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In Reply to: How do you measure the "religious reverence" of a performance? posted by Analog Scott on July 26, 2016 at 07:23:51:
You pose a valid question, and the answers are found in the nature and history of the art form.
To draw an analogy (Why, Hello, Ms. Sontag!), what we experience when we hear a recording of a concert performance of a sacred work such as Bach's "Catholic" Mass is similar to what we experience when we hear a recording of a concert performance of a suite taken from a ballet score.
In both cases, the recording we hear does not present the work in its originally intended context. However, in the same way that the conductor of a concert performance of a suite taken from a ballet score is under an obligation to conduct in such a way that dancers would find the music symbiotic with their dancing, the conductor of a concert performance of music meant to be embedded in a religious ritual has to be mindful of the missing context.
I am not saying that there is a magic formula. Slower is not always better. However, when a slower tempo allows the orderly and organic presentation of telling musical details, it is better. Celi is slow, but he never lets the pulse of the music die.
Another important aspect not to be disregarded is that the vocal soloists in sacred music should sound as though they believe the words they are singing (which of course is a different matter than whether they actually do).
ATB,
John
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Follow Ups
- You pose a valid question, and the answers are found in the nature and history of the art form - John Marks 08:17:04 07/26/16 (8)
- RE: You pose a valid question, and the answers are found in the nature and history of the art form - goldenthal 01:07:01 08/01/16 (0)
- From Usenet - Chris from Lafayette 10:25:42 07/26/16 (0)
- RE: "...the vocal soloists in sacred music should sound as though they believe the words they are singing." - genungo 09:59:49 07/26/16 (1)
- ROTFLMAO! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 10:27:00 07/26/16 (0)
- Certainly know what you mean... - Ivan303 09:20:08 07/26/16 (1)
- RE: Certainly know what you mean... But the question is . . . - goldenthal 01:12:08 08/01/16 (0)
- "the orderly and organic presentation of telling musical details" - Chris from Lafayette 08:45:22 07/26/16 (1)
- slow, and tedious, if not boring? - Timbo in Oz 03:38:27 07/27/16 (0)
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