[Magdalen] Easter Devotions

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I didn't do it, list meisters ! ! !

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> You mean "Whack it off"? Whether it's prudent depends on what "it" is. :)
> Look to Mozart for actual musical naughtiness.
> On Mar 17, 2015 12:20 PM, "James Oppenheimer-Crawford" <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > And let us just stop before someone makes an unfortunate reference to
> that
> > Jewel of Bach "Wachet Auf".  Nope.  No remarks about that.  Wouldn't be
> > prudent....
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:
> >
> > > "Canned ham in garlic sauce" = "Spem in allium."
> > >
> > > Molly
> > >
> > > The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in
> no
> > > other way. -- Mark Twain
> > >
> > > > On Mar 17, 2015, at 9:16 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > "O Vos Omnes"....known to one choir I sang in as "All you eggs". But
> we
> > > > were an irreverent lot.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 1:57 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> > > > oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I worship now through music.  I find others who value fine musical
> > > >> performance are of a similar bent. Recently did the Messiah, and a
> bit
> > > >> later on we will do the Brahms Requiem. Unbeatable composition!
> Great
> > > text
> > > >> choice, superb composition itself (competent use of the choir, to
> put
> > it
> > > >> mildly) and absolutely marvelous orchestration, and the choir isn't
> > > silent
> > > >> most of the time.
> > > >>
> > > >> We just had a concert Mar. 14 in which the first half was three
> > > settings of
> > > >> O Vos Omnes. I like to see how different masters handle the same
> text.
> > > >>
> > > >> O vos ómnes qui transítis per víam, atténdite et vidéte:
> > > >> Si est dólor símilis sícut dólor méus.
> > > >>
> > > >> V. Atténdite, univérsi pópuli, et vidéte dolórem méum.
> > > >> Si est dólor símilis sícut dólor méus.
> > > >>
> > > >> Translation
> > > >>
> > > >> O all you who walk by on the road, pay attention and see:
> > > >> if there be any sorrow like my sorrow.
> > > >>
> > > >> V. Pay attention, all people, and look at my sorrow:
> > > >> if there be any sorrow like my sorrow.
> > > >>
> > > >> ​The settings were by
> > > >> Tomás Luis de Victoria
> > > >> ​ (16th cent. Spain)​
> > > >> ,
> > > >> ​ Pablo​
> > > >> Casals
> > > >> ​ (20th Cent. [1932])​
> > > >> and
> > > >> ​Paul ​
> > > >> Mealor
> > > >> ​ (contemporary)​
> > > >> .
> > > >> ​ Links to performances are at the end of the email.​
> > > >>
> > > >> These are a good selection for contrast. Victoria/Vittoria is one of
> > the
> > > >> finest composers of any time.  He wrote, very simply, very subtly,
> yet
> > > all
> > > >> of his effort is entirely to the text. Pablo Casals must have been a
> > > person
> > > >> of faith, because his setting, although stylistically distinct from
> > > >> Victoria, still has that simple straightforward quality of writing
> to
> > > the
> > > >> text.  Paul Mealor got a lot of exposure for writing the anthem that
> > > was at
> > > >> a royal wedding, and as a result, his work is being heard far more
> > > >> than heretofore. I really like his setting, with one caveat.  At the
> > > end he
> > > >> has a (VERY familiar) line from psalm 133 (
> > > >> "Hine Ma Tov Umanaim"
> > > >> ​ -- "Behold how good and pleasing [if brethren could sit together
> in
> > > >> unity"​
> > > >> )thrown in. I love the text, and I love what he did with it, but it
> > just
> > > >> does not
> > > >> ​seem to ​
> > > >> belong.
> > > >>
> > > >> The second half of the program was a performance of Buxtehude's set
> of
> > > >> seven "cantatas" which form a single work (Membra Jesu Nostri
> > > >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membra_Jesu_Nostri>), based on text
> > that
> > > >> takes inspiration from Jesus' body, section by section. I was not
> > > familiar
> > > >> with the work. Perhaps it ought to be performed more often.
> > > >>
> > > >> I include links to some performances I picked out for your
> listening.
> > I
> > > >> hope they are useful to you all.
> > > >>
> > > >> Vittoria:
> > > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m11B9GuDUmM
> > > >> Casals:
> > > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO61aTQMl7I
> > > >> Mealor:
> > > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOSm5RsPhbE
> > > >> Buxtehude:
> > > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWbBK2poJlE
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> ​
> > > >> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > > >> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not
> > > preserved,
> > > >> except in memory. LLAP**”  *
> > > >> *-- *Leonard
> > > >> ​
> > > >> ​​
> > > >> Nimoy
> > > >>
> > >
> >
>