{"id":190,"date":"2010-10-28T16:35:12","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T16:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/?p=190"},"modified":"2010-10-28T16:35:12","modified_gmt":"2010-10-28T16:35:12","slug":"poulenc-and-victoria-sunlit-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/2010\/10\/28\/poulenc-and-victoria-sunlit-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Poulenc and Victoria: sunlit music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A gloriously sunlit October day, suitable for rehearsing the first part of Poulenc\u2019s <em>Exultate Deo<\/em>. This piece really has the light of the sun glowing through it in the second section, \u2018Jubilate Deo,\u2019 with\u00a0Poulenc&#8217;s trademark\u00a0musical language of added-sixth and seventh chords and prominent major second passing notes; there\u2019s a terrific sense of freedom to the piece, both harmonically and rhythmically in the way the time-signatures changes between three, four and five crotchets in the bar.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='625' height='382' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rf6SciOJEdY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Circle Time followed, where we broke ranks and stood around in a circle to sing the section of the Poulenc that we\u2019d learned; it was amazing to stand surrounded by the colourful chords and exuberant harmony of the piece. And a great way to test the integrity of the voice-parts: in general, a fairly sound effort \u2013 the odd, typically Poulenc, dissonant sonority needed careful attention, but otherwise an exciting start.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria\u2019s <em>Ave Maria<\/em> is another motet which has great rhythmic freedom \u2013 occasionally there\u2019s a dance-feel that interrupts the regular metric feel, as though he is eager to dance but feels he can\u2019t within the confines of a formal sacred motet, but it\u2019s uncontrollable and sometimes can\u2019t help but burst through. Unlock the dance-rhythm in music, and it comes alive&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div id=\"attachment_194\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194 \" style=\"border: white 5px solid\" title=\"cecilian_web\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/files\/2010\/10\/cecilian_web.jpg\" alt=\"Cecilian Choir\" width=\"448\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/files\/2010\/10\/cecilian_web.jpg 448w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/files\/2010\/10\/cecilian_web-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hail, Bright Cecilians!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And here are some of us: Reading Week and flu claimed the others.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/2010\/10\/28\/poulenc-and-victoria-sunlit-music\/&amp;t=Poulenc and Victoria: sunlit music' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Poulenc and Victoria: sunlit music%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/2010\/10\/28\/poulenc-and-victoria-sunlit-music\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/2010\/10\/28\/poulenc-and-victoria-sunlit-music\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/2010\/10\/28\/poulenc-and-victoria-sunlit-music\/&amp;title=Poulenc and Victoria: sunlit music' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/2010\/10\/28\/poulenc-and-victoria-sunlit-music\/&amp;title=Poulenc and Victoria: sunlit music' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A gloriously sunlit October day, suitable for rehearsing the first part of Poulenc\u2019s Exultate Deo. This piece really has the light of the sun glowing through it in the second section, \u2018Jubilate Deo,\u2019 with\u00a0Poulenc&#8217;s trademark\u00a0musical language of added-sixth and seventh chords and prominent major second passing notes; there\u2019s a terrific sense of freedom to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":620,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1406],"tags":[949,941,1446],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions\/198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}