Inwood's Lenten Resolution
The abstinence programme has been going so well that he will be giving up music for the Diocese for good.
Good for him.
Well done that man!
In times of austerity, times call for a leaner, meaner Church that's unafraid to make cuts when necessary.
Well done to Bishop Philip Egan for making those 'tough decisions' called for in these times. Portsmouth will regain its AAA rating soon enough if things carry on like this.
Don't worry, Paul, after Easter you can come busking with me in Brighton. You'll love it.
Comments
Methinks you are a glutton for punishment!
With a CV like that he'll find work soon enough in England and Wales.
Yes, but when the "traditional" ones were new they were good, and still are, hence they've stood the test of time. The point of the comments you wrongly, and somewhat self-righteously, label as uncharitable is that Mr. I's compositions are trite, banal and ephemeral.
Oh look, I've been uncharitable. Tsk, tsk, and I'd given that up for Lent. Sort of.
Plus, Mr Inwood is well known to be of retirement age. His redundancy has probably been planned and negotiated for some time, and I doubt that it will hit him very hard in the wallet.
I wonder how many of the writers of the unpleasant posts have enhanced a liturgy for others. Inwood is not my taste, but he's done sterling work in the eyes of others.
I wonder why the Church is seen to be in crisis.
Well done.
He struck me as a bit bumptious and arrogant, which I could have put up with if it was not that the music he was writing left a taste of lemon juice in the mouth. This is not unusual amongst music written by contemporary church musicians. I just wish they would realise their limitations and stop composing music other than for consenting adults in private. It isn't as if there is a shortage of music already written.
His 'O blest are those ...' is a classic.
His RP setting of 'Come, Lord and save us' is majestic.
His RP setting of 'Happy are they' is beautiful, (and has a little nod to Beethoven).
The 'Gathering Mass' is immensely successful and popular.
"God mounts his throne" starts off with a pleasant little refrain that could have been written in the early eighteenth century, but then goes sour. "Centre of my life" is boring, "O blest are those is" also like a beer that isn't off but isn't right either.
"Make Us Turn to You" never quite resolves. It isn't discordant or anything like that but no doubt there is a technical reason, and now I am going to listen to something by a decent composer like Handel.