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Music : Jenkins: The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace
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Rating: 
- Brilliant!!
it's like listening to a piece of music composed 100 years ago. My compliments for Karl, this is brilliant. When you listen to the music and the lyrics you understand what this is about, war and peace. I can't wait for the requiem which will be out soon.
Rating: - POIGNIENT LY BEAUTIFUL AND STUNNINGLY EMOTIONAL
I have never listened to a musical composition which so profoundly and dramatically paints such a stunning and visual picture that you feel you are there, rooted to the spot in the middle of a battle.
There has been much reporting in the press about a "Holy War" and one cannot push aside the feeling the music portrays a sense of "them and us". Particularly tracks 2 and 6, Adhaan and the Hymn Before Action. The tragic evens of September 11 burned into the minds of milllions for evermore will find the music stirring and passionate.
But let us not forget that despite the horrors of war the composition ends with "Better Is Peace" a reminder that goodness and salvation can and will prevail.
This is a truly remarkable work. Karl Jenkins better known for his Adiemus project has composed a work of such beauty, horror, despair and hope that one cannot be moved by the sheer complexity and range of feelings depicted throughout the work.
This is a true portrayal of Man's legacy. Perhaps even destiny.
Rating: - One of the best works i have played
Ok. Im 17 and play in the city of leeds youth orchestra. In the late part of last year we played this in leeds town hall. We were lucky enough to have jenkins come and hear us perform it. I loved every part.. The only thing i have to say about the CD is that track 2 "call to prayers" although its good.. I dont feel it was as good as in our performance..
I would say that if you want on big choir and orchestra work.. This is the one for you..
Rating:
- Interesting and generally worthwhile
I'm not a great fan of online reviews (although I do read them sometimes!) but feel that I may have something to add here.
I first came across this work through being involved in a performance of the suite (6 movements from the full version, in a different order) for a local concert. This is always an interesting way to really come to know a piece - from within. As well as one's own part, the whole context becomes clear during rehearsals and usually builds up to the final performance. I came across Britten's "War Requiem" in the same way - a truly astonishing experience.
Jenkin's work IS good - it has more technical finesse than most people realise (and, yes, I have played "wallpaper music" before now!) plus considerable emotional depth. There are a few sections which I find unconvincing - specifically the 2nd movement and the start of the final section, but I'm still glad I've bought the CD. We used a solo viola instead of a 'cello and - by general agreement - the result was stunning, but that's really a small detail.
My only major reservation concerns the final CD recording itself. We did a live performance and in my view the CD should have been similarly produced: acoustically, using standard ambient sound recording techniques. Jenkins' team may be a master of drop-ins, overdubs and mix-downs, but on a decent hi-fi most of this is patently obvious to those who know what to listen for. This really does spoil what would otherwise be an excellent achievement by all concerned, hence only four stars.
Rating: - Prescient
Until recently I thought that the Armed Man: A Mass for Peace was a reaction to the event of 11 September 2001, but amazingly it was released on the day before that tragedy. It really makes a significant statement about the futility of war and violence as a means of resolving differences. It is also so much more than just the Benedictus which receives so much airplay on the radio. Each movement is worth listening to and each has its own special message. The juxtaposition of the Christian Mass with the Moslem Call to Prayers reminds us of our common spiritual heritage. The powerful and martial tones of Save Me From Bloody Men is set between the tranquillity of the Sanctus and the Kyrie. The Royal Armouries did us all a great service by commissioning this work for a new millenium - sadly the message is just as relevant as for the previous millenium. Listen to this and live the message.
- Brilliant!!it's like listening to a piece of music composed 100 years ago. My compliments for Karl, this is brilliant. When you listen to the music and the lyrics you understand what this is about, war and peace. I can't wait for the requiem which will be out soon.
Rating:
- POIGNIENT LY BEAUTIFUL AND STUNNINGLY EMOTIONALI have never listened to a musical composition which so profoundly and dramatically paints such a stunning and visual picture that you feel you are there, rooted to the spot in the middle of a battle.
There has been much reporting in the press about a "Holy War" and one cannot push aside the feeling the music portrays a sense of "them and us". Particularly tracks 2 and 6, Adhaan and the Hymn Before Action. The tragic evens of September 11 burned into the minds of milllions for evermore will find the music stirring and passionate.
But let us not forget that despite the horrors of war the composition ends with "Better Is Peace" a reminder that goodness and salvation can and will prevail.
This is a truly remarkable work. Karl Jenkins better known for his Adiemus project has composed a work of such beauty, horror, despair and hope that one cannot be moved by the sheer complexity and range of feelings depicted throughout the work.
This is a true portrayal of Man's legacy. Perhaps even destiny.
Rating:
- One of the best works i have playedOk. Im 17 and play in the city of leeds youth orchestra. In the late part of last year we played this in leeds town hall. We were lucky enough to have jenkins come and hear us perform it. I loved every part.. The only thing i have to say about the CD is that track 2 "call to prayers" although its good.. I dont feel it was as good as in our performance..
I would say that if you want on big choir and orchestra work.. This is the one for you..
Rating:
- Interesting and generally worthwhileI'm not a great fan of online reviews (although I do read them sometimes!) but feel that I may have something to add here.
I first came across this work through being involved in a performance of the suite (6 movements from the full version, in a different order) for a local concert. This is always an interesting way to really come to know a piece - from within. As well as one's own part, the whole context becomes clear during rehearsals and usually builds up to the final performance. I came across Britten's "War Requiem" in the same way - a truly astonishing experience.
Jenkin's work IS good - it has more technical finesse than most people realise (and, yes, I have played "wallpaper music" before now!) plus considerable emotional depth. There are a few sections which I find unconvincing - specifically the 2nd movement and the start of the final section, but I'm still glad I've bought the CD. We used a solo viola instead of a 'cello and - by general agreement - the result was stunning, but that's really a small detail.
My only major reservation concerns the final CD recording itself. We did a live performance and in my view the CD should have been similarly produced: acoustically, using standard ambient sound recording techniques. Jenkins' team may be a master of drop-ins, overdubs and mix-downs, but on a decent hi-fi most of this is patently obvious to those who know what to listen for. This really does spoil what would otherwise be an excellent achievement by all concerned, hence only four stars.
Rating:
- PrescientUntil recently I thought that the Armed Man: A Mass for Peace was a reaction to the event of 11 September 2001, but amazingly it was released on the day before that tragedy. It really makes a significant statement about the futility of war and violence as a means of resolving differences. It is also so much more than just the Benedictus which receives so much airplay on the radio. Each movement is worth listening to and each has its own special message. The juxtaposition of the Christian Mass with the Moslem Call to Prayers reminds us of our common spiritual heritage. The powerful and martial tones of Save Me From Bloody Men is set between the tranquillity of the Sanctus and the Kyrie. The Royal Armouries did us all a great service by commissioning this work for a new millenium - sadly the message is just as relevant as for the previous millenium. Listen to this and live the message.