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music to my ears: November 2010
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Music to my ears. Notes on music in the key of A. Monday, November 15, 2010. Choosing the music for a concert is at best a somewhat mysterious process (please see my earlier post. For concert details). At the end, we hope that the audience will feel that the music fits together, that there is a flow and a connection among the pieces that makes the progression of pieces almost inevitable. In the case of this program, we began with the Pinkham Christmas Cantata. Since we were doing In Ecclesiis. Even thoug...
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music to my ears: Britten Jubilate Deo
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Music to my ears. Notes on music in the key of A. Saturday, November 06, 2010. The choir at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Orinda CA is singing Benjamin Britten's delightful Jubilate Deo. On Sunday, November 7, 2010. I included the date because Sunday is only a couple of hours away, and anyone reading this will likely be reading after the event. Written almost 20 years earlier. The organ part in the Jubilate. Has the same sparkle as Rejoice. In 1961, this latter work not published until after his deat...
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Listening to Britten – Praise We Great Men | Good Morning Britten
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Benjamin Britten – a voyage of discovery in his centenary year. Welcome to team BB! Around Britten in 80 songs. Listening to Britten – Welcome Ode, Op.95. Listening to Britten – Praise We Great Men. October 8, 2014. By John Piper, 1977. (c) The Piper Estate. Image used courtesy of Tate. Praise We Great Men. For soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, chorus (SATB) and orchestra (July-October 1976, orchestrated by Colin Matthews. Britten aged 62). Duration 7’30”. Background and Critical Reception. The exhaus...
