Re:Listening to songs can cause a physiological response kno...
by 7373737373 on Sunday May 22, 2022 @04:00AM
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The ending of Mahler's Symphony No. 8 does it for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYM54vhLYTU
Re:Listening to songs can cause a physiological response kno...
by tomcam on Sunday May 22, 2022 @03:23AM
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That was electric. Thank you. I have also had a few of those experiences singing and some old Benjamin Britten masses.
Re:Listening to songs can cause a physiological response kno...
by swat535 on Sunday May 22, 2022 @09:26AM
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Beautiful, I also like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQadcm_dwEM&list=WL&index=10 - Libera
Start listening at the beginning of the Gloria (well, listen to the whole thing if you can, but if you're pushed for time start here):
https://youtu.be/4jmxJa4kMGM?t=131
The famous frisson moment in this recording is at 2m57: "as it was". Three reasons. One is the shifting chords in the organ part and the tenor/bass parts that lead up to it (the "expectancy violations"). The second is just the pure thrill of trebles soaring to a top A like that. And the third you only get if you listened to the Magnificat beforehand, which in its natural environment - a service of choral Evensong - you would: the "as it was" in the Gloria of the Nunc is _almost_ exactly the same as it was in the Mag... just a beat later. Pure "expectancy violation" again.
Howells is full of these moments. The big, crunchy, discordant Amen in the Gloria of the Magdalen Service is my favourite - where the harmonies are offset by a crescendo/diminuendo/crescendo sequence in the choir, all on the same note.