[Magdalen] Beautiful morning at church

[Scott Knitter]

They did the Tous-puissant one and the Seigneur one. The latter dissolves
me with its beauty. But I was serving as an acolyte and receiving Communion
when they sang it, and acolytes' aren't allowed to dissolve during Mass. :)

https://youtu.be/eatyViNp720

On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 9:26 AM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>  I pulled out my Robert Shaw recording with these plus the Mass in C and
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> the four Christmas Motets.  Honestly, if Bach is the 5th Evangelist,
> Poulenc is the 6th.
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> There is a pulsating rhythm in most of his works, and Robert Shaw
> understands this very well.  Some of the other conductors of Poulenc's
> works do not get it, sadly.
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> David S.
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> In a message dated 7/9/2018 9:53:46 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
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>  What made the day even better was the schola's beautiful singing, in
> French, of two of the Four Little Prayers of St Francis of Assisi, by
> Francis Poulenc. Luscious harmony; one choir member calls it "French
> barbershop." :)
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>


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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA