"It's a good performance alright. But... it's cantata, not opera. And I wonder how many are aware that the Goddess being sung about is Roman mythology. Of course, if you go with CS Lewis theology, honestly given praise to the "wrong" God is accepted by the "right" one, but such a liberal interpretation isn't often terribly well received by a lot of folks... Thou shalt have no other gods and the like..."
All the folks yammering on about what a great glory to god it is are probably somewhat unclear on the actual content... :)
Must admit I lean heavily toward the C S Lewis style theology, so no problems for me in that department.
Personally I just liked the concept of an apparently un-staged piece of large cast music appearing in the middle of a railway station concourse.
I say apparently un-staged, because many of those singers were mic'ed, and presumably there were amplifiers stashed away somewhere to make them all heard. The concept of various musicians just "appearing" from unrelated places (e.g. the flute player that rocked up on a scooter fairly early on) was also pretty cool.
I suspect that the description "flash mob" isn't properly accurate for this performance.
Yeah, it is kinda the appearance of flash mob, but mics etc (and the confetti at the end) show it's really a staged production trying to look like a flash mob... In fairness, the soloists wouldn't have worked without mics in such a noisy environment.
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"It's a good performance alright. But... it's cantata, not opera. And I wonder how many are aware that the Goddess being sung about is Roman mythology. Of course, if you go with CS Lewis theology, honestly given praise to the "wrong" God is accepted by the "right" one, but such a liberal interpretation isn't often terribly well received by a lot of folks... Thou shalt have no other gods and the like..."
All the folks yammering on about what a great glory to god it is are probably somewhat unclear on the actual content... :)
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Personally I just liked the concept of an apparently un-staged piece of large cast music appearing in the middle of a railway station concourse.
I say apparently un-staged, because many of those singers were mic'ed, and presumably there were amplifiers stashed away somewhere to make them all heard. The concept of various musicians just "appearing" from unrelated places (e.g. the flute player that rocked up on a scooter fairly early on) was also pretty cool.
I suspect that the description "flash mob" isn't properly accurate for this performance.
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