Wo bist du Licht!
(1981)Hölderlin; Claude Vivier; historical recordings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and from Robert Kennedy's assassination (G-imaginary language-E)
perc:BD/Balinese gong/Chinese gong/tam-t/t.bells/brake drums-strings(6.5.4.3.2)-tape
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Boosey & Hawkes (Hendon Music)
A meditation on human suffering, this piece is intended as one long continuous melody. The music can be perceived from three different aspects: formal, melodic, or textual.
— Claude Vivier
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"...themes of conflict, disaster and hope, all framed by Vivier’s imaginative West-meets-East musical style and drawing on gamelan and Balinese influences in the instrumentation."
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L'Ensemble de la SMCQ / Walter Boudreau
ATMA ACD 2 2252
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