agnus dei qui tollis peccata mundi

[phineasjones]

the durufle requiem is one heart-wrenchingly gorgeous piece of music. i almost lost my caca on the first read through of the agnus dei. when the higher registered organ part comes in over the waves of arpeggiated chords... and then the parts enter successively with the chant melody... always higher and higher. it's too beautiful. it makes me ache.

it was great to see matt and so great to see allan. i've missed them, though i haven't really been thinking about it. rachel was there too. and allan's gf and his roommate, ryan. we went to uno's afterward... met matt's wife there. it was more fun than it used to be when we went after bu concerts with the whole crowd which inevitably included people i wouldn't usually volunteer to spend time with. i wasn't getting a great vibe from allan and natalie... i wonder if everything's ok between them. they just didn't look as happy to be together as they should... after being apart for a year, they're in the same place again. i worry for them... but, to be truly honest... i think he could do better. (she's so nice, i'm terrible).

found out that rachel's ex-gf and good friend is an erotica writer... she's been published in best lesbian erotica and on our backs. she's giving a reading in providence in august and rachel asked if i'd want to go. hells yeah!

i'm wiped out from staying up til 3 - there will be no im for me tonight. but i'm soooo glad things are going well for starbuckle. this is one dizzying rollercoaster ride, is it not?

Comments

[madmadharri.livejournal.com]

lamb of god falling for the sins of the world, no? is this requiem at all related to mozart's requiem? that one i know and i think is lovely... confutatis maledictis! flamis acribus addictis! etc.. sang that in chorus in high school, and then my latin class got very excited in the translating of it. ah. those were the days.

yup

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

the texts are the same - the latin requiem mass. yes, the mozart is lovely indeed. ::sigh:: so much good music in the world. the durufle is completely different but also wonderful.

yay for high school chorus!