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In Rome, Barber attended a Gregorian Mass sung by Benedictine monks at St. Anselmo church and was inspired to write a grand-scaled religious work, Prayers of Kierkegaard, for orchestra, mixed chorus, a soprano solo written with Leontyne Price’s voice in mind, and incidental contralto and tenor solos. It was premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Charles Munch, with Price as soloist. Barber wrote about the music to his beloved mentor and uncle, Sidney Homer, who at the time was coming toward the end of his life. Homer’s guidance was unwavering, and he encouraged Barber to listen to his inner voice and follow his instincts. As a result, his Roman-inspired pieces were performed throughout Europe. In America, a commission from the Detroit Chamber Music Society led to Barber’s composing the woodwind quintet Summer Music, a collaboration with the New York Woodwind Quintet.

Church music inculturation by way of an experiment of arrangement of Dolo-Dolo mass ordinarium accompaniment- composed by Mateus Weruin for woodwind quintet

<p class="IsiAbstrakIndo"><span lang="EN-GB">Inculturation of Church music in an experiment of creating this arrangement aims to bring a different form of musical ordinarium accompaniment form of <em>Dolo-Dolo</em> Mass from Flores, with a different media that uses the woodwind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, and Basson). The experiment took one of the ordinary songs from <em>Madah Bakti</em> “<em>Tuhan Kasihanilah Kami</em>”. The harmonization fine-tunes to the chorus arrangement composed by Mateus Weruin. The literature study was conducted through collecting references on the art of <em>Dolo-Dolo</em> and woodwind quintet so it can be used to create an idea for </span><span lang="EN-GB">this arrangement. The result shows that a rhythmic character that characterizes the traditional Flores music lies in a dotted sixteenth pattern. The richness of sounds and agile characters coming from each instrument creates a percussive atmosphere of Flores folk music. The result of the arrangement experiment can be used to enrich the reference of accompaniment music to the general public and specifically, the Catholic Church. </span></p>

Further reviews

FARKAS: Serenade for woodwind quintet; Quattro Pezzi for double bass and woodwind; Gyümölcskosár (‘Fruit Basket’); Old Hungarian Dances of the 17th Century; Rondo capriccio; Lavottiana. Ulrike Schneider (mezzosop), Daniel Dodds (vln), Dieter Lange (db), Phoebus Quintet. Toccata Classics TOCC 0019.