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I went to the Maurice Durufle/ Gabriel Faure "Requiem" performance by the UCSB Chamber Choir conducted by Michel Marc Gervais. When I arrived and listened to this music, I felt that this type of music fit its location, a church. In the first half of the performance, the piece that stood out for me was the VIII, "Libera me." I decided to pick this one out of all the first half pieces in the Op. 9 because was one of the longer pieces, and wasn't as chant-like as the other eight were. This one was very high-pitched, as well as very
The thing I liked most is that the choir often got louder than the organ and baritone. In the second half of the piece I chose the "Introit et Kyrie. I thought this piece sounded the best when the chorus and organ were low pitched in harmony. I recognized that this piece stopped like it was going to end, an all of a sudden started up again, like the one we listened to in class by Beethoven. The organ and baritone were way too loud. Also, the choir was very in sync with one another. The ending, however, almost made this piece as bad as the others because it was just the baritone and organ. This piece also included a male solo, which sounded quite good. " The chorus in this one also sounded in rhythm with one another. All the other pieces annoyed me because all I heard was the annoying organ. I was amazed at how high and loud the voices got during this piece. It was a shame because the chorus was really good.
Common topics in this essay:
VIII Libera,
Marc Gervais,
Chamber Choir,
Faure Requiem,
Concert Report,
organ baritone,
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