An online petition
signed by 10,000 people has asked Cardinal Robert Sarah, the Vatican’s
liturgy chief, to intervene, saying the instrument is “inadequate” for
the space. I noticed that myself at the Christmas Eve broadcast of Midnight Mass, though I was more put out by the dropping of the Gregorian setting for the Midnight Mass Alleluia, when something else was sung instead.
The organ, donated by the American Alleyn Organ Company, was first used
for Mass on Christmas Eve, replacing the Basilica’s main pipe organ,
which officials believe is unsatisfactory.
How about not having an organ at all? It is not as if Catholic liturgical music requires one.
Article in Catholic Herald
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