Word: laudamus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...church-although it may not be a church that many today recognize. "The temple is destined to become much less congested. The decrease in traffic will be accompanied by the increase of small but solemn assemblies engaged in the kind of worship that expresses its Te Deum Laudamus in the market place and civil courts. The throngs of the disenchanted will be replaced by the communities of disciplined Christians equipped to be the church as they invade the social orders...
...horns and strings, Poulenc's 25-minute Gloria proved to be a work of sharply profiled contrasts, at times deeply reverent (in the manner of his opera Dialogues of the Carmelites), at times mischievous and almost jazzy. Among its memorable moments: the opening of the second section, "Laudamus Te," with the dissonant cry of French horns followed by the syncopated chanting of the chorus; the movingly lyric third section with its bell-like soprano solo. "Domine Deus"; the quietly majestic ending in a mood of "pity and peace...