Revelations - Hermesensemble | Vlaams Radiokoor | Lore Binon | M - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

A piece for soprano solo, five part women’s choir, ensemble and electronics. A unique collaboration between Hermes ensemble, Vlaams Radiokoor and Muziektheater Transparant. A translation of the visions of Hadewych and Rumi to modern utopias.

Revelations is the third collaboration between Wim Henderickx and HERMESensemble to be captured on CD. The composer and the musicians of the Antwerp-based collective for contemporary music have been engaged in a prolonged voyage of musical exploration ever since 2006. Improvisation and experimentation, with Henderickx himself regularly standing in on percussion, have inspired and formed the basis of various new compositions.

The basic elements of the musical theatre work are made up of a Missa Brevis solo soprano, five part women’s choir, instrumental trio and electronics. The mass is the result of a search for a harmonic merging of acoustic sounds with a carpet of electronic sounds developed with Jorrit Tamminga. Henderickx retains only the titles and core notion of the Catholic ordinary – Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus (no Benedictus), the Agnus Dei and an added Halleluja – and in his score significantly places them between quotation marks. In addition to the passages from the mass, quotations from Hadewych furnished the inspiration for each part of Revelations and it is these phrases that also hold the keys to a better appreciation of the work.

Tracklist

1. Introduction (04:28)
2. Cycle 1 I. Kyrie (03:02)
3. Cycle 1 Ii. Prayer (01:36)
4. Cycle 1 Iii. Meditation On Suffering (03:25)
5. Cycle 1 Iv. Introspection (02:32)
6. Cycle 2 I. Gloria (02:42)
7. Cycle 2 Ii. Prayer (02:29)
8. Cycle 2 Iii. Meditation On Compassion (02:10)
9. Cycle 2 Iv. Introspection (02:25)
10. Cycle 3 I. Sanctus (03:10)
11. Cycle 3 Ii. Prayer (01:04)
12. Cycle 3 Iii. Meditation On Faith (02:14)
13. Cycle 3 Iv. Introspection (02:53)
14. Cycle 3 V. Ecstacy (02:01)
15. Interlude (05:36)
16. Cycle 4 I. Introduction (02:23)
17. Cycle 4 Ii. Prayer (02:16)
18. Cycle 4 Iii. Agnus Dei (04:04)
19. Cycle 4 Iv. Meditation On Silence (01:50)
20. Cycle 4 V. Ecstacy (02:01)
21. Cycle 5 I. Alleluia (02:38)
22. Cycle 5 Ii. Prayer (01:28)
23. Cycle 5 Iii. Meditation On Time and Space (01:31)
24. Cycle 5 Iv. Ecstacy (02:02)
25. Resonance (Epilogue) (06:47)

Label: Antarctica | Origin: Holland

📌 Works By Wim Henderickx