You know, about a year ago when I first came to this video, I liked the background image you chose here and liked the shape of that lone leaf on the right, it reminded me of the prancing lion symbol. But now being more used to finding things, I look at the same leaf and see it as a figure facing the other way, squinting you could imagine it as one of a hooded person, just their top part, with that pointy bit top right not being a long nose but the far edge of the hood like hat blown outwards by the wind as their face is infact turned slightly towards you - arms outstretched as if holding a hymn book.. I don't intend to read the Bible sry but I like Theresa May in a great nun/ mother nature sort of way at this point in my life.. It's easier to share these things with religious people, like someone said to me it's good that they do look up. (Thanks for the upload!)
Okay I stand by the view that that it is a good example of that sort of thing but I think I may have jumped to conclusions as to what it is doing in that posture -and I can say that looking into the "detail" hasn't usually given me anything rosy. But by referring to her as a nun I did mean goodness, whatever the prevailing wind is doing.
It is not often that the Book of Job is used as the basis of an anthem, aria or liturgical text (notable exceptions of course being Croft's "Burial Service" and Handel's "I Know that my Redeemer Liveth", both 18 c. pieces of course. Anyway, Like number fast-approaching-the-million-mark! Isn't that ending amazing; certainly a throwback to an earlier age! Interesting that Boyce was editing Byrd as well as Purcell; I thought that Renaissance music had been virtually forgotten in the 1700s!
I couldn't help it - I had to look up what day of the week July 9 was in 1973. It was a Monday. This big anthem, sung so wonderfully, at a Monday evensong. A different world from ours.
Thanks s much for uploading this. One of the great English verse anthems. Glorious suspensions! Congratulations to the soloists, especially the treble. We used to love singing this one, and in practice almost always got told off for trying to rush the last section, but it's hard not to... :-)
A score of the music can be seen via www0.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/O_where_shall_wisdom_be_found%3F_%28William_Boyce%29
You know, about a year ago when I first came to this video, I liked the background image you chose here and liked the shape of that lone leaf on the right, it reminded me of the prancing lion symbol. But now being more used to finding things, I look at the same leaf and see it as a figure facing the other way, squinting you could imagine it as one of a hooded person, just their top part, with that pointy bit top right not being a long nose but the far edge of the hood like hat blown outwards by the wind as their face is infact turned slightly towards you - arms outstretched as if holding a hymn book.. I don't intend to read the Bible sry but I like Theresa May in a great nun/ mother nature sort of way at this point in my life.. It's easier to share these things with religious people, like someone said to me it's good that they do look up.
(Thanks for the upload!)
Okay I stand by the view that that it is a good example of that sort of thing but I think I may have jumped to conclusions as to what it is doing in that posture -and I can say that looking into the "detail" hasn't usually given me anything rosy. But by referring to her as a nun I did mean goodness, whatever the prevailing wind is doing.
It is not often that the Book of Job is used as the basis of an anthem, aria or liturgical text (notable exceptions of course being Croft's "Burial Service" and Handel's "I Know that my Redeemer Liveth", both 18 c. pieces of course. Anyway, Like number fast-approaching-the-million-mark! Isn't that ending amazing; certainly a throwback to an earlier age! Interesting that Boyce was editing Byrd as well as Purcell; I thought that Renaissance music had been virtually forgotten in the 1700s!
I couldn't help it - I had to look up what day of the week July 9 was in 1973. It was a Monday. This big anthem, sung so wonderfully, at a Monday evensong. A different world from ours.
Gets the week started nicely!
Thanks s much for uploading this. One of the great English verse anthems. Glorious suspensions! Congratulations to the soloists, especially the treble. We used to love singing this one, and in practice almost always got told off for trying to rush the last section, but it's hard not to... :-)