British habits?[/quote] Church and State may be separated but that doesn't seem to stop anyone taking part in choral singing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I take it you think all French choral singers are wrong too? We went to a superb performance of carols last year where we live when in France. AFASIK everyone in the group was French; should they be told to stop singing because it offends Norman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 20th December, Service of nine lessons and carols 10.30 am, Old Chapel, avenue de Carcassonne, Homps. I shall be there singing, carols and some readings in both French and English. Both and English and French attend.France may be supposed to be a secular society, but there are plenty of French church services throughout the year. It is not actually forbidden to hold church services, even if a couple of posters on here think they should be banned (by my reading of their posts at least). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Carols are not the same thing as Choral singing, and carol concerts and services are a particularly British habit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakunamatata Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 Norman, where ignorance is bliss, tis folly to be wise! You are talking a load of spherical objects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buelligan Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Goodness Me Hakunamatata! And I thought you were a gentle soul! [8-)]Continuing with the thread though, I don't think I'm a Christian (although I have a lot of respect for Christ) and I don't think I'm British (though I definitely appreciate their eccentricities - and they've had the odd good poet and scientist)...but I quite like carol services. So tell me, Norman, why do you "thank God for a secular society"?[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 [quote user="hakunamatata"]"British Habits" ???? Since when was choral singing a British habit! Gosh dont the weirdos come out of this forum occassionally, I was mistaken when I thought it was a forum of intelligent folk - still I suppose there is always one and you Norman H seem to be IT[/quote]Choral singing has been a very english tradition since the 1600s - I thought this was a forum of intelligent folk... Do I need to give you a history lesson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 [quote user="hakunamatata"]Norman, where ignorance is bliss, tis folly to be wise! You are talking a load of spherical objects[/quote]I said two things:"Carols are not the same thing as Choral singing, and carol concerts and services are a particularly British habit."1) Carols are not the same thing as Choral singing.They started out as dances, and even today are not necessarily Choral. They can be sung by an individual or played by a band or orchestra.For a very simplified account which you might manage to understandhttp://www.whychristmas.com/customs/carols_history.shtml2) "carol concerts and services are a particularly British habit"Although many of the tunes used in British carols are of French origin (often dances), and there were many 'Noels' in the 17th and 18th century there has been no tradition of carol singing in France since the revolution(and certainly no 'Nine lessons and Carols, which was invented at King's College Cambridge in,1918, and so can be said to be ' particularly British')What exists in the Catholic tradition is the 'Messe de Minuit' on Christmas Eve.A delightful example (using some of the old Noels) is by Charpentier http://www.deezer.com/listen-764696and subsequent tracksI don't think that any of that is spherical[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_carol#History Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakunamatata Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 Goodness Me Hakunamatata! And I thought you were a gentle soul! I was a gentle soul until I met Dog and Norman H. Dog has already spoilt another posting of mine, and now I am being accused of being ignorant just because I advertised our choir's carol concert. Happy Christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 No wonder I love lurking on the Forum.I am fond of early Baroque music and I am acquainted with some of Charpentier's works, of course. But, you know, I knew nothing about the man himself.Now, I shall have hours of pleasure finding out more about him. Life just gets better and better......[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Do try the deezer link I gave...and if you don't want to listen to the whole Messe, at least listen tohttp://www.deezer.com/listen-764777The noble simplicity is heartbreaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Thanks for that, Norman. Not only that, the site reminded me of William Christie's Les Arts Florissants (his name is on your link).There, I was going to clean the landing and stairs but listening to early Baroque is a great deal more fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 The sooner you clean the sooner it needs cleaning again, Sweet....life is too short! In any case, as Quentin used to say "After four years you don't notice the dust." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Alas, you DO notice the dust if you're asthmatic [:'(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Puy du Fou in the Vendée are now into their third year of establishing a French ChristmasTradition.Even importing musical instrument players and assorted singers from Praha to help it along.http://http5.puydufou.yacast.net/puydufou/web/pdf/noel/flyer_noel_09.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 But I must admit my favourite this Christmas is the new Olivia Newton-John Album.Christmas Wish.http://www.deezer.com/fr/#music/olivia-newton-john/christmas-wish-396394 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakunamatata Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 Just got back from rehearsals to find you lot are still at it, pity you have nothing better to do. Have a Happy Tuneless Christmas, well of course if you are Secular you wont celebrate it anyway. Remind me not to advertise any other events in the area, it is just not worth the abuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 [quote user="hakunamatata"]Remind me not to advertise any other events in the area, it is just not worth the abuse.[/quote]Abuse?[8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakunamatata Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 Dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Bishop attacks 'nonsense' Christmas carols Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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