#3561: Music for Cathedrals, Part 1

Listen to the acoustic and electronic works that make use of cathedral acoustics, or are inspired by the soaring architecture of some of the great old cathedrals on this New Sounds program.  Hear music by Missy Mazzoli, and Victoire from “Cathedral City” – a collection of electroacoustic chamber music works.  There’s music from Jurgen Knieper's original score for the Wim Wenders film, “Wings of Desire,” – the solemn, meditative "Cathedral of Books."  Listen also to music from Briane Keane & Omar Faruk Tekbilek inspired by Hagia Sophia, a former Greek Orthodox patriarchal basilica, which turned into an imperial mosque, and is now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. 

Then hear music from the late William Duckworth and the Cathedral Band, inspired by the building of the great pyramid, the founding of the native American ghost dance religion, and the cathedral at Chartres.  That cathedral also inspired Swiss violinist and composer Paul Giger to record improvisations based on different parts of the cathedral, including the crypt, the labyrinth, and the meeting point between two aisles – the crossing.  Plus, hear a work for solo piano inspired by the cathedral at Frieburg in southwest Germany, along with an arrangement of Debussy’s “Sunken Cathedral” by Jacques Loussier, and more. (Note: This is first of two parts.)

PROGRAM #3561– Inspired by Cathedrals, Part 1 (First aired on 1/31/2014)