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Nov. 7th, 2019 10:00 amSo I finished Anderson's bio of Shostakovitch's 7th, and I do recommend it altogether as a good combination of style and content - it reads like a novel, and then you turn to the back and find a ream of citations, which is what I'm all about lmao - but it also reminded me of one of my favorite choral moments!
See, back in my choir in high school, we did a good load of Britten, and my first concert with them had Rejoice in the Lamb. Smart originally wrote Jubilate largely while confined to asylum, hence his preoccupation with his cat, who was his only company.
But then, listen to this:
the organ pipes up with a familiar little refrain that the chorus picks up - DSCH, right on top of
For I am under the same accusation with my Saviour, for they said, he is besides himself.
See, back in my choir in high school, we did a good load of Britten, and my first concert with them had Rejoice in the Lamb. Smart originally wrote Jubilate largely while confined to asylum, hence his preoccupation with his cat, who was his only company.
But then, listen to this:
the organ pipes up with a familiar little refrain that the chorus picks up - DSCH, right on top of
For I am under the same accusation with my Saviour, for they said, he is besides himself.
For the officers of the peace are at variance with me, and the watchman smites me with his staff.
For Silly fellow! Silly fellow! is against me, and belongeth neither to me nor to my family.
Which I had always thought was clever and appropriate, of course, but augh the more I know the harder it hits!!
Which I had always thought was clever and appropriate, of course, but augh the more I know the harder it hits!!
