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May. 12th, 2007 10:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rhuSo the Chanticleer Mass arrived yesterday, and tonight ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
introverte and I sat down and listened to it. And our unanimous review is....
All of the contemporary composers seemed to be going for the big, dramatic slow movement. The Credo/Ani Ma'amin had a few faster sections and interesting rhythms, but other than that they were all draggy. The Eastern Orthodox Sanctus used Western tonalities when we were thirsting for something modal already; the Sufi Gloria was basically one theme over and over and over and.... The start of the Agnus Dei was the best of the bunch -- beautiful theme, lush harmonies, but then it got slow and repetitious, too. The Gabrielli selections were the best, and that's a shame.
So afterwards,introverte said to me, "I need a palate cleanser." I did, too -- so I put on the Missa Hilarious which, of course, was what she had in mind as well. "Angus Dei" rocks.
introverte and I sat down and listened to it. And our unanimous review is....All of the contemporary composers seemed to be going for the big, dramatic slow movement. The Credo/Ani Ma'amin had a few faster sections and interesting rhythms, but other than that they were all draggy. The Eastern Orthodox Sanctus used Western tonalities when we were thirsting for something modal already; the Sufi Gloria was basically one theme over and over and over and.... The start of the Agnus Dei was the best of the bunch -- beautiful theme, lush harmonies, but then it got slow and repetitious, too. The Gabrielli selections were the best, and that's a shame.
So afterwards,
introverte said to me, "I need a palate cleanser." I did, too -- so I put on the Missa Hilarious which, of course, was what she had in mind as well. "Angus Dei" rocks.