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Nicolas Hodges

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Oct 19, 2002, 6:47:53 AM10/19/02
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Weasel <weasel@Spam_bite_me.com> writes
>On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 22:29:48 -0500, Sacqueboutier <don...@olg.com>
>wrote:
>
>SNIP
>>> > Hogwood's chorus is fantastic. Boy trebles, male altos, tenors,
>>> > and basses. Four very distinct colors. One can really hear the
>>> > inner contrapuntal lines at work. The boys are never "breathy"
>>> > like Harnoncourt's often are.
>>>
>>> I love the tone of Hogwood's choir; the sound of the trebles at the
>>> climax of "Amen" still sends shivers down my spine. Unfortunately, like
>>> most boy choirs, they can't articulate the music cleanly and accurately
>>> when it moves fast.
>>
>>Probably more the result of the very resonant Christ Church Cathedral.
>
>Wrongo there. The acoustics of Christ Church, Oxford, have nothing to
>do with it. The Hogwood Messiah, CD version was recorded at St.
>Jude-on-the-Hill, London.

Quite - in fact Christ Church has a famously light and dry acoustic. It
is the second smallest cathedral in the UK.
--
Nic

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Matthew Silverstein

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Oct 19, 2002, 8:32:37 AM10/19/02
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Nic wrote:

> Quite - in fact Christ Church has a famously light and dry acoustic. It
> is the second smallest cathedral in the UK.

What's the smallest?

Matty

Nicolas Hodges

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Oct 19, 2002, 10:53:18 AM10/19/02
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Matthew Silverstein <msil...@umich.edu> writes

>Nic wrote:
>> Quite - in fact Christ Church has a famously light and dry acoustic. It
>> is the second smallest cathedral in the UK.

http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/cathedral/index.html

(Not news to Matty, of course...)

>What's the smallest?

St. David's, I believe:

http://www.stdavidscathedral.org.uk/plan.htm

(click on the map for images of the interior - the nave shots are the
best)

It's a stunning place. I believe Thomas Tomkins was organist there once
- there's a miniature organ dedicated to him. There's also a (not
terribly) ruined bishop's palace next door, which is well worth a visit.

And those coastal walks... And that restaurant in the next village...

Matthew Silverstein

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Oct 19, 2002, 11:58:04 AM10/19/02
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Nic wrote:

> >What's the smallest?
>
> St. David's, I believe:
>
> http://www.stdavidscathedral.org.uk/plan.htm
>
> (click on the map for images of the interior - the nave shots are the
> best)

Wow--looks gorgeous!

Matty


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