Kodaly: Gloria from Missa Brevis - with Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse and Jeremy Filsell (organ)
Early in 1945, Red Army troops finally overcame the German forces who had been occupying the city of Budapest. The surviving civilian population emerged from where they had been sheltering during the seven weeks of non-stop bombing, to find large parts of the city destroyed. Kodály was caught up in this carnage, taking refuge in the cellar of the Budapest Opera House where, somewhat improbably, the Missa Brevis was composed. It was first performed immediately after the siege, in the Opera House. The only undamaged part of the building was the cloakroom, so that’s where it was sung. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/15dyAEuyJHIVW54zJOq9cY
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R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. R.E.M. was noted for Buck's arpeggiated "jangle" guitar playing; Stipe's distinctive vocal style, unique stage presence, and cryptic lyrics; Mills's countermelodic bass lines and backing vocals; and Berry's tight, economical drumming. In the early 1990s, other alternative rock acts suc...
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