Me again! You make a lot of excellent points here. As someone who’s also spent a good deal of time both singing in and accompanying amateur choirs, I’m also frustrated by the conservative choice of repertoire and the unadventurousness of so much ‘contemporary’ choral music. Heck, I’ve met people whose idea of avant-garde music is Eric Whitacre!
And thanks also for the introduction to Joby Talbot, yet another composer who’s music I was unaware of. I swear, every time I come on this blog I discover a new composer…
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Me again! You make a lot of excellent points here. As someone who’s also spent a good deal of time both singing in and accompanying amateur choirs, I’m also frustrated by the conservative choice of repertoire and the unadventurousness of so much ‘contemporary’ choral music. Heck, I’ve met people whose idea of avant-garde music is Eric Whitacre!
And thanks also for the introduction to Joby Talbot, yet another composer who’s music I was unaware of. I swear, every time I come on this blog I discover a new composer…
Thanks Dan – and if you haven’t already, check out his arrangement of Purcell’s Chacony: short but really lovely – http://5against4.com/2011/08/15/proms-2011-jonny-greenwood-norwegian-wood-suite-purcelljoby-talbot-chacony-in-g-minor-world-premieres/
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