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13 tracks | 55 minutes
Released Oct 2000
on Ottava
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 11:08 Symphony #3--1st movement BUY MP3 11:08 Symphony #3--1st movement "GIFT MP3" 11:08 Symphony #3--1st movement
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 07:31 Symphony #3--2nd movement BUY MP3 07:31 Symphony #3--2nd movement "GIFT MP3" 07:31 Symphony #3--2nd movement
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 06:58 Symphony #3--3rd movement BUY MP3 06:58 Symphony #3--3rd movement "GIFT MP3" 06:58 Symphony #3--3rd movement
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 10:21 Symphony #3--4th movement BUY MP3 10:21 Symphony #3--4th movement "GIFT MP3" 10:21 Symphony #3--4th movement
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:20 Vision and Prayer #1--Who Are You? BUY MP3 02:20 Vision and Prayer #1--Who Are You? "GIFT MP3" 02:20 Vision and Prayer #1--Who Are You?
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:52 Vision and Prayer #2--I Must Lie Still as Stone BUY MP3 01:52 Vision and Prayer #2--I Must Lie Still as Stone "GIFT MP3" 01:52 Vision and Prayer #2--I Must Lie Still as Stone
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:57 Vision and Prayer #3--When The Wren Bone Writhes Down BUY MP3 02:57 Vision and Prayer #3--When The Wren Bone Writhes Down "GIFT MP3" 02:57 Vision and Prayer #3--When The Wren Bone Writhes Down
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:37 Vision and Prayer #4--In the Spin of the Sun BUY MP3 01:37 Vision and Prayer #4--In the Spin of the Sun "GIFT MP3" 01:37 Vision and Prayer #4--In the Spin of the Sun
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:16 Vision and Prayer #5--There Crouched Bare in His Blazing Breast BUY MP3 03:16 Vision and Prayer #5--There Crouched Bare in His Blazing Breast "GIFT MP3" 03:16 Vision and Prayer #5--There Crouched Bare in His Blazing Breast
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:31 Vision and Prayer #6--In the Name of the Lost BUY MP3 01:31 Vision and Prayer #6--In the Name of the Lost "GIFT MP3" 01:31 Vision and Prayer #6--In the Name of the Lost
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:21 Vision and Prayer #7--He Who Lives Now BUY MP3 02:21 Vision and Prayer #7--He Who Lives Now "GIFT MP3" 02:21 Vision and Prayer #7--He Who Lives Now
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:44 Vision and Prayer #8--Forever Falling Night BUY MP3 02:44 Vision and Prayer #8--Forever Falling Night "GIFT MP3" 02:44 Vision and Prayer #8--Forever Falling Night
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:13 Vision and Prayer #9--I Turn the Corner of Prayer and Burn BUY MP3 01:13 Vision and Prayer #9--I Turn the Corner of Prayer and Burn "GIFT MP3" 01:13 Vision and Prayer #9--I Turn the Corner of Prayer and Burn
Instrumental and Vocal Music. Vision and Prayer is based on poetry by Dylan Thomas.
Bio / Background
Symphonic, electronic, orchestral music in a genre all its own.
An exciting and original blend of classical, world and post 20th century music.
Regeneration also includes "Vision & Prayer", a cycle of nine songs based on the poetry of Dylan Thomas.
Symphony #3 was composed and produced from November 1998 through August 1999. This four-movement work satisfied my desire to write in a long-form genre using the virtual orchestra as my medium. I chose to combine samples of acoustic instruments with synthesized electronic timbres while exploring musical texture and form.
The movements differ in mood and style. The 1st movement Spirals of Light, begins and ends on D-minor and moves through numerous tonal centers, culminating in a joyous and dramatic coda in D-major. The 2nd movement is a slow meditation using a C-major scale but included in the scale are the notes D-flat, F-sharp and B-flat. The movement ends on G.
↓ more ↓The 3rd movement, Slick Tricks, employs the mixolydian mode, makes use of triplets to maintain the underlying pulse, and has a distinctively American flavor. The 4th movement Cycles of Seven, uses the number 7 in several ways. The main theme has 7 notes. The meter continually is changing between 7/2, 7/4, 7/8 and 7/16. When the tempo changes, it changes in increments of 7 beats per minute.
I first encountered the set of nine poems called Vision & Prayer, by Dylan Thomas, around 1980. I was impressed by the way the poems sound when spoken and the musicality they evoke. I set the poems to music in 1980, orchestrated them for digital instruments in 1998 and produced the song cycle on this recording in 1999. Thomas's poems give expression to the ideas of birth, death, war and spiritual longings.
Jerry Gerber
June 26, 2000
San Francisco
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