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Appleton Chapel, rebuilt as a room in Memorial Church, now houses the choir and organist...
There, the Isham organ reclines against the back wall, surrounded by rows of pews that the choir typically occupies...
...very fact is that most pieces of organ music was written for churches,” Jones said. The choir, an integral part of any service, uses literature that is most often written with the organ in mind...
...Bringer of Jollity,” shimmering sounds glittered with high-pitches. The final movement, “Neptune the Mystic,” however, was the piece that truly captivated the audience. With the silent entrance and gentle, wordless vocal performance of an all-female choir on the balcony high above the orchestra, this final movement proved to be the grandest of finales. The choir acted as another of Yannatos’ instruments as the members alertly watched for his cues and perfectly complemented the orchestra with their voices. As the instruments faded, the choir hummed...
...only because of Pitchfork’s praise but also because they successfully showed that lyrically-complicated, sonically-rich albums could work in a mainstream context. Although “Widow City” is a significant improvement over previous Furnaces records like “Rehearsing My Choir,” the entire project is just a little too self-aware, a little too purposely anti-mainstream—in other words, a little too indie. —Reviewer Kimberly E. Gittleson can be reached at gittles@fas.harvard.edu...