[AGL] here comes Rome

[Jon Ford]

Mike-- the Paris concerts in churches are great. Another good place for 
music in astounding churches
is Prague-- and they don't charge as much as they do in Paris.

Jon


>From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele at ando.pair.com>
>Reply-To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 
>60s<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
>To: <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
>Subject: Re: [AGL] here comes Rome
>Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 09:57:44 -0600
>
>Frances,
>
>We was me and my roommate.
>
>I got an Early Music in Austin email about it. Liturgically it was a
>concert, not a service. What the concert solely consisting of the singing 
>of
>a Requiem Mass really is in the eyes of J.C. is known only to Him. As
>Michele says, some truths are on the other side of the veil.
>
>Architecturally, inside, the church, technically a cathedral, is a real
>loser. Nice outside. Vulgar imitation of English perpendicular with gaudy
>red marble columns. Fake di Robbia style medallions along the side walls.
>Ghastly wallpaper behind the altar. Rich folks provincial bad taste circa
>1880s I guess.
>
>In Paris, church concerts are in HUGE 900 year old
>neighborhood churches. Hearing plainsong masses in gothic space blows the
>mind.
>
>Mike
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Frances Morey" <frances_morey at yahoo.com>
>To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"
><austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
>Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 9:33 AM
>Subject: Re: [AGL] here comes Rome
>
>
> >I didn't know they had Masses at night on Thursday. What do you mean "we"
> >white man? Who in the world could have persuaded you to attend Mass? I 
>went
> >to a midnight Mass there one Christmas. It was SRO. We walked out when 
>the
> >bishop's sermon somehow laced the birth of the baby Jesus with abortion
> >phobia.
> >  The Cathedral on the inside resembles St. Louis Catholic Church in
> > Castroville in which I was married. It would have been one of Texas'
> > Painted Churches but some inferior desecraters (AKA architects,) not
> > knowing how to apply $250,000 allocated to "rehab" the building
> > built-to-last-250-years, slate roof and all, decided to give the 
>interior
> > a fresh coat of paint. The original frescos appear in one of my wedding
> > pictures.
> >  Best,
> >  Frances
> >
> > Michael Eisenstadt <michaele at ando.pair.com> wrote:
> >  We went to a Mass at St. Mary's catholic church on 10th & Brazos last
> > night.
> > Had never been inside so interesting to look around.
> >
> > Voices plus viola da gamba, portative organ, and bass lute. The
> > occasionally
> > heard timbres and sonorities of the instruments made it magical. The
> > Requiem
> > Mass was composed by a student of Monteverdi named Cavalli.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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