{"id":107,"date":"2012-10-10T12:27:29","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T16:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/?p=107"},"modified":"2013-03-18T14:04:38","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T18:04:38","slug":"the-mechanics-of-a-recording","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/the-mechanics-of-a-recording\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;Mechanics&#8221; of a recording"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently <em>Gabriel V<\/em> <em>Brass Ensemble<\/em> traveled to Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts to record their next CD on the subjects of Fire and Ice.\u00a0 Built in 19<sup>th<\/sup> century elegance, Mechanics Hall is <em>\u201c<\/em><em>an acoustical masterpiece &#8211; internationally regarded as one of the world&#8217;s great concert halls for its superb acoustics and inspirational beauty.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mechanicshall.org\">http:\/\/www.mechanicshall.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Gabriel V<\/em> spent many months in preparation for this next recording (usually practicing at 6am!).\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t difficult to wrap our hearts around the hymn-based arrangements \u2013 from the majesty of <em>Finlandia<\/em>, to Karl Jenkin\u2019s breath-taking <em>Benedictus<\/em>, to images of England\u2019s countryside in <em>Variations on Down Ampney<\/em>.\u00a0 A number of anthems were penned by the ensemble\u2019s own accomplished composers including <em>Blaze<\/em>, <em>Fire and Ice<\/em>, and <em>Pentecost Fanfare<\/em> \u2013 some thrilling stuff!<\/p>\n<p>It was truly a privilege for us to have David Ohanian as one of our producers.\u00a0 David played for years with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops, and he was a founding member of the Empire Brass and member of the Canadian Brass from 1986-98.<\/p>\n<p>Look for this new recording in the early spring!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently Gabriel V Brass Ensemble traveled to Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts to record their next CD on the subjects of Fire and Ice.\u00a0 Built in 19th century elegance, Mechanics Hall is \u201can acoustical masterpiece &#8211; internationally regarded as one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/the-mechanics-of-a-recording\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paraclete-press","tag-recording"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}