Word: sanctus
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From the opening crash of the Kyrie to the contrapuntal splendors of the Sanctus and the flowing tranquillity of the Agnus Dei, choir, soloists and instrumentalists did themselves proud last week, mightily impressed visiting critics with the musical authority of Director Jones. As for Ifor Jones, he has made no secret of his ambition to do in Bethlehem what Leopold Stokowski did in Philadelphia. Stokowski was also a church organist before he took over the Philadelphia Orchestra...
...ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass consists of five parts: the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei. The Lutheran service uses only the first...
...apart while writing what is generally considered to be one of his greatest works. Perhaps its most impressive feature is the smooth, unified flow of his music as it passes rapidly from mood to mood, from the mighty, dramatic ascent of the Credo to the sweet simplicity of the Sanctus. This composition is essentially one of strongly contrasting moments, and Dr. Koussevitzky's very vigorous interpretation seems to us ideal, without any undue exaggeration of the powerful passages. After all, this work, deeply religious as it is, certainly was never designed to be sung in an ordinary church atmosphere...
...have given the chorus in preparing this work. The attacks were clean, the tone was pure, and there was plenty of body in the choral sections. Although the orchestra occasionally became a bit indefinite in its playing of the Gloria and the Credo, it redeemed itself gloriously in the Sanctus and the Agnus Dei. The soloists on the whole sang well and with feeling...
Honorable mention was given to Everett B. Helm 2G., of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Both men chose for their composition the setting of the "Sanctus...