Iāve just completed Mass No. 2 in G minor ā and instead of slowing down, Iāve gone straight back to Mass No. 1.
Today I orchestrated the final movement of what Iām calling my Lutheran Mass ā a bright, hymn-like āCum Sancto Spirituā in G major for SATB choir, strings, oboe and flute.
Itās confident. Joyful. Direct.
And hereās the interesting partā¦
This was actually the very first movement I ever orchestrated now it closes the whole work.
Thereās something deeply satisfying about that ā beginning and ending in the same key, in the same spirit of praise:
Cum Sancto Spiritu in gloria Dei Patris. Amen.
Two Masses. Two very different characters.But both rooted in the same desire ā to write music that is singable, clear, and full of glory.
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