{"id":89482,"date":"2021-05-11T05:24:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T09:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=89482"},"modified":"2021-05-10T16:18:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T20:18:31","slug":"noah-and-nunc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2021\/05\/noah-and-nunc.html","title":{"rendered":"Noah and Nunc"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>YouTube introduced me to the music of William C. White, and whenever I am introduced to a new composer whose music I enjoy and find interesting, as a rule I usually look to see what else they have composed. In addition to this having the potential to lead to the discovery of more new music that I will enjoy listening to, it also offers the possibility of discovering new musical settings of biblical texts, which I am always on the lookout for. I often am disappointed when it comes to the latter prospect, however much I may enjoy listening to other works by the composer in question. In this case, however, I found there was more than one example of biblical music in White\u2019s opus.<\/p>\n<p>Let me start with an instrumental work called \u201cFlood of Waters\u201d which aims to depict the story of Noah\u2019s flood. You can listen to it in the video below and can read more from the composer in the link I have provided to a post about the piece on his website.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"SzesLN3OUb\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.willcwhite.com\/2021\/03\/two-strange-pieces\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Two Strange Pieces<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cTwo Strange Pieces\u201d \u2014 William C. White\" src=\"https:\/\/www.willcwhite.com\/2021\/03\/two-strange-pieces\/embed\/#?secret=Rewyz6Jyb2#?secret=SzesLN3OUb\" data-secret=\"SzesLN3OUb\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"William White: Flood of Waters, op  34 [score]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/80hyM3vraAQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>White\u2019s setting of the Nunc Dimittis is quite distinctive, not least because it includes the narrative about Simeon and not just the poem or \u201csong\u201d attributed to him in the infancy narrative in the Gospel of Luke. Once again, here is the video so you can listen and a post from the composer with some more information.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1wbainrVOT\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.willcwhite.com\/2007\/02\/nunc-dimittis\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Nunc Dimittis<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cNunc Dimittis\u201d \u2014 William C. White\" src=\"https:\/\/www.willcwhite.com\/2007\/02\/nunc-dimittis\/embed\/#?secret=ZnWxGcYUHd#?secret=1wbainrVOT\" data-secret=\"1wbainrVOT\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"William White, Nunc Dimittis\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AGlKV313dn8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Other recent discoveries include (via CD) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katiagocs.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kati\u00a0Ag\u00f3cs\u2019<\/a> Debrecen Passion, \u201cBy The Streams of Babylon,\u201d and \u201c\u2026Like Treasure Hidden in a Field.\u201d You can have a listen to them online here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Debrecen Passion (12 Voices &amp; Orchestra) by Kati Ag\u00f3cs\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F217276101&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;maxheight=750&amp;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"...like treasure hidden In a field (Chamber Orchestra) by Kati Ag\u00f3cs\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F203169668&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;maxheight=750&amp;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kati Ag\u00f3cs: By the Streams of Babylon (Kati Ag\u00f3cs, Lisa Bielawa, Boston Modern Orchestra Project)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LiXPL9CgIAI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the liner notes\u00a0Ag\u00f3cs\u00a0writes, \u201cI hope that my listeners come away with a sense of sacred music as a vital medium, and of the orchestra as an urgent and luminous proponent.\u201d Her father was Hungarian, her mother American, and she was born in Canada. Having an ancestral connection with Debrecen myself, the title of one of the pieces immediately grabbed my attention.<\/p>\n<p>Another discovery on CD is the music of <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dobrinka_tabakova\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dobrinka Tabakova<\/a> from Bulgaria. Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dobrinka.com\/compositions\/Jubilate\/demo.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jubilate Deo<\/a> is magnificent, as is her Truro Canticles, setting the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in a commission from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trurocathedral.org.uk\/news\/working-with-dobrinka-tabakova\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Truro Cathedral<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dobrinka Tabakova - Nunc Dimittis from Truro Canticles\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KjcU1W5i1jM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Her piece \u201cPraise\u201d is a setting of Daniel 4:34 and is also powerful and lovely.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Praise\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xmkflWq9kgA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube introduced me to the music of William C. 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