Hmmm. Richard Wagner? Tell me more. I like Twisted Rick.
The RVW was scored for strings, so choirs would have been a bit out of
place really. See /Spem In Alium/ on /In Excelsis/ for a choir fix. ;-)
The one thing I left out of the /Tallis Fantasia /(and which I may add
in at a later date) is something I had first heard when I was first
played the piece many moons ago chez Smith. To me it is the perfect
evocation of rolling english fields, sunny days and all things /idyllic
and pastoral/. I had an inclination to meet the fade off with the sound
of birds singing, sheep bleating and distant church bells recorded in
some leafy part of Buckinghamshire. Kind of /Granchester Meadows /meets
/Fat Old Sun/ meets /Sheep/.
Mike
ceccles_ca wrote:
>
> The Vaughan Williams / Thomas Tallis piece is beautiful, start to
> finish. Those voices work well together. Choir in place of the
> string section may have worked nicely too.
> http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/mellotronworks/
> <http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/mellotronworks/>
> Quite complex 3/4 of the way through.
>
> There's a Richard Wagner piece that would suit 'tron voices well like
> this. I'll try to find it.
>
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