Cat No:
NMCD183
Release Date: 26 November 2012
Label: NMC Recordings
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5023363018326
Genres: Classical Contemporary
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Description
DARK MATTER, scored for an ensemble of 19 performers (including soprano, electric guitar and a vast array of percussion) plus live and pre-recorded electronics, sets secret Egyptian texts carved on the walls of sarcophagi in the pyramids of 2400BC - possibly the oldest known religious texts in the world - alongside fragments from Lucretius and other Greek writers on the nature of matter, the stars and other worlds and ending with Samuel Beckett's 'Sounds'.
For the first performance of the work Barrett collaborated with Norwegian artist Per Inge Bjørlo; the site was transformed into multiple architectural/ acoustical spaces. Viewers/listeners were invited to form their own imaginary narrative and to create a pathway through a labyrinth of installations and sound-sources.
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Tracklisting
- 1. The Empire of Lights
- 2. Transmission I
- 3. Khasma
- 4. Transmission II
- 5. De Vita Coelitus Comparanda
- 6. Transmission III
- 7. Ars Magna Lucis Et Umbrae/Transmission IV
- 8. Transmission V
- 9. Katasterismoi
- 10. Sounds
- 11. Transmission VI
Disc 1
Side 1
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Tom Coult: Pieces That Disappear
Martyn Brabbins, Daniel Pioro, Anna Dennis, Andrew Gourlay, Elena Schwarz
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Waley-Cohen: Spell Book
Freya Waley-Cohen, Manchester Collective, Heloise Werner, Katie Bray, Fleur Barron, Tamsin Waley-Co
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Slide Action
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Letting the Light In
Siwan Rhys
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Imogen Holst: Discovering Imogen
BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Singers, Alice Farnham
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arcing, stilling, bending, gathering
Lisa Illean, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, GBSR Duo, Juliet Fraser, Explore Ensemble
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Visions and Journeys
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Andrew Davis
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Michael Zev Gordon: The Impermanence of Things
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, London Sinfonietta, Ryan Wigglesworth, Huw Wa
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Richard Barrett - Negatives
Elision
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