Something even more tuneful...mass setting

As you won't be aware unless you're RC, there is a new translation of the Missal being introduced in the English speaking world. This is supposedly a more accurate rendering of the original Latin, Greek and Aramaic source...personally I think it's an excuse to make money by making all parishes buy new mass books etc.
Anyway, the words to some of musical bits is also changing. So here's a new mass setting I wrote over the last few days; the Gloria and Lamb of God were adapted from an existing mass I wrote a couple of years ago. It's just me singing, but try and imagine with  sopranos, and maybe organ/orchestra. Anyone who wants to use it (not that I suppose there are many people who would on here!) is welcome, I hope to have the score reduction done in the next month.
So you have the Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Memorial Acclamation 1,2, and 3, Doxology and Amen, and finally Lamb of God. It's all in one file for ease of loading. Just me and my piano!

http://soundcloud.com/markhaigh/st-joseph-mass

Hey Mark,

Beautiful.  Really very beautiful work.
I CAN imagine a full choir.  It will sound amazing. 

Very impressive.  Will you get it going in your parish?

Mark - Stunning work. I would love to hear this with a full cathedral choir although I also very much like your idea of using it as a youth mass. The harmonies are delicious and I am sure that teenagers would love this. I also think you have an excellent voice - alley cats throw boots at me when I sing!

Best Regards
Malcolm

Hi Mark, this has the potential of something absolutely stunning with an appropriate orchestration but it's also great in this form. Very good, Sir, very good.

Greetings, Rik

thanks Malcom, Vicente, Rik, Radio! wish i could get some more mixed voices on there, just to listen to it how i hear in my head; maybe i will get some sopranos on there at some point!

Excellent work. Very nice piano playing and the vocals were almost mesmerizing. 

Gino - cheers, tried to be a bit more subtle with the 'verb, but it is tempting to pretend i sang at St Pauls or something...

James - thanks for listening and commenting!

Bob - very kind words, one good thing about using these kind of structures is you can experiment a little, but given the final target market, as it were, you are restricted in how much, so it should stay somewhat tuneful and sacred.  nice story about the the Cream song!

Even more out of my comfort zone than death metal here Mark,  but this is some splendid work.

This is very nice to listen too. In spots, the vocals sound like a record played backwards.

I just commented on another thread about how I am always intrigued by what I perceive as "unlikely" combinations, so despite myself I just had to listen to this. Being non-religious, much of the significance is lost on me, but it was nice to hear your "real" voice and your composition and playing skills are quite something. Probably not something I'll spend a lot of time listening to in honesty, but I'm glad that I did. Respect to you !

Very good job, Mark...this is beautiful.  I enjoy hearing you play the piano too.  :)

Mark- This is truly remarkable and compelling work you've done here.  I'm working at the moment and had every intention of listening to these pieces in the background whilst doing email, but I wound up dropping everything and just listening.  I can only imagine what these would sound like with an organ, orchestration and a choir.  Your vocals were just superb, and hint at the full potential.

The quality of this work is such that it demands a listening audience, in church or elsewhere.  I'm running out of time and adjectives, but this was somewhere beyond excellent.

Very nice.  I hope you eventually record this with the church choir as I bet it will be breathtaking.

Thanks for sharing,
Tom

Hi Mark,

Well, this is unexpected..plus you play the organ at church???

That's the last place I'd expect to find you, based on your other music

This is just beautiful, though. Love your piano playing.

You are full of surprises, dude!

thanks gary and larry! (sounds like we need a Mo for balance...)

Larry i used the IK Classic Studio reverb, Hall model, two send busses, one for the main vocal and the other for the BV, i think the main vocal started with large church preset with a few tweaks, and the BV was something shorter...

cheers!