Sections · Section 04

Cloister and Church

Stone rooms built for other reasons.

Arcaded squares and church volumes were built for circulation and for one unamplified voice. Their reverberation is long by any modern standard, which suits some repertoire exactly and ruins the rest.

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    Cloisters

    Arcaded squares built for circulation, later used for chamber music, and the long reverberation that suits some repertoire and ruins the rest.

    Ornate ribbed vaulting arches over a stone cloister walkway surrounding an open courtyard garden
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    Abbey and church

    Stone volumes designed for a single unamplified voice, and what happens when an ensemble arrives.

    Vaulted stone ceiling and choir stalls lead toward a stained glass window in an abbey