So in honor of Flummerfelt, I thought I'd write on one of his arrangements. I'm listening to the Westminster Choir singing Flum's arrangement of "O Danny Boy".
Right away I notice the spectacular intonation in this beautiful a cappella arrangement. He's arranged suspensions all over the piece in the inner voices. The choir's sound is amazing. On all of the places that we would normally expect a crescendo--there isn't one. This phenomena causes the listener to really listen. The sound is simply angelic.
The second verse is dynamically louder than the first but with decrescendos at the end of the phrases. The breaks between the "o danny boy, o danny boy, i love you so" (breaks indicated by commas) are spectacular and really add to the piece.
My favorite part is at the end when we're to the melodic climax and the choir doesn't crescendo at all, they just let the melody carry itself. Their passion and emotion really come through on this recording.
without a doubt, Flummerfelt is a genius.
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