Hymns etc

I tend not to like 'new ones'! I know. Boring. I do love belting out some of the old favourites. Very therapeutic. Cwm Rhondda, Praise my Soul even Abide with Me. Really enjoy them. Pity I don't actually go to church though!

I tend not to like 'new ones'! I know. Boring. I do love belting out some of the old favourites. Very therapeutic. Cwm Rhondda, Praise my Soul even Abide with Me. Really enjoy them. Pity I don't actually go to church though!

Oops phone playing games!

I had a long thread on here two or three years ago, with links to hymns on You Tube, but I don't think many of the links work anymore.

I don't know who Stuart Townend is. Will google.

Oh yes. That's lovely. click here to hear Stuart

Oh fantastic!

We had a holiday in Wales once. I can remember sitting on a little hill overlooking the chapel and hearing those Welsh voices singing that. Lovely!

I like the old ones too, but that is lovely.
Do you know him, mariana?

My favourite at the moment is "Here I am Lord " by Dan Schutte. The words really resonate with me, and I love the tune too. I'm sorry I can't post a link. I must try and learn. I am a terrible backslider, I haven't been to Church for a few years now, except for weddings and funerals. That is a lovely setting of the 23rd psalm jingle.

Oh yes! That is a lovely one - words and tune. Here I am Lord

DD had 'How Great Thou Art' at her wedding, an unusual choice perhaps but it is one of the few hymns which can be sung in English and French at the same time without sounding strange.
In fact a lot of the congregation commented on how nice the French version was.
It is a lovely hymn which encompasses all.

Oh I love this - Finlandia was one of my mother's favourite pieces, and Libera is one of my favourite choirs. So this is a match made in Heaven for me Be Still My Soul

jings - sitting on a hill in Wales hearing the singing from the chapel. Must have been wonderful .

I wish the envy emoticon didn't look slightly miffed, because I'm not in the least miffed with you, just rather envious.

I love hymns. Whether or not you are religious you have to give credit to the composers who really knew how to rouse the masses or send them into a contemplative haven.

They can give comfort, encourage hilarity - sometimes a bit naughty and bring back wonderful memories.

And don't get me started on choirs

That is a beautiful rendering of Be Still my Soul. So calming.

I've just made the mistake of listening. The last verse made me cry! My husband died 12years ago on May 23rd!
We used to sing it in the church choir for the Remembrance Day service!

Thanks to jings links, I now know the English translation for Land of My Fathers.
Hymns can move me to tears. So can a Welsh male voice choir.

Here I am Lord by Dan Schutte
One of my favourite Stuart Townend (Christmas) songs I've been present when he's been leading worship and think he always does so very sensitively.
I do still love many of the old hymns though.

Galen

I have only just discovered Stuart Townend, I would have loved to be there when he is leading worship--seen it on Youtube. I have bought myself a couple of cds so far.

We have sung Here I am Lord at our church--beautiful Hymn.

I have this on my ' to be sung at my funeral" list! It's lovely.
I think that singing hymns.....ancient and modern....is an excellent mood-booster, and good for the memory too if you are as old as me and still have memories school morning- assemblies from the dim and distant past!

Calon Lan is a lovely Welsh hymn, I love H&M, gospel , and 'new ones'

Every month for ten years my little church group goes to sing a few hymns at a nearby nursing home. Very many of the residents have some form of dementia and yet quite a number of them remember all the words to the traditional hymns we sing and sometimes the songs obviously hook into emotions and memories. We stay for half an hour or so afterwards and a lot of the residents are much more lucid at that time.