Eisler's magnificent Anti-Fascist Cantata, based on Brecht's poetry.
On 21/5/05 9:45 AM, "Peter Cudmore" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 20th c choral music is almost an oxymoron, but the Glagolitic Mass is a
> glorious exception. There's also the fabulous Ligeti music Kubrick used for
> 2001, and also a central-eastern European tradition that Penderecki captures
> in his St Luke Mass.
>
> Pace Mark's comments about minimalism, there's also Steve Reich's Desert
> Music, which I think is wonderful. Based on W. C. Williams poems.
>
> Oh, and let's not forget Carmina Burana.
Alison Croggon
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