Beautiful - the soaring voices both raise the spirit and poignantly reflect Mary's suffering. It has to be said, she isn't very "stabat" in the painting chosen to illustrate the piece!
Yes, the soprano gets the starring role for sure (as so often). I much prefer this to St John Koko yesterday who, despite being interesting in a musicologist way, does (as Susannah puts it) drone on a bit.
Is there a way to encourage more interest in this project, now you're on Substack? There must be others out there who'd enjoy this unusual music!
Beautiful - the soaring voices both raise the spirit and poignantly reflect Mary's suffering. It has to be said, she isn't very "stabat" in the painting chosen to illustrate the piece!
It’s hard not to be moved by it, but yes the painting, errrmmmm
Yes, the soprano gets the starring role for sure (as so often). I much prefer this to St John Koko yesterday who, despite being interesting in a musicologist way, does (as Susannah puts it) drone on a bit.
Is there a way to encourage more interest in this project, now you're on Substack? There must be others out there who'd enjoy this unusual music!
Good point Barry - we must work on this.
Delighted to have been able to welcome a few new subscribers though!