Drone mass / Jóhann Jóhannsson ; American Contemporary Music Ensemble & Theatre of Voices ; Paul Hillier.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Jóhann Jóhannsson, 1969-2018, composer, performer.

Contributor:

Hillier, Paul, conductor.

American Contemporary Music Ensemble, instrumentalist.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Theatre of Voices, singer.

Language:

Coptic

English

Subjects (All):

Secular oratorios.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[Berlin] : Deutsche Grammophon, [2022]

Language Note:

Sung in Coptic.

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

audio file

CD audio

Summary:

"Despite its title, Drone Mass is neither a setting of the Mass nor a piece that simply drones"--Insert.

Contents:

One is true

two is apocryphal

Triptych in mass

To fold & remain dormant

Divine objects

The low drone of circulating blood, diminishes with time

Moral vacuums

Take the night air

The mountain view, the majesty of the snow-clad peaks, from a place of contemplation and reflection.

Participant:

Jóhann Jóhannsson, electronics & programming ; Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier, conductor ; American Contemporary Music Ensemble.

Notes:

Title from disc label.

Electroacoustic oratorio for eight voices, string quartet, and electronics.

Recorded 2019 May Garnisonskirken, Copenhagen.

Program notes in English inserted in container.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

OCLC:

1297042360

Publisher Number:

028948374182

483 7418 Deutsche Grammophon

B003490002 Deutsche Grammophon