These two pieces were very interesting for me to listen to. I haven’t heard anything like these pieces were, but i did enjoy it. The word painting really did assist me in how interpreted the music. Also knowing a little background about the song helped as well.
With IL est bel et bon, knowing that it was a bunch of women speaking back and forth about their husbands was very amusing to me. I really enjoyed the piece knowing what it was about. It definitely made me laugh a little.
The Cricket was a little harder for me to know what it was interpreting. Once i knew that it was trying to interpret a Cricket. Since i was not able to watch the performance and only listen, that also hindered it a little. Being able to watch The King’s Singers perform helped a significant amount compared to The Cricket.
Exploring Music 