Six favourite 20th Century choral works.

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Luke

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April 12, 2024, 06:45:36 AM Last Edit: April 12, 2024, 06:47:32 AM by Luke
Quote from: Cato on April 12, 2024, 04:57:46 AMEarlier, The Curse On Iron by Veljo Tormis




That's a wild piece! Elemental shamanic incantation! But he's fantastic, too, in his more pastoral, folk-infused mode


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April 12, 2024, 03:09:02 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on April 12, 2024, 12:10:27 AMGreat selection Cesar - I was fortunate enough to hear 'The Bells' live in London last night.

Lucky you, Jeffrey! I have yet to hear it live in concert.
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April 12, 2024, 04:03:15 PM Last Edit: April 12, 2024, 07:27:55 PM by Symphonic Addict
An alternative list (I couldn't help myself):

The Storm, by Vítezslav Novák (1908-10)
Gurrelieder, by Arnold Schönberg (1910)
Sacred Service, by Ernest Bloch (1933)
Hymnus Paradisi, by Herbert Howells (1936-38)
Requiem, by Maurice Duruflé (1947)
The Epic of Gilgamesh, by Bohuslav Martinů (1955)
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vandermolen

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April 13, 2024, 12:06:37 AM
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on April 12, 2024, 04:03:15 PMAn alternative list (I couldn't help myself):

The Storm, by Vítezslav Novák (1908-10)
Gurrelieder, by Arnold Schönberg (1910)
Sacred Service, by Ernest Bloch (1933)
Hymnus Paradisi, by Herbert Howells (1936-38)
Requiem, by Maurice Duruflé (1947)
The Epic of Gilgamesh, by Bohuslav Martinů (1955)
Fabulous list Cesar! I don't know the Gurrelieder well but the other are, without exception, very special to me.
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Karl Henning

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April 13, 2024, 05:55:42 AM
Quote from: Luke on April 11, 2024, 03:23:16 PMOne possible list...

Janacek - Glagolitic
Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms
Tippett - Child of Our Time
Britten - War Requiem
Poulenc - Litanies a la vierge noire
Adams - Harmonium

Another one...

Rachmaninov - Vespers
Part - Miserere
Schnittke - Choir Concerto or Psalms of Repentance
Silvestrov - Testament
Tormis - a number of things....
Szymanowski - Stabat Mater or Symphony no 3


A good list of works I need to revisit.
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