the Sanctus & Benedictus from a parody-technique Latin mass by Antony Pitts on Henry Purcell's 'Hear my prayer' - duration: c.5'30
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Rather like a fractal diagram each part of this Mass setting magnifies a smaller and smaller section of the original than the one before: decoration assumes structural importance and then - just when all seems to be utterly and fantastically different - the familiar shape of the original re-emerges.
The Sanctus begins with a three-fold invocation reminiscent of the Kyrie, although much more complex and condensed. The sections that follow - including the Benedictus - develop the technique of the Gloria still further but with increasing embellishments. This results in the texture of the second Hosanna which is both the most extended and the furthest in tonality from the original C minor.
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