Schubert’s Psalm 23 – Part III
I hope you have enjoyed learning Schubert’s beautiful motet. There is just so much to talk about and study in this complex piece of music. Let’s delve into the translation,… Read more Schubert’s Psalm 23 – Part III →
O Vos Omnes – Communicate, people!
There have been many famous settings of O Vos Omnes by composers such as Italian composer Carlo Gesualdo of the Renaissance era and Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria who composed his… Read more O Vos Omnes – Communicate, people! →
La Danza…. Mamma Mia!!!
A teacher once told me that “There has never been an Italian who mumbled.” You can see in the video that good ol’ Pav devotes all of the energy in his entire body to his mouth. His stance and even his expression hardly change at all. He is completely still, though we know under that cummerbund there is some major support going on. You get the sense that the words are so important that he wants you to understand every single one, even if you don’t speak Italian 🙂