Title of piece: “Cum Sancto Spiritu,” from Missa de Nossa Senhora de Conceição

Date of composition: 1810

Date of recording: 2005 (Released 2009). Sacred Music of José Mauricio Nunes Garcia

Performer/Instruments: University of Texas Chamber Singers, James Morrow, conductor

What to Listen for:

  • Expressive use of the orchestra, especially the winds, in the first “Cum sancto spiritu,” for soloists and chorus. Listen to the way the horn and woodwinds accompany and color the vocal lines, and to the independent use of the strings.
  • Textural shifts between soloists and chorus in the first section
  • Listen for the entrances of the subject in the fugue
  • How does the use of the orchestra change in the fugal section?
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