What an interesting concert. We all agreed that some songs were successful, and some not... Maybe half and half... because of the unbelievable resonance. The Duomo is a HUGE space, and the sound travels aroun'an aroun' an 'aroun'an around...The singers' notes overlap the previous notes sung, so that you get layers of dissonance. It worked favourably for the slower songs with simpler chord structures but was a bit painful to hear Bach, which The Swingle Singers are so famous for. The clean precision of Bach harmonies became a muddy swirl. Gothic Bach. One of the singers told us they had been in the Duomo for the first time that day, so not much time to tailor their musical choices. I found it all fascinating anyway.
I'd really like to hear a brilliant a cappella group like Rajaton there, if they composed music especially for that space. I can imagine there would be some ascensions in ecstasy, like Bernini's Ecstacy of St. Theresa.
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