Thought I would start this thread to see if anyone has any anecdotes about playing last verses in hymn tunes. As you will know, the general idea is that the last verse of selected hymns can be somewhat 'enhanced' by way of a new accompaniment, tasteful reharmonisations etc. I played one this morning for Holy, Holy, Holy (Nicea) and it seemed to come off well. Anybody played any extreme examples that have perhaps surprised the choir and congregation? I seem to remember there were a couple of videos on you tube which were quite extreme.
I made a boob one sunday when I accidentally played the 'last verse' reharmonised accompaniment (and quite a 'exciting' one at that!) on the penultimate verse when the choir were apparently still trying to sing the original harmony! You can imagine what that sounded like! Won't be doing that again. I'm almost OCD about counting the verses now so I don't miscount the verses again.
M. O.
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