tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1116335053876527592005-05-17T14:04:00.000+01:002005-05-17T14:04:00.000+01:00I love both Officium and Mnemosyne, and don't find them 'dumbed down' at all. I think that blending different styles of music can work brilliantly, as long as neither is diminished in the process. For me, Officium works because both elements are given space and respect, and they intertwine wonderfully.<BR/><BR/>I've always felt that the polyphony is like a series of stately Roman columns, and the saxophone is like tendrils of ivy climbing up and through it (which isn't to imply that the polyphony forms the background -- I think that they get equal emphasis).<BR/><BR/>Needless to say, I'm jealous as anything that you saw them live :-)bsaghttp://www.rousette.org.uk/noreply@blogger.com