#1977: Program #1977

New Sounds | May 24, 2010
Inventive settings from Biblical and other sacred texts are featured on this New Sounds program. Hear a psalm setting by Arvo Part, “De Profundis,” for organ and male voices in addition to a cross-cultural rendering of Psalm 19 by Robin Williamson for Middle-Eastern instrumentation. There’s also a selection from from John Adams’ opera/music theatre piece "El Nino," a retelling and extension of the traditional nativity story, which draws text from the book of Isaiah. Rounding out the show is a setting of the Kaddish, the traditional Jewish prayer for the dead, and an excerpt from Terry Riley's string quartet work "Requiem for Adam."

PROGRAM #1977, music on sacred texts (First aired on 9/25/01)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Bäckström/Hedin/ Knutsson

Triptyk

Psalm 199, excerpt

Atrium #22197 Swedish import. Atrium@warner-music.se www.warner-music.se , or fax 46-8-752-2616

John Adams

El Niño

In the Day of the Great Slaughter [4:00]

Nonesuch #79634** www.nonesuch.com
or available for purchase at Amazon.com*

Arvo Part

Arbos

De Profundis [7:00]

ECM 1325
www.ecmrecords.com OR or available for purchase at Amazon.com*

Towering Inferno

Kaddish

The Rose [3:30] Kaddish [3:00]

Island #162 531 034**
Available for purchase at Amazon.com*

Wally Brill

The Covenant

Secret of the Sabbath [6:00]

Six Degrees/Island #314 524 422** www.sixdegreesrecords.com OR Amazon.com*

Robin Williamson

Carmina

Caeli enarrant gloriam Dei [6:30]

Pig's Whisker #5023. Pig's Whisker #5023. www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~uniqgrav/
uniqgrav@globalnet.co.uk;
Pig's Whisker, PO Box 114, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S40 3YU

David Hykes & The Harmonic Choir

Harmonic Meetings

Hallelujah [7:00]

Celestial Harmonies #13013/14** www.harmonies.com

Kronos Quartet

Terry Riley: Requiem For Adam

Ascending The Heaven Ladder, excerpt [4:00]

Nonesuch #79639**. www.nonesuch.com Or Amazon.com*

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