Ruamjai, The New Segment Orchestra - Timo Ruottinen: Missa Popularis (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 364 Mb | Total time: 68:43 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alba Records | # ABCD 442 | Recorded: 2017-2019
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 364 Mb | Total time: 68:43 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alba Records | # ABCD 442 | Recorded: 2017-2019
The Missa Popularis, rock music in church, raised eyebrows in Finnish church-music circles in the late-1960s: “We are returning to a dark jungle in which pop freaks get entranced like shamans at their own voices and noise.” (Erkki Ranta, letter to the editor in Kotimaa,1969) “Defending the use of light popular music in Christian, even revivalist Christian circles, just makes me sad.” (Juha Väliaho- Uusi tie 1969) But the experts praised the quality of the music: “Timo Ruottinen’s setting of the Mass undoubtedly serves its purpose extremely well and it is, of its kind, a high-quality work. […] At first hearing, I’d say that the young composer has an extremely rich melodic seam and a well-developed ability to create unbroken lines in setting such a difficult text to music. The danger of monotony was brilliantly avoided by different rhythmic contrasts that, together with strong dynamic variations, brought the music alive and made it interesting.