[bookshare-discuss] Re: 23d psalm, trumpet, beautiful
- From: "Chela Robles" <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 18:14:57 -0700
Amen in 5 8 time Ann, I sang first tenor, still sing tenor.
On 5/31/08, Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'd like to hear Rutter's version of the 23d psalm. I'll look for it online.
> Sometimes one can hear music of parts of music online. There's a lovely
> version of the choral movement of Beethoven's 9th on UTube, I think
> it is.
>
> I've refrained from mentioning this CD before because I don't know if it's
> available anywhere, but the most beautiful version of the 23d Psalm I've
> heard, with a beautiful trumpet descant, is on a CD called Amazing Grace.
> The CD combines music performed by the bands of Welsh Guards, the Argyll
> and Sutherland Highlanders and the Morriston Orpheus Choir. No more
> beautiful voices than the Welsh, even though I also love the Mormon
> Tabernacle Choir and others. But the Choir's version of the 23d Psalm, with
> slightly changed words, and the trumpet descant, is one of the most
> beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard. It gets into my soul and moves me
> to tears, especially the trumpet part.
>
> G.Cindy
>
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> --- On Sat, 5/31/08, Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: OT: John Rutter
>> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008, 3:54 AM
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I cannot agree more. I love all of Rutter's stuff. I
>> don't think
>> there is a more beautiful setting of the 23rd Psalm than
>> the one from
>> his Requiem. The Gloria is indeed a wonderful piece.
>>
>> I have sung a good deal of Rutter in my thirty years with
>> Rochester
>> Oratorio Society. It's always both a pleasure and a
>> challenge to sing
>> his works.
>>
>> Some are stirring like military music. Others, like the
>> theme from the
>> beginning of The Requiem are so melodic that it brings
>> tears to your
>> eyes. Yep, definitely one of our modern composers who
>> actually knows
>> how to write music. Some of these contemporary folks I
>> wouldn't give
>> you two figs for, but Rutter's definitely on top!
>>
>> Ann P.
>>
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