Word: laudati
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With Mendelssohn's "Laudati Puerl" as their featured chorale, the Radcliffe singers presented works representing both modern and classical composers. Purcell's "Nymphs and Shepherds" was the opening piece and was followed by works by Shubert, Gluek, Sweelinck, and Constantini...
...setting for chorus of the 134th psalm by Bach's contemporary, Sweelink. The 18th century is represented by a beautiful chorus from Gluck's "Orpheus." The two modern choral works to be sung are unusual arrangements. "Mal" Holmes has turned the organ accompaniment of Mendelssohn's motet "Laudati Pueri" into a rich orchestral background, while the other modern piece, the "Valse Nobles" of Schubert, was an arranger's field day. First written by Schubert as a set of piano waltzes it was later fitted out with an original obligato for female voices by a brilliant and unpronounceable Pole, Mandyczewski...