music: ‘Where I Sleep’, Voces8

I love how the refrain launches into this beautifully lush harmony of fourths and fifths, and suddenly there’s a kind of resolution as the high voices go up and the air clears out. It’s the kind of sound that you can’t help but listen to because it’s so fascinating. It’s very easy for me to get stuck in only hearing the Renaissance/Classical/Romantic kinds of harmonies, just because they’re easier to find and easier on the ear. A lot of contemporary choral composition I can’t appreciate either, but this is one of those that I guess I can. It’s funny how the refrain reminds me of organum too–everything becomes cool again when it’s old enough, I guess.