James Dillon - helle Nacht (1986-87) for large orchestra

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helle Nacht (1986-87) for large orchestra
Composer: James Dillon (b. 1950)
Performers: BBC Symphony Orchestra, dir. Arturo Tamayo
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"helle Nacht is the second work of a ‘German Triptych’. The starting point for the triptych was a combined interest in German mystical writing, in particular a lineage that runs from the XIth Century Jacob Boehme through to Rainer Maria Rilke and which encompasses a theme of illumination as the emanation of darkness with the pantheistic urges of the Tondichtung.
The title helle Nacht derives from Hölderlin’s translation of Sophocles ‘Antigone’ at the moment of Antigone’s burial alive. The work depicts a moment of searing darkness which in its intensity becomes unbearably bright. Formally this involves the construction of large morphological fields based on low fundamental tones - principally a frequency of 21.5 Hz and its partials, sets of ‘spectral’ information - somewhat protean in shape, the work is an ever-changing state of evolution. These large morphological fields are constructed from the continuous enfolding of subdivided ‘spectral’ classes, who’s proportions at a macro level down to the determination of phrase structure are derived from spectral data.
The work is dedicated to Harry Halbreich and Elizabeth Buzzard."
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@robertgross2519 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic piece!

@porcinet1968 10 ай бұрын

i remember trying to order this on CD years and years ago after seeing some of his chamber works in concert and it was deleted thank you for doing this and with his typically beautifully written score as well!