Work
Within a 'Prayer at Lamplighting' : for amplified piano and digital delay
by Constantine Koukias (2003)
CD
Chinese whispers : and other contemporary dance music / Gabriella Smart, piano
Library shelf no. CD 3233 [Not for loan]
Score
Within a 'Prayer at Lamplighting' : for amplified piano and digital delay / Constantine Koukias.
Library shelf no. 786.2/KOU 7 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
Within a 'Prayer at
Lamplighting' features one of the
most celebrated Easter Mass Chants from the Byzantine period:
'Christ has risen from the Dead,
trampling down death by death, and upon
those in the tombs, bestowing life'.
This chant is sung during the
ceremony of the lighting of the Paschal Candle, which is
conducted either on Easter Eve or immediately preceding the
Easter Eucharist. The piece is centred on
this intensely symbolic period where the spreading of the light
from the Paschal candle throughout the congregation represents
the resurrection of Christ and the Easter message of death
conquered.
Work Details
Year: 2003
Instrumentation: Amplified piano, digital delay.
Duration: 8 min.
Commission note: Commissioned by Gabriella Smart with funds provided by Australia Council.
First performance: by Gabriella Smart — Mar 03. 10 Days on the Island Festival, Tasmania
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Easter Music
Performances of this work
31 Aug 2009: at Night of Chinese Art, Food, Music & Dance (Moorilla Estate). Featuring Gabriella Smart.
30 Aug 2009: at Night of Chinese Art, Food, Music & Dance (Moorilla Estate). Featuring Gabriella Smart.
Mar 03: 10 Days on the Island Festival, Tasmania. Featuring Gabriella Smart.
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