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Let's talk choral music.
Akima:
I read this with interest in the Christmas special edition of The Economist.: "Sacred choral music touches on deep religious, moral and political questions."
pwhodges:
That's a nice informative article. Thanks for the link.
Another perspective of Byrd's period is to look at the Reformation, and what it required of musicians. Under protestantism, the words were paramount, and so they had to be both in the vernacular and sung simultaneously in all parts to avoid the confusion of overlapping words. So we see the English composers of the time - Tallis, Byrd, Sheppard and others - changing not only the language they set, but also the style of setting, as the pendulum swung to and from Catholicism. For instance, Tallis's Catholic music is markedly more elaborate and contrapuntal than his Protestant music, because by that time the Catholic church had accepted more elaboration "for the glory of God" than the protestants were prepared to allow.
I talk about this in the program of the recent concert "Reformation 500" which you can access through the link in my earlier message above.
pwhodges:
I enjoyed last night's concert - the organ we used is delightfully raucous at times!
https://cassland.org/CherwellSingers/2019-03-17_Organ/
or
https://cassland.org/CherwellSingers/2019-03-17_Organ_Surround/
I was surprised that the choir so easily overpowers the organ in the recording. It's my first time recording in that chapel; but my microphone was quite near their permanently installed kit, so I expected the balance to be about right.
Gyrre:
It's not a concert, but it does use a Russian choir.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQozLMgqsKo
Theophany also uses choral performances to great effect in their work.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlYJYNJDHVc
Eri:
I got accepted into MMEA's Southeastern District Senior Festival! And I got an All-State Rec!! Very exciting and I have triumphed over my terrible self-doubt once more.
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