About This Song
About "Gloria, FP 177 : Poulenc: Gloria, FP 177: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo" by Boston Symphony Orchestra
Poulenc's Gloria opens with brash, bright-eyed defiance—brass fanfares and choral shouts slicing through sacred solemnity. Ozawa balances irreverence and devotion, the 'Gloria in excelsis Deo' a giddy, almost jazzy proclamation. Tension flickers between piety and mischief, like sunlight through stained glass.