Orchestration Lesson: Lili Boulanger, Part 2

Part 2 of orchestral analysis of Lili Boulanger's choral work "Vieille Prière Bouddhique" (Old Buddhist Prayer). For a full biography of Lili with many musical samples, please download my Radio New Zealand Concert programme, August 19 2012 Composer of the Week:
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Here is a link to the IMSLP.org score. Careful - clicking this link will send you directly to the download:
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Here are two separate versions of Vieille Prière Bouddhique. The first is slower, the second faster. It might be interesting to contrast the two, as there really is no wrong way to play this between those two speeds - faster has more energy, slower has more grandeur. The first version is a better recording, however, with better balance, a larger ensemble, and a nice open acoustic space.
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