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La meva ànima magnifica al Senyor
2 Soprano saxophones : alto saxophone : organ/synthesizer
Duration : 5 minutes 10 seconds
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Complete live recording of first performance by Flotilla
La meva ànima magnifica al Senyor
First performance by Flotilla :
St. John's Notting Hill, London - 9 September, 2010
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Flotilla Ensemble ( left to right ) :
Andrew Tweed - alto saxophone :
Kyle Horch - solo soprano saxophone :
Naomi Sullivan - soprano saxophone :
Alistair Parnell - synthesizer
La meva anima magnifica al Senyor is an adaptation, made especially for Flotilla, of an earlier vocal setting of the Magnificat text in Catalan. In this version, the work presents a solo soprano saxophone over a simple synthsizer drone, rather like plainsong; the solo part is purposely set in the plangent low register of the soprano saxophone - the other two saxophones join in to enrich the melody, sometimes in unison, at other moments slightly out of phase. The overall effect is one of timelessness, of reaching back in time to ancient Mediterranean music.