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Osvaldo Golijov at the world premiere of La Pasión Según San Marcos, in Stuttgart. (www.holycross.edu)Unusual Prayer Settings
Experience some unusual prayer settings on this edition of New Sounds. First off, hear excerpts from Osvaldo Golijov's Passion According to Saint Mark, an incredibly imagined blend of Mexican market sounds, Brazilian percussion, Africanized Spanish, and eerie accordion, all winding up with an Aramaic Kaddish. Listen also to Ragnar Grippe’s Requiem setting, which blends electronica-like pop music with an operatic soprano. There’s also the Missa Archaica by Italian progressive rock superstar Franco Battiato. The work, for voices, piano, chamber ensemble, and orchestra, resembles music by Arvo Part and Brian Eno. Rounding out the show is "Butterfly Song," an otherworldly, ethereal song by Jocelyn Pook, from her 2001 record “Untold Things,” a spiritual work that is as sincere as it is haunting, kind of like a mass in an unknown language.
PROGRAM #2521, Unusual Prayer Settings (First aired on Fri., 3/10/06)
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RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Pomerium |
Musical Book of Hours |
Veni Sancte Spiritus [2:00] |
Archiv #474231**
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Franco Battiato |
Shadow, Light |
Shadow of The Light [5:00] |
EMI/Hemisphere #37234. |
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Jocelyn Pook |
Untold Things |
Butterfly Song [3:30] |
Real World #50781** www.jocelynpook.com |
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Various artists: Jocelyn Pook |
Invocation |
Oppenheimer [6:30] |
Six Degrees #314524441** www.sixdegreesrecords.com * |
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Ragnar Grippe |
Requiem |
Confutatis [4:30] |
Bis #820
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Various artists: Novum Gaudium & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan |
Invocation |
Popule Meus Quid Feci Tibi? [7:00] |
See above. |
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Osvaldo Golijov |
La Pasion Segun San Marcos |
Kaddish [6:30] |
Hanssler Classics #98.404 www.haenssler-classic.de |
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John Adams |
El Nino |
I Sing Of A Maiden [6:30] |
Nonesuch #79364** www.nonesuch.com* |
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Towering Inferno |
Kaddish |
Toll (II) [3:30] |
Island #162 531 034**
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There is something about music and dance that goes so well with religion.
I particularly enjoyed last night's program, and thought that John Schaefer said we could listen to the program again by going to the New Sounds Web site and searching for show #2521.
I found the only a description of the show's content and a set of links for purchase of the source disks. Did I mishear?
Thank you.
W. A. Shapiro
There is a link on the same "comments" page that will allow you to stream the audio for this show. Look for "Listen to the whole show".
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