Musical thoughts

Went through for this evening's Unconventional meeting.  It wasn't what I expected, but some food for thought about singing and expressing faith/worship.

- The singers (a Capella ensemble of 6) sang the same psalm in three different styles: plainsong, Rachmaninov and Graham Kendrick. It was interesting to see how the different treatments affected the way we heard the words and responded to them, or not.

- The need to be generous and gracious in our musical expression of worship. Sometimes we should choose firms which are less meaningful for us as individuals because they will bless someone else. 

- Ensemble singing as an example of community, negotiation, compromise, unity - working together to produce a beautiful combined sound. 

I bought a couple of CDs by the artist I'd expected to hear and listened to the first in the car driving home. I like it.