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Ralf Yusuf Gawlick - Missa gentis humanæ, Opus. 16 (2010)

Bartje Bartmans
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Ralf Yusuf Gawlick, of Romani-Kurdish descent, was born in Germany in 1969. His works include solo, chamber, orchestral and choral music, traversing a wide range of styles and often exploring aspects of his complex international heritage. Please support my channel: https://ko-fi.com/bartjebartmans Missa gentis humanæ, Op. 16 (2010) Mass for 8-voice a cappella choir Von B-A-S-I-A beflügelt Dedicated to Julian Wachner and the ‘Eight Great’ from Trinity Wall Street 1. Introit (0:00) 2. Kyrie (5:47) 3. Gloria (10:25) 4. Credo (21:47) 5. Sanctus (36:50) 6. Benedictus (39:18) 7. Agnus Dei (42:43) 8. Ite missa est (49:57) The Choir of Trinity Wall Street Sarah Brailey, Soprano 1 Linda Lee Jones, Soprano 2 Luthien Brackett, Alto 1 Melissa Attebury, Alto 2 Steven Caldicott Wilson, Tenor 1 Timothy Hodges, Tenor 2 Thomas McCargar, Bass 1 Jonathan Woody, Bass 2 Julian Wachner, conductor https://www.musicaomnia.org http://www.ralfgawlick.com/ Unified  …...more
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Ralf Yusuf Gawlick - Missa gentis humanæ, Opus. 16 (2010)
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Ralf Yusuf Gawlick, of Romani-Kurdish descent, was born in Germany in 1969. His works include solo, chamber, orchestral and choral music, traversing a wide range of styles and often exploring aspects of his complex international heritage. Please support my channel: https://ko-fi.com/bartjebartmans Missa gentis humanæ, Op. 16 (2010) Mass for 8-voice a cappella choir Von B-A-S-I-A beflügelt Dedicated to Julian Wachner and the ‘Eight Great’ from Trinity Wall Street 1. Introit (0:00) 2. Kyrie (5:47) 3. Gloria (10:25) 4. Credo (21:47) 5. Sanctus (36:50) 6. Benedictus (39:18) 7. Agnus Dei (42:43) 8. Ite missa est (49:57) The Choir of Trinity Wall Street Sarah Brailey, Soprano 1 Linda Lee Jones, Soprano 2 Luthien Brackett, Alto 1 Melissa Attebury, Alto 2 Steven Caldicott Wilson, Tenor 1 Timothy Hodges, Tenor 2 Thomas McCargar, Bass 1 Jonathan Woody, Bass 2 Julian Wachner, conductor https://www.musicaomnia.org http://www.ralfgawlick.com/ Unified by the text of the Mass Ordinary, Ralf Gawlick’s Missa Gentis Humanæ explores the following linguistic and musical techniques. First, charting the creation of human speech itself, the work utilizes embryonic vocal sounds: humming, then rapid alternation of the five vowels, then syllables, words and phrases to introduce each “worded” section. Second: to anyone who has studied the history of Western Art Music (and this will be “intuited” by many more casual listeners), the Missa encapsulates every imaginable kind of musical sound and device: from plainchant, through Medieval two, three and four-voice polyphony to complex Renaissance counterpoint and then a suggestion of the more “homophonic” approach to vocal part music dictated by the Council of Trent from 1545-1562. There are also harmonic and rhythmic references that touch upon many of the cornerstones of the Western musical tradition from the Baroque through the twentieth century. The third essential feature of this ingenious composition is the effortless transition from the Latin (and, in the case of the Introit, Greek) text that defines the Mass to a multiplicity of languages that present “commentaries” on the essential message of the Mass: love, drawn from a millennium’s-worth of writing by distinguished authors from many countries. This striking linguistic feature renders the work kaleidoscopic, while the incorporation of so many musical styles and devices imparts a uniquely timeless and universal quality to this composition. The result is a work of unrivalled learning, emotional intensity and interesting complexity. There are many levels on which this work can be understood, from the simplest enjoyment of sounds to the most sophisticated appreciation of those elements outlined above and their skilful manipulation. Peter Watchorn

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