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Contents

Acknowledgements

xi

Notes on the Contributors

xiii

Introduction

1

George Corbett

Part I: Compositional and Theological Perspectives

7

1.

The Most Spiritual of the Arts: Music, Modernity, and the Search for the Sacred

9

James MacMillan

2.

The Surrogate Priest: Reflecting on Vocation with Welsh Composer Paul Mealor

17

Margaret McKerron with Paul Mealor

3.

Mary as a Model for Creative People: Establishing Theologian-Composer Partnerships with James MacMillan

31

George Corbett

4.

When Gods Talk to Men: Reading Mary with the Annunciations of the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East

45

Madhavi Nevader

5.

Old Testament Typology: The Gospel Canticles in the Liturgy and Life of the Church

57

William P. Hyland

6.

Composing for a Non-Professional Chapel Choir: Challenges and Opportunities

69

Tom Wilkinson

Part II: ‘Annunciations’ in the Hebrew Bible

95

7.1.

‘Where are you?’: The Temptation of Adam and Eve (Genesis 3)

97

Margaret McKerron

7.2.

Composer’s Reflections

111

Anselm McDonnell

‘Hinneni’

115

8.1.

Jacob Wrestling (Genesis 32.22-32)

127

Marian Kelsey

8.2.

Composer’s Reflections

141

Dominic de Grande

‘Whilst falling asleep, Savta told me of Jacob’

145

9.1.

Setting Fire to Music: Theological and Aesthetic Approaches (Exodus 3)

161

Rebekah Dyer

9.2.

Composer’s Reflections

173

Kerensa Briggs

‘Exodus III’

177

10.1.

A Dark Dream: God’s Calling of Samuel and the Ministry of Eli (1 Samuel 3)

189

Caleb Froehlich

10.2.

Composer’s Reflections

201

Seán Doherty

‘God Calls Samuel’

207

11.1.

Elijah’s Silent Annunciation (1 Kings 19.8-15)

217

Mary Stevens

11.2.

Composer’s Reflections

229

Lisa Robertson

‘The Silent Word Sounds’

233

12.1.

Musical Arguments and Gender Performance (Song of Songs 3.6-11)

253

Kimberley Jane Anderson

12.2.

Composer’s Reflections

265

Stuart Beatch

‘The Annunciation of Solomon’

269

Part III: Programming and Performing Sacred Music

277

13.

Sacred Art Music in the Catholic Liturgy: Perspectives from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland

279

Michael Ferguson

14.

Commissioning and Performing Sacred Music in the Anglican Church: A Perspective from Wells Cathedral

297

Matthew Owens

15.

Music at the Borders of the Sacred: Handel, Elgar and Poulenc

311

Michael Downes

16.

Sacred Music in Secular Spaces

325

Jonathan Arnold

17.

Music and Theology: Some Reflections on ‘the Listener’s Share’

337

Gavin Hopps

Index

353

Bibliography

363