{"id":13343,"date":"2024-03-21T07:04:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T07:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13343"},"modified":"2024-03-24T17:41:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T17:41:34","slug":"music-chants-cistercian-ensemble-organum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13343","title":{"rendered":"MUSiC: Chants Cistercian, Ensemble Organum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"688\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9066-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-13272\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9066-1.jpg 750w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9066-1-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"155\" height=\"30\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stars_10_five-2-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-13274\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stars_10_five-2-1.jpg 155w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stars_10_five-2-1-150x30.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have my uncle Terry to thank for introducing me to these guys. I mentioned that I like plainchant. He loaned me a CD of this exact recording. And I loved it. Still do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve now got a fair few CDs by this French combo\u2019. I believe they\u2019re based out of Moissac, the cloisters of which are the picture on the cover. Moissac is mentioned, and indeed viewed, in Kenneth Clark\u2019s superb <em>Civilisation<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m not Christian. Nor even religious. But I do love this music. I\u2019m not a fan of religious Oratorios. Religious opera? (Indeed, any Opera*) Eugh! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* The only opera I\u2019ve found palatable is the odd piece (Nessun Dorma, a few bits of Wagner), or the Light Operas of Gilbert &amp; Sullivan. And I\u2019ve only been won over to the latter, I think, thanks to Mike Leigh\u2019s superb <em>Topsy Turvy<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lyrics are all in Latin, and none too catchy. All those monotonous \u2018Allelujas\u2019! But since it\u2019s all nonsense, anyway, I\u2019m only really here for the melodies, harmonies, and the overall calming and contemplative vibes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I need to revisit as much of the Ensemble Organum that I have, and get to know it all a bit better, methinks. At present I think this is my favourite of the discs I own. Is it partly on account of the timber of an all male choir? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Certainly there\u2019s a marked difference between the unison anonymity of this sort of vocal music, as compared with the \u2018stars vs chorus\u2019 of opera, which to my mind is like a religious analogue of the modern day musical. Another genre I\u2019m mostly averse to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have my uncle Terry to thank for introducing me to these guys. I mentioned that I like plainchant. He loaned me a CD of this exact recording. And I loved it. Still do. I\u2019ve now got a fair few CDs by this French combo\u2019. I believe they\u2019re based out of Moissac, the cloisters of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13343\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MUSiC: Chants Cistercian, Ensemble Organum&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-3td","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13343"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13343"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14250,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13343\/revisions\/14250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}