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Ezequiel Viñao
Argentine-American composer Ezequiel Viñao's richly complex music has drawn a great deal of attention since he emigrated to the United States in 1981 to study at the Juilliard School in New York. A protégé of Olivier Messiaen, Viñao also counts pianist Earl Wild and composer Milton Babbitt as important influences on his career. Tonight we hear his liturgy-inspired Arcanum, from Kristjan Järvi and the Absolute Ensemble.
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Arcanum
Ezequiel Viñao's Arcanum, written as a memorial piece for an anonymous subject, is permeated by three traditional liturgical elements: an Ambrosian hymn (Æterne Rerum Conditor), a Gregorian chant (Libera Me), and a Benedicamus Domine from the School of Compostela in Spain.
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