"Hail thee, festival day" (Pentecost), St. Bartholomew's Church
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2011
- #225 from The Hymnal 1982: Processional Hymn for the Day of Pentecost ("Whitsunday") at St. Bartholomew's, an Episcopal church in New York City on June 12, 2011.
This hymn is an early 20th-century English translation of the original Latin hymn "Salve, festa dies" ('Hail, O festive day') by Venantius Honorius Fortunatus, who authored it some time in the sixth century. The hymn tune, also called 'Salve festa dies', was composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams also in the early 20th century.
Red is the color of the day, and banners are used to represent the descent of the Holy Spirit. 
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these hymns are one of the reasons why i love the episcopal church!
Thank you for posting this; I love Saint Bart's, I love Ralph Vaughan Williams and I love the Lord. What a beautiful way to celebrate Pentecost this year!
I ADORE THIS! BLESS YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR THOSE BROUGHT UP IN THIS TRADITION.
Mary Hail this festival day
Hail the festival day
Groan... everybody's a critic. This is the tempo I've always sung this hymn to, and our Episcopal church uses similar streamers. I think this is lovely.
I like this hymn along with "Welcome Happy Morning" that I see you have also posted.
Such a beautiful piece of Twentieth Century hymnody. One of the truly accomplished and successful modern hymns.
Agreed! Glad you liked the video. :-)
I believe it's so important to share this inspiring music. What I love is that a lot of it comes from old Latin hymns. Churches who broke away from Rome didn't want to throw them away altogether, but re-interpret them so that everyone could experience the power of their poetry.
There are more to come, but currently I'm experiencing technical difficulties, as a parishioner (accidentally) broke my digital camera. :-\
I compared this to one I recorded at my church last spring, this is a bit faster than our organist played.
It's not racing through it.. that is the appropriate tempo...
holy crow .. why is he racing through this??
What is with the red streamers? They seem out of place with a traditional hymn, traditional Church setting, etc.
it is a Pentecost thing
I agree. Entirely inappropriate in a liturgical setting.
Good tempo, but the organ completely drowns out the choir.
Frank Eggers you say that like it's a problem. ;D
The red streamers are a distraction and inappropriate for a liturgical setting.
These red streamers in the procession look clueless for me, and a bit absurd. I have never seen such thing in the Church of England, and I don't think it is proper or reverent for the procession before the most holy sacrament of Eucharist.
At least it's not giant puppets of doom or butterflies on sticks.