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Messiaen: Offrandes Oubliées
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Offrandes Oubliées (1930)
When asserting that Messiaen was one of the most influential composer of the 20th century, there is very little danger of overstating the matter. There is simply no other composer that had such a profound influence over such a broad spectrum of artists. Stockhausen, Boulez, Pärt, Grisey, Takemitsu and [...]
Quiz #21: Lost In The Post
1) The envelope containing the results for this week’s quiz was delayed by a rather spectacular but still plausible series of events involving a tiger, a pair of galoshes and three pieces of old Canadian cheddar.
2) Miss Mussel stayed up til 7am Sunday morning making a website and hasn’t really been able to string more [...]
Review: Da Capo Chamber Choir/Guelph Chamber Choir
In today’s Waterloo Record
There’s no getting around it, rescheduling a concert is a hassle for all involved. Those who turned up at St John the Evangelist Anglican Church in Kitchener Wednesday evening know that sometimes, it is worth it. Initially a victim of an early march snowstorm, take two of this concert presented by Waterloo’s [...]
Wolfgang Rihm: Deus Passus Resources
Libretto
Tenebrae read by Paul Celan (English)
Tenebrae by Paul Celan (auf Deutsche)
Wolfgang Rihm: Deus Passus
Audio is available for this one. The tracks are marked throughout the post. This analysis is the longest of the four, mostly because it is the one that resonated the most with me while I was studying the score. Hopefully, it will be worth the read.
There are very few texts that can [...]
Quiz #6 Pencils Down Everyone
Congratulations to Roberto Corsi who was first in with Anton Bruckner’s Mass No.1 in D minor, first performed in 1864.
The whole piece won’t be posted in the sidebar this time because it’s enormous (read: bandwidth monster) but the Kyrie and Sanctus will be up for your future listening pleasure.
Unfortunately Miss Mussel hasn’t the time at [...]
Quiz #6: Clue Two
Ok, there have been some people circling around the correct answer but no one has, as of yet, committed with their guess. Musings on late Romantic are near to the bullseye while suggestions of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms or Bruckner are various degrees of hot and cold. On to the clues:
Yesterday’s
1) The composer [...]
Quiz #6: Clue One
Apologies for being late with the clue this morning, folks. It’s the final week of manuscript writing for Miss Mussel’s book project and, as you might expect, it’s pedal to the metal.
Another movement has been added to give you a bit of a hint and here are a few clues.
1) The composer was a late [...]
Quiz #6
Miss Mussel has a cracking piece for you this week, if she may say so.
Name of Piece, Composer and Date of Composition are the vitals plus any other pertinent facts you came across over the course of your research.
Winner announced on Weds or as the answer comes in, whichever is later.
Musings may be [...]
