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22 tracks | 101 minutes
Released Feb 2007
on Eventide Music Productions
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A folkloric ballet in seven parts, telling ancient stories of mythic dualism from the Balkans, the Middle East, and India. A blend of traditional, folkloric music and orchestral compositions.
Bio / Background
The Flame and the Shadow was conceived as a large-scale interplay between music and dance, which tells several stories, and utilizes many legends drawn from mythologies ranging from the Baltic and Slavic regions to the Balkans and Crete, from Turkey to Arabia, and from Persia to India. The common thread linking them is the concept of dualism and opposites (hence, the title of the work), and how these are both opposed and complementary. It is similar to the Taoist belief in Yin and Yang, except here expressed in European, Middle Eastern, and Indian mythological contexts.
It is a folkloric ballet. The central musical themes are expressed in full orchestral arrangements, and these themes reappear in different forms throughout the work as it progresses.
A 2-CD set, featuring amazing guest artists such as Ross Daly, members of Kitka, Shira Kammen, Bon Singer, and George Chittenden, this is a new concept in world music.
↓ more ↓A live show (with this recording as the soundtrack) has been recently performed to enthusiastic audiences in Hollywood and San Francisco, interpreted by a series of acclaimed solo dancers and troupes, with backgrounds in folkloric dance, tribal belly dance, ballet, experimental, and modern dance styles.
“Tim Rayborn, renowned world musician from the Bay Area, […] has truly accomplished something not often attempted by any artist or any musician - he has composed an epic piece of world symphonic art.
“The Flame and the Shadow is more than Mr. Rayborn's world Ring cycle, it is the soundtrack of history, capturing lost sounds and memories locked in the past and our dreams.”
Zaghareet magazine
"The Flame And The Shadow, master musician Tim Rayborn's latest musical offering, is nothing short of spectacular."
Gilded Serpent
For more information, visit:
www.timrayborn.com/flameandshadow.html
www.myspace.com/theflameandtheshadow
Photos from the live performances:
San Francisco:
http://taboomedia.smugmug.com/gallery/2436821#127785863
http://gallery.schappellphotographics.com/p989857882
Hollywood:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trayborn/sets/72157594520190918/
↑ less ↑Average Customer Review: 3
good for easy listeningvictoriakravets wrote on December 20, 2007
Ifrit is the best track in my opinion
Ifrit is beautifulmoonray wrote on February 22, 2008
Each track in this album is actually distinctive. If they share anything, it's a certain dramatic finality, like the finish to a grand saga. It's also got a kind of restlessness to it. Of these pieces of music, the track Ifrit is extremely pretty. There's also a beautiful choreography to this song by bellydancer, Blanca, produced by World Dance New York. It's the choreography that made me look for the song -- and I now love both equally.







