"It opened with a solo alto intonation, like a Gregorian chant. The fantastic acoustics of this space add layers of color to a solo voice like this, and as the rest of the group joined, I was dumbfounded at the unisons being literal unisons: even as the whole group joined it sounded as though one voice, and one voice only was singing; it just kept getting bigger."
"He set a number of these to music; IM sang the third of the four groupings, Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (Third Group) Op. 26, scored for women's voices and harp. The group spun up an ethereal architecture immediately, the imitative entrances on "Hear our hymn, O Goddess" building one upon another until the climax of the phrase unfolded and I had the most curious sense of being inside a globe of the most glorious sound."
Mulieribus, Portland's women's vocal ensemble, opened its 19th season 'Murmurs of the Muse' at St. Philip Neri on October 18–19, performing 'All Shall Be Well.' Soloists and ensemble included named sopranos and altos with harpist Kate Petak under conductor Anna Song. Carol J. Jones's All Shall Be Well set Julian of Norwich's text and began with a solo alto that expanded into near-perfect, literal unison singing with precise pitch, timbre, diction, and intonation. Gustav Holst's Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (Third Group), Op. 26, for women's voices and harp, produced ethereal, layered textures and dense chordal clarity; each pitch was balanced so strands stood out.
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