I like to play this slower so the descending pedal figure is more lyrical, and I sing with it. The complex cords are not so quickly passed over, if you savor them a bit longer. But either THIS fast or slow, NOT the unmusical chop, chop chop, where there is no singing phrase. The phrasing here is ...
Very very nice ! Great orchestration, nice alternative harmonization. Why were they sitting down ? The cantor could have toned it down for a verse or two, or parts of the verses. Nice timpani part.
Does anyone know what note, (is it an a-flat?) that Tibetan monks chant, which supposedly resonates throughout the universe ? Obviously I DO NOT have perfect pitch !
Love playing this. Anybody notice the opening pedal tune is the same as "The Last of the Mohicans: ! Heh heh.