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Originally Posted by OccultHawk
I don’t think I’m likely to develop an appreciation for that stuff.
I like for example St Luke Passion (Penderecki) but it’s in Latin so I’m distracted by whatever the **** they’re saying. And there’s Lejaren Hiller as a rare example of a composer who can pull it off but only in a very surreal context.
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Pull off? What, liturgy? Arvo Pärt is among the best of contemporary choral music composers whose work is almost exclusively sung in latin -
Contemporary classical vocal music comes in a myriad forms with as many composers. Just have to explore.