A concerto is an instrumental work made to highlight the contrast between a single instrumentalist or small group of players...
She wept for grief, then called the beast To listen to her song of peace. Lilting sweet, our Nezhka sang and played. The dragon, dumbstruck, quenched his fire, And turned to hear her strumming lyre His anger quickly soothed by her chorale ...
In Lutheran Germany motets were based on the texts, and often the melodies, of chorales (German hymns). In England motets with English texts for use in Anglican services were called anthems (see anthem). They were either for chorus (full anthems) or for soloist(s) and chorus (verse ...
In his chorale fantasia on the Lutheran hymnIn dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr(“In thee have I hoped, Lord”), Tunder employs the practice of lavishly ornamenting each chorale phrase, either the complete line or only a fragment of it, in the soprano and then stating the plain version of...
theSt. John Passionis cracking good storytelling. The singers of the chorus get to represent the congregation of believers (the chorales), a “Greek chorus” contemplating the last hours of Jesus’ life and death (opening and closing choruses), plus the mob, Pharisees, and Roman soldiers (th...
OW: You are also working on a new project called “Liedstadt.” Where did the inspiration for that project come from? JP: I have co-created “Liedstadt” together with art director Cate Pisaroni and Kian Jazdi, a project designer from Hamburg. Cate is well-known in the world ...
Chorale de l'Ecole Leon Bourgeois Popcorn (3:27) Choir Orchester der Musik-Schule-Warndt Düsenjägerpopcorn (2:11) Hector Manito Bonila Canguil Con Salsa (2:52) A. Decap Popcorn (2:22) organ version Jorge Fontes Popcorn (3:03) Jochen Brauer Sextett Popcorn (2:43) Chikar...
[rusticating in a cabin out Joshua Tree way] on Side 1, reformed L.A. '80s American GuitarstaristsThe Dream Syndicateon Side 3, and East L.A. hiphopsmithXololanxinxodrenched in Alice Coltrane chorales on Side 4. Shuffle it, play it, straight through, or pick a side: this is a ...
chorales, for instance, and compose music so characteristic of Bach’s style that it fools even experts into thinking it is original. This is mimicry. It is what an artist does as an apprentice: copy and perfect the style of others instead of working in an authentic, original voice...
The next step is to become familiar with the many formal structures of musical rhetoric. These could be as simple as a hymn prelude (or chorale prelude) or bicinia or something as complex as a formal four voice fugue. Or you could simply take a passage from scripture and create a musical...