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Amy Beach completed her large-scale Grand Mass in 1890, when she was 22, and it was hugely successful when the Handel and Haydn Society premiered it in Boston in 1892. It's little known and rarely performed today, though. One reason may have to do with the size of the performing forces required; it's scored for an unusually large orchestra. Another factor may be the current trends in musical taste -- the late-Romantic choral idiom that Beach used in the piece is not especially in favor at the moment, and to a large extent, the big sacred works from that era that get performed tend to be the established classics, like the Brahms and Verdi Requiems, both of which Beach's Mass resembles to some extent. It's more closely related to the Brahms, especially in it harmonic language. It isn't particularly forward-looking, though, and is as much indebted to Mendelssohn as it is to Brahms. It's an inventive, earnest, and energetic piece that easily remains one of the most viable American compositions from its era. Its vocal and choral parts are within the capability of good church choirs or community choral societies, and it's easy to imagine it having a life with that kind of group, performed with a piano reduction. The performance here, by the Stow (Massachusetts) Festival Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Barbara Jones, is the first commercial release with full orchestral accompaniment. It's a live recording of an amateur performance and as such, may not be the strongest representation of the piece, but it does demonstrate that Beach's Mass deserves to be better known.
© TiVo
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Amy Beach, Composer - Barbara Jones, Conductor - Joel Schneider, FeaturedArtist - Walton Music Corp., MusicPublisher - Ray Bauwens, FeaturedArtist - Martha Remington, FeaturedArtist - Margot Law, FeaturedArtist - Stow Festival Chorus and Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Albany Records (P) 2006 Albany Records
Amy Beach, Composer - Barbara Jones, Conductor - Joel Schneider, FeaturedArtist - Walton Music Corp., MusicPublisher - Ray Bauwens, FeaturedArtist - Martha Remington, FeaturedArtist - Margot Law, FeaturedArtist - Stow Festival Chorus and Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Albany Records (P) 2006 Albany Records
Amy Beach, Composer - Barbara Jones, Conductor - Joel Schneider, FeaturedArtist - Walton Music Corp., MusicPublisher - Ray Bauwens, FeaturedArtist - Martha Remington, FeaturedArtist - Margot Law, FeaturedArtist - Stow Festival Chorus and Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Albany Records (P) 2006 Albany Records
Amy Beach, Composer - Barbara Jones, Conductor - Joel Schneider, FeaturedArtist - Walton Music Corp., MusicPublisher - Ray Bauwens, FeaturedArtist - Martha Remington, FeaturedArtist - Margot Law, FeaturedArtist - Stow Festival Chorus and Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Albany Records (P) 2006 Albany Records
Amy Beach, Composer - Barbara Jones, Conductor - Joel Schneider, FeaturedArtist - Walton Music Corp., MusicPublisher - Ray Bauwens, FeaturedArtist - Martha Remington, FeaturedArtist - Margot Law, FeaturedArtist - Stow Festival Chorus and Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Albany Records (P) 2006 Albany Records
Amy Beach, Composer - Barbara Jones, Conductor - Joel Schneider, FeaturedArtist - Walton Music Corp., MusicPublisher - Ray Bauwens, FeaturedArtist - Martha Remington, FeaturedArtist - Margot Law, FeaturedArtist - Stow Festival Chorus and Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Albany Records (P) 2006 Albany Records
Amy Beach, Composer - Barbara Jones, Conductor - Joel Schneider, FeaturedArtist - Walton Music Corp., MusicPublisher - Ray Bauwens, FeaturedArtist - Martha Remington, FeaturedArtist - Margot Law, FeaturedArtist - Stow Festival Chorus and Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Albany Records (P) 2006 Albany Records
Amy Beach, Composer - Barbara Jones, Conductor - Joel Schneider, FeaturedArtist - Walton Music Corp., MusicPublisher - Ray Bauwens, FeaturedArtist - Martha Remington, FeaturedArtist - Margot Law, FeaturedArtist - Stow Festival Chorus and Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Albany Records (P) 2006 Albany Records
Amy Beach, Composer - Barbara Jones, Conductor - Joel Schneider, FeaturedArtist - Walton Music Corp., MusicPublisher - Ray Bauwens, FeaturedArtist - Martha Remington, FeaturedArtist - Margot Law, FeaturedArtist - Stow Festival Chorus and Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Albany Records (P) 2006 Albany Records
Amy Beach, Composer - Barbara Jones, Conductor - Joel Schneider, FeaturedArtist - Walton Music Corp., MusicPublisher - Ray Bauwens, FeaturedArtist - Martha Remington, FeaturedArtist - Margot Law, FeaturedArtist - Stow Festival Chorus and Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2006 Albany Records (P) 2006 Albany Records
Album review
Amy Beach completed her large-scale Grand Mass in 1890, when she was 22, and it was hugely successful when the Handel and Haydn Society premiered it in Boston in 1892. It's little known and rarely performed today, though. One reason may have to do with the size of the performing forces required; it's scored for an unusually large orchestra. Another factor may be the current trends in musical taste -- the late-Romantic choral idiom that Beach used in the piece is not especially in favor at the moment, and to a large extent, the big sacred works from that era that get performed tend to be the established classics, like the Brahms and Verdi Requiems, both of which Beach's Mass resembles to some extent. It's more closely related to the Brahms, especially in it harmonic language. It isn't particularly forward-looking, though, and is as much indebted to Mendelssohn as it is to Brahms. It's an inventive, earnest, and energetic piece that easily remains one of the most viable American compositions from its era. Its vocal and choral parts are within the capability of good church choirs or community choral societies, and it's easy to imagine it having a life with that kind of group, performed with a piano reduction. The performance here, by the Stow (Massachusetts) Festival Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Barbara Jones, is the first commercial release with full orchestral accompaniment. It's a live recording of an amateur performance and as such, may not be the strongest representation of the piece, but it does demonstrate that Beach's Mass deserves to be better known.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:09
- Main artists: Stow Festival Chorus and Orchestra
- Composer: Amy Beach
- Label: Albany Records
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2006 Albany Records (P) 2006 Albany Records
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