TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Sacred Music in a Sacred Space: Performance as Communal Event
T2  - Conference Papers
JF  - Journal of the International Society for Orthodox Music
VO  - 7
IS  - 1
SP  - 51
OP  - 59
A1  - Kordis, Pavlos, kirjoittaja
LA  - eng
YR  - 2023
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/journalfi.article120485
AB  - During the Easter Week of 1999, the composer John Tavener (1944-2013) visited the Holy Trinity Archdiocesan Greek Orthodox Cathedral in New York City, to attend a unique concert, that occured under the auspicies of His Eminence Archbishop Spyridon, featuring Tavener's sacred para- liturgical music, conducted by the late maestro Dino Anagnost (1944-2011). Using this event as a base, regarding its reception and meaning, this paper ventures to compose a theoretical context, in which the performance of sacred works can function in a sacred performance space, while focusing on the composer's understanding of the notion of sacred in composition and in music making in general. Througout the course this research paper, the reader will explore ways in which the systematic application of musicological and theological tools on the complete musical material of the performed works, leads to a provocative analogy of sacred music being performed in a sacred space with a communal event within the church community. Ultimately, this paper suggests that such an occassion is closer to the idea of ecclesial event; an original concept created by the greek philosopher and theologian Christos Yannaras (1936-).
NO  - Journal of the International Society for Orthodox Church Music
KW  - sacred music
KW  - para-liturgical music
KW  - John Tavener
ER  -