Word: motet
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard University Choir. A special Lenten service. Bach: Motet No. 5; Purcell: Evening Service music. Free. Sunday, March...
Choir. The University Choir gave a spectacular performance of the Bach Cantata No. 131 last Sunday. The Motet they will sing this Sunday afternoon should be very good. The Motets are to singers what string quartets are to violinists: a form more easily appreciated by performers than by listeners. Just a warning to those who might expect to hear in the motet the more varied timbres of a cantata orchestration. --Kenneth Hoffman...
MEMORIAL CHURCH. University Choir in a Choral Evening Service. Service music of Purcell and a Bach motet. March...
...disturbing. His ability to draw great contrasts was especially valuable in the brief Thomas Tallis Heare the Voyce and Prayer. The singing of both choirs was strong and round. The composition itself has a hint of the genius found in the famous 40-part motet Spem in alium. By the last work of the evening. Thomas Morley's Service for the Burial of the Dead, the singers were well warmed up. Their diction was excellent and the large intervals between soprano and bass--which put a premium on faithful pitch--were negotiated readily. The beautiful ending with an inverted pedal...
Everybody Stand up. The whole motet from the top Remember the title. 'Jesu, meine Freude. You are renouncing the world and its pleasures and passions for Christ. Listen to the text. And get a good breath before you start. Remember, there's 25 minutes of very demanding music ahead...