{"id":50220,"date":"2019-10-10T04:57:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T08:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=50220"},"modified":"2019-10-07T19:41:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T23:41:03","slug":"mass-of-the-apocalypse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2019\/10\/mass-of-the-apocalypse.html","title":{"rendered":"Mass of the Apocalypse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

From the blog post at Land of Lost Content<\/a> about Peter Dickinson\u2019s\u00a0Mass of the Apocalypse<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"The most challenging piece on this CD is the\u00a0Mass of the Apocalypse<\/i>, which was commissioned for the 300th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the radical Anglican St James\u2019s Church, Piccadilly. It received its premiere there on\u00a015 July 1984. It is certainly not a work that could be used in any liturgical context and can only be performed as a \u2018concert piece\u2019. Structurally, it is a mish-mash of words collated from the Mass and from the Book of Revelation.\u00a0\u00a0This confusion is further increased by the use of the memorable prose of the Authorised King James Version for those parts of the work which are spoken against a background of music, with the sung parts conned from the less than satisfactory and somewhat pedestrian language of the now largely redundant ASB (Alternative Service book). The Mass is set for soprano and mezzo-soprano soloists, speaker and four-part chorus. Two percussionists and a pianist provide the accompaniment. I enjoyed this music in spite of its non-traditional format and the perplexity of styles. It is certainly a moving piece that will provoke a response from the listener of one kind or another.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Have a listen to an excerpt here:<\/p>\n