CE Chapel of New College, Oxford Feb 14th 2018

[PeterboroughDiapason]

It’s certainly different and left quite a few here with egg on their faces

How so?

[oddoneout]

Well I did listen again today. Even with the benefit of knowing that what I was hearing was intentional can't say I was entirely convinced....But on the plus side I now know more than I did about the piece, which is always a good thing.

[ardcarp]

I'm glad RQ mentioned....

"the sharpened leading notes notated by Mendelssohn, which produce an astonishing augmented sixth with the bass at the cadence"

....because I've always thought that a step too far. The 'diabolic' interval involving 3 whole tones was surely a no-no in Allegri's time. But we can't be certain it didn't arise from some wild improviatory Italian!

(The 'fun' CD I mentioned in #9 earlier uses it a lot.)

[Keraulophone]

But we can't be certain it didn't arise from some wild improviatory Italian!

Quite - the likes of Michelangelo Rossi and his ilk.

The 'fun' CD I mentioned in #9 earlier uses it a lot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFtmSGpkA2c

Much more than mere 'fun': sublime IMV, sung as well as on this CD production... of course very different from the circumstances of a live broadcast by some very young singers. New College's recent recordings on their own Novum label have been of superlative quality.

[jonfan]

How so?

Well if you look up thread there were suggestions that the notes were not necessarily in the right order.

[mw963]

jonfan - I can't help feeling you're stirring.....

I don't agree with you at all, and I think oddoneout has expressed exactly my own feelings - on listening carefully to the repeat - and done it very diplomatically.

[DracoM]