Dies Irae played on symphony

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  • Опубліковано 5 бер 2021
  • the Dies irae is a Latin liturgical sequence by the Franciscan monk Thomas de Celano ~1250. The text translates:
    Day of wrath, that day, will dissolve the world in ashes
    Tearful that day will be when arises out of the ashes,
    and judgement of man who is guilty
    The melody is the oldest, most quoted in classical music and film scores, and because of this social media the musical phrase is universally recognized for its textual meaning of foreboding, with its features of
    a trochaic meter (strong-weak) like a sighing, descending 1/2 step patterns in opening and most end phrases, and its hypo-dorian mode.
    My project was to finally learn to play something on my symphony, a Medieval form of the hurdy gurdy. The video will show the instrument's decorated lid, depicting a phoenix bird rising out of ashes, which refers to the Dies Irae text. My interpretation is rhythmically ordered but free with respect to interpreting the text. I play from the chant notation with text underlay , as shown in the video (which incidentally also shows my fingering numbers). This is only an excerpt of a much longer chant sequence, and I chose significant text sequences for the beginning and end, and some musically interesting sequences in the middle.
    performed by Bruce Teter
    symphony made by Robert Mandel
    lid painting designed by Bruce Teter, painted by Steve O'Loughlin

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