Palestrina
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 07:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mothwing... is my rockstar.
Even though Orlando di Lasso seems to be the superstar of early polyphony around here and get most of the credit because of his versatility (at least going by the curriculum of a course on the period offered in Crocky's uni a few semesters back), I prefer Palestrina's works at the moment, or at least what I know of it. Which is not much, just the Missa nigra sum, the Missa Sicut lilium inter spinas and the Missa benedicta es.
Other than that: these days, I often feel half of the brink of panic attacks that that never come. I hope it's because I am being a good girl, get enough sleep and drink and exercise (not enough of that, though, maybe), and not because I don't have the deadline for my thesis yet. Still. Excessive baking is hardly effective therapy for stress-relief (especially considering my weight-loss goals, damn you, cheesecake, be cursed, breakfast rolls), and stress relaxation methods won't help forever. I think I need to see someone here, I need some help with getting through my oral exams at the end of the year without blackouts. I heard that there are weekend courses for exam anxiety over here, I think I'll look into that.
Even though Orlando di Lasso seems to be the superstar of early polyphony around here and get most of the credit because of his versatility (at least going by the curriculum of a course on the period offered in Crocky's uni a few semesters back), I prefer Palestrina's works at the moment, or at least what I know of it. Which is not much, just the Missa nigra sum, the Missa Sicut lilium inter spinas and the Missa benedicta es.
Other than that: these days, I often feel half of the brink of panic attacks that that never come. I hope it's because I am being a good girl, get enough sleep and drink and exercise (not enough of that, though, maybe), and not because I don't have the deadline for my thesis yet. Still. Excessive baking is hardly effective therapy for stress-relief (especially considering my weight-loss goals, damn you, cheesecake, be cursed, breakfast rolls), and stress relaxation methods won't help forever. I think I need to see someone here, I need some help with getting through my oral exams at the end of the year without blackouts. I heard that there are weekend courses for exam anxiety over here, I think I'll look into that.
