Lamentations and Beauty Intertwined
This message found scrawled on a Gestapo prison cell wall in 1944 by an 18-year-old girl:
No, Mother, do not weep,
Most chaste Queen of Heaven
Help me always.
Hail Mary.
is sung by Dawn Upshaw on Henryk Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 in the second movement. This is one of the most beautiful pieces I have ever heard.
Another of my new favorites, not yet released is John Tavener's "Veil of the Temple." It will be released on March 22, 2005 and is a must have!
posted by Daughter of St. John | 8:32 PM
2 Comments:
ooo, i will have to check those out! thanks!
Yes, definitely do! The Gorecki one is sung in Polish :-) The Tavener one can be sampled at http://www.theveilofthetemple.co.uk/home_2.php
Enjoy!
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