TALLIS CHOIR • LAS MANANITAS; A Baroque High Mass in New Spain February 28 • St. Patricks Church, Toronto Ticket Info: tallischoir CABEZON: Glosa del Octavo Tono The tradition of an instrumental sonata after the first scriptural reading has an amusing history It first appeared in the late middle ages as a “cover” for the reader returning to the altar from the lectern on the choir screen. Although the Council of Trent in the 1570’s prohibited these ‘extras”, musicians, especially north of the Alps, ignored the restrictions – Mozart was still writing Epistle Sonatas two hundred years later. It even survived the Reformation! The voluntary came to 18th century Halifax, although the prissy congregation of Old St. Paul’s Church was scandalized when the organist first played “airy” voluntaries on their new organ. The voluntary ironically met its end in the 19th century when ritual-minded high churchmen suppressed it as a Protestant enormity. In fact, they were eliminating one of the last Catholic customs to have escaped the musical iconoclasm of the previous four centuries. Cabezon’s Variations on the Eighth Tone opens with a harmonized psalm tone almost like a chorale. The first variation has a lively dance-like feeling which shows the composer offering music that suited a variety of instruments. © 2015, D.C. Cowling Hear the historic organ of Oaxaca: https://youtube/watch?v=DSVx9qCHmPw
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 03:40:52 +0000
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