(March 14, 2016 at 3:00 am)Minimalist Wrote:(March 10, 2016 at 7:43 am)Alex K Wrote: Praise the Lord, everything about this performance makes me happy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation...-T74hZ-lYI
You don't hear many counteraltos like that, and I love the German tenor.
Oh, yes. Just finished watching that. I've gotta make a permanent save of that one.
Two things: First, I'm glad they let the guy do the trumpet solo on "The Trumpet Shall Sound" because the woman looked like she was red in the face just from the Hallelujah Chorus. I think the Trumpet Shall Sound would have given her a stroke.
Second: They could have used a bigger chorus because when the timpanist got into it he overpowered them.
But it was great. Shows the one thing that fucking churches are good for. Excellent acoustics!
In regards to the trumpet players, to be fair, those pieces are extremely difficult on the instruments they're playing.
I can't even imagine how it was accomplished with natural trumpets back in the day.
I totally agree with you about church accoustics.