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Erik Johnson, Andrea Morrell (both - percussion), Joseph Goodrich (keyboards), Kevin Hanson (guitars), Charlie Barber + Band, Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Alan Harler (director), Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia

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Robert Moran (b. 1937) writes beautiful, consonant, melodic music that ... at its best combines graceful surfaces with intimations of emotional depth.

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The title of the title work comes from the name given to a Pennsylvania quilt pattern, circa 1865, that reminded the composer of the multi-tracked quartet design (thick layers, repeated patterns, etc.) for this charming percussion piece, featuring a variety of African, Isreali and Moroccan drums. Premiered in 1990, the Requiem: Swan Song is an inspired piece for four choruses and four chamber orchestras dispersed throughout a cathedral. The text is based on the last words of Mozart as recorded by his wfe and sister ("I compose this Requiem for my self...I can smell death...And now I must leave my art behind"). The rhythmic units of the words closely match those of the instrumental parts -- for example, short words occur with pizzicato string notes, choral swells with complementary brass and string sustains. Moran views the work as a "gigantic sound-tapestry...the sounds of some unearthly musical ping-pong game," no doubt an image that would have delighted Mozart who loved dice and billiards and created compositional methods using them. 32 Cryptograms for Derek Jarman is a delightful, highly rhythmic work from 1995, painted in bright timbres for chamber orchestra. Borrowing the bass line of a well-known aria from Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Moran builds cryptograms from pitch aggregates pitches, consulting the I-Ching (John Cage's well-known procedure) to determine the "sound-thickness." Dynamics and repetitions may be altered by performers and conductor. Derek Jarman was the brilliant British filmmaker who was once chosen by Moran to direct his opera Desert of Roses .

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If you liked Moran's Seven Sounds Unseen (for chorus) from Musica Sacra - Of Eternal Light (1993), you might be interested in his Requiem "Chant du Cygne". Marvelous work! I just had to contribute to the ongoing new music fest this week!

Track List:

1. Rocky Road To Kansas 34:03

2. 32 Cryptograms for Derek Jarman 9:00

3. Requiem: Chant du cygne - Part I 7:45

4. Requiem: Chant du cygne - Part II 7:08

5. Requiem: Chant du cygne - Part III 7:06

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Musica Sacra - Of Eternal Light (1993)

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