Indeed dear man!! So we are on the same page - so to speak

I would also encourage the choir into a study of the Latin language. This would help to unlock some of the musical genius of the chants; text and music being so inextricably involved with each other!

These chants were sung by ordinary human beings who, through intense faith and the power of Love, allowed thier souls to soar unto the Divine Majesty. The modes do well to facilitate this 'freedom' of expression - with thier 'bending' of … [Altro]

Dear ACLumsden,

Many in this video, I believe, are perhaps less than five years into singing the chant, and then on a part-time basis. So your encouragement is most valued, especially as a veteran of the art!

The first years are so very critical in building up the belief that one can actually sing these more complex propers; but, also as critical, once that belief is secure, to use the acquired textbook technique as a point of departure to a more perhaps 'passionate' rendition (both in solo … [Altro]

Indeed dear 'Aristotleasguerra'. However, I am quite weary of the philosophy of performance of Latin Chant which goes rather like this: This is old music, therefore, no one knows HOW it was performed. The art of singing did not exist then (pre-Xc) and so our ideas of 'phrase', 'line' and 'motif' canot play a part in an 'authentic' offering of these laudable chants. This philosophy of performace of the Latin Chant ALWAYS (in my experience - 15years) renders the worship quite sterile. It is this … [Altro]

Dear ACLumsden,

In defense of the ensemble interpretation, what you hear is a large ensemble of women who had less than a week singing together, most under a new conductor, and some, perhaps, that were new to the experience (and thus perhaps overly careful or "in the notes," so to speak). So before dismissing the rendition entirely, please be aware that these factors played a part.

Can one name an average pianist who can pull of, say, Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu flawlessly and with all its … [Altro]

Gosh... this interpretation is definitely NOT a result of the Solesmes method (old or new!). The quelismas are done like the Mozarabic and Ambrosian styles, i.e. like quick mordents. The rhythm and phrasing is also rather dry and unemotional. Why is it that whenever we consider Latin Chant, we think so little of its composers as to consign them to emotionless entities of the past? After all, they were human beings with neurological capability for emotion just like us (even more, since they … [Altro]

Good job, Aristotle!