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Apocalypsis

Title
Apocalypsis / R. Murray Schafer.
Author
Schafer, R. Murray
Publication
  • [Montréal?] : Analekta, [2016]
  • ℗2016
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Additional Authors
  • Carver, Brent
  • Tagaq, 1975-
  • Waelford, Kawiti
  • Anderson, Laurie, 1947-
  • Weisbrodt, Jörn
  • Fallis, David
  • Luminato Festival, sponsoring body.
Description
2 audio discs; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Initially imagined as a way to create a grassroots community of performers and offer an alternative to classical music's dogma of highly trained musicians, this album blends professional and amateur talents in its cast of 1,000 choir singers, musicians, conductors, actors, and dancers.
Subject
  • Sacred vocal music
  • Musicals
Genre/Form
  • Sacred music.
  • Musicals.
  • Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from disc label.
  • Libretto by the composer and others, based on the Revelation of St. John the Divine, Psalm 148, and words by Giordano Bruno.
  • Luminato Festival's production of this work, for a cast of 1,000 professional and amateur singers, musicians, actors, and dancers.
  • Program notes and biographies of the composer, conductor, and director in English and French, and texts in English and Latin with English translation (31 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Language (note)
  • Sung primarily in English, with some portions in Latin.
Contents
CD 1. Part one. John's vision. The cosmic Christ (7:14) ; The court of Heaven (7:04) ; The seven seals (5:42) ; Psalm (6:07) ; Interlude (1:48) ; The seven trumpets (6:19) ; The battle between good and evil (6:45) ; Vision of the end (6:09) ; Lament over Babylon and transition to the New Kingdom (18:33) -- CD 2. Part two. Credo. Invocation and response 1 (3:36) ; Invocation and response 2 (3:30) ; Invocation and response 3 (3:30) ; Invocation and response 4 (3:30) ; Invocation and response 5 (3:31) ; Invocation and response 6 (3:39) ; Invocation and response 7 (3:40) ; Invocation and response 8 (3:38) ; Invocation and response 9 (4:01) ; Invocation and response 10 (2:19) ; Invocation and response 11 (2:09) ; Invocation and response 12 (10:40).
LCCN
774204878429
OCLC
  • ocn946046376
  • 946046376
  • SCSB-13653767
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries