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Sir John Tavener.(Sir John Tavener: Fall and Resurrection)(Video recording review)
Sir John Tavener. Fall and Resurrection. DVD. City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers, St. Paul's Cathedral Choir / Richard Hickox. Recorded live at St. Paul's Cathedral, London on 4 January 2000. With Patricia Rozario, Michael Chance, Martyn Hill, Stephen Richardson, Adrian Peacock. Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex: Opus Arte, 2005. OA 0841 D. $26.99.
John Tavener's Fall and Resurrection attempts to, in the composer's words, "... encompass, in brief glimpses, the events which have taken place since the beginning of time, and before time." These glimpses take us from chaos, representing the beginning of time, to the rise and fall of Adam and Eve, through the incarnation, death, and resurrection of Christ in a work approximately seventy minutes in duration. The work is based upon the Byzantine chant "Som Rsatqom rot" (Thy Cross we adore). Although most occurrences of this melody lie well within a thick musical texture, one can occasionally hear variations of it played by the kaval (a ney flute with origins in ancient Egypt) and in other voices or instruments in some of the less complex moments.
The Saint Paul's Cathedral setting provides a grand acoustical canvas for this recording. The program notes state that this work should always be performed in a large, acoustically live space to best display some of the more unusual instruments such as the kaval flute, a ram's horn that plays a fanfare announcing the arrival of the Logos or Christ, and Tibetan temple bowls. In addition, the video producers use every corner of the building to set various visual moods. Colored lighting, in addition to creative camera angles throughout the cathedral (including straight down from the highest ceiling) adds to the mysterious nature of the work.
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