Here was an assembly of people with a shared commitment to finding practical ways to encourage heavenly music in cathedrals and parish churches across the land; and, queuing for tea in a Regency building suffused in light and beauty, a dean, a precentor, or a director of music had the same mission and purpose as someone running a church choir that might have dwindled to single figures, but that remained a cherished expression of the divine.<\/p>\n
The Archbishop of York put his finger on it. He was upbeat, urging his listeners never to take for granted the \u201cprecious and beautiful treasure\u201d that was church music. He declared, in a talk, \u201cTuning Forks and Orchestras\u201d, that he didn\u2019t personally take up the offer of a tuning fork when leading responses \u2014 \u201cI prefer to choose a note myself\u201d \u2014 provoking from this assembly a mock intake of breath.<\/p>\n
But his point was that the unifying single note of the tuning fork was the will of God. Those assembled were his orchestra. And whether they played trombone or kazoo, violin or spoons, they were called to sing God\u2019s praise \u201cfor our own day . . . our own churches . . . our own communities\u201d. The Church was seeing a renaissance of music-making in all its diversity, he suggested, thus demonstrating the gospel to be \u201cgood and true but also beautiful\u201d.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a> (registration or subscription).<\/p>\n The Church was seeing a renaissance of music-making in all its diversity, @CottrellStephen<\/a> suggested, thus demonstrating the gospel to be \u201cgood and true but also beautiful\u201d.https:\/\/t.co\/eliaNeKNWs<\/a><\/p>\n — Church Times (@ChurchTimes) May 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n