Word: sanctus
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Music, sound and lighting effects add significantly to the desperation of Hamlet's world. Claire van Kampen's score of trumpets, strings, percussion and piano-coordinated with sounds of wind, sea and rain-compliments the mood of accompanying scenes. The thundering chords, lighting and unearthly chanting of "Sanctus Spiritus" heighten the horror of the Ghost scenes. Strains of piano and strings underlying loving scenes between Claudius and Gertrude and later among Laertes, Ophelia and Polonius reveal the fragility of those moments...
Remensnyder explains in her work. "Sanctus et Novitas" (Saintliness and Novetly) that...
Saint. The word is heavy with meanings, not all of them congenial to modern man. The original Latin from which it derives, sanctus, means holy, and all the definitions since have revolved around just whom or what people consider holy. To many, saint is a medieval word, redolent of incense, conjuring up halos and glowing, distant images of spiritual glory in some great cathedral's stained-glass windows. To others, the word is still useful...
...mighty Mass? These two recordings are not likely to resolve that longstanding controversy. The Von Karajan production is monumental, sumptuous and well planned, with the attention to detail and seamless le gato that are his trademark. In Von Karajan's hands, the six-part chorus of the Sanctus that is the capstone of the Mass builds to Old Testament grandeur. Corboz has a chambered vision. Employing a small orchestra and a mixed chorus of three dozen or so voices, he turns in a finely tuned performance in authentic Baroque style. The vocalism is brisk and light, blending perfect tonal...
...outer movements were better done than the Credo or the Sanctus, the former being sloppy, and perhaps too demanding for the Choir, and the latter featuring the quartet of soloists and a long violin solo which was drabbly executed by Mr. Brink...