Hi Chris, we met in NYC once back like 15 or so years ago, hope you’ve been well, am enjoying this track!

Lyrics are from Omar Khyam's poem

“And that inverted Bowl we call The Sky,
Whereunder crawling coop't we live and die,
Lift not thy hands to it for help -- for It
Rolls impotently on as Thou or I.”

― Omar Khayyám, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Unknown album (5/23/2014 12:10:27 PM)

The Inverted Bowl for Soprano and Piano Music by Chris Sahar

SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
Gregory Beller, Musikinformatik Ircam
Maxime Le Saux, Klangregie Ircam
Ensemble musikFabrik
Marcus Creed, Dirigent

Registre des lumières (2013) Chapitre 3

Written for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Memex (2014), for symphonic orchestra

Track 5 from the album "Safety In Numbers"

Future

Mostly-meditative percussion-ensemble piece for 8 players performed by members of Talujon (http://www.talujon.com/) and Queens College students on 10/22/13 in Lefrak Concert Hall, Queens College. Inspired by an Art Ensemble of Chicago track called "Ancestral Meditation" and by Edgard Varèse's "Ionisation".

Peace of Mind (2013) for percussion ensemble | Queens College Percussion Ensemble

Sequenza IV (1966) - Luciano Berio (live performance recording)

Lullaby (2012) - Leah Asher

Fugue in f-sharp minor, WTC Book II - J.S. Bach

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La Catedral was written by Agustin Barrios Mangore

Agustín Pío Barrios was born in southern Paraguay on 5 May 1885, and died on 7 August 1944, in San Salvador, El Salvador. To many, Barrios was the greatest of all guitarist/composers. In view of this, it is curious that his music lay undiscovered and unappreciated for over three decades after his death. In the mid-1970s comprehensive editions of his music appeared, making it possible for guitarists of a younger generation to study his music, augmenting and complementing more traditional repertoire. The revival began in 1977 with a release by John Williams of an entire recording of music by Barrios, bringing overdue recognition to this forgotten Latin American guitarist. Today Barrios’ music is frequently performed by major concert artists and is appreciated by audiences worldwide.
http://www.naxos.com/person/Agustin_Barrios_Mangore_25968/25968.htm

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La Catedral II Andante religioso

Studio recording: Stan Sisskin - piano
Stravinsky wrote 8 miniature piano pieces – none longer than a minute - for beginner piano players. In each piece the right hand is limited to just 5 notes (Les Cinq Doigts translates as “The Five Fingers”). These variations start with the beginnings of each piece as written by Stravinsky (for #2 I re-structured things a bit), but then I tried to imagine what the pieces might sound like if Stravinsky had not limited himself to just those 5 notes. The only exception is #8, which both starts and ends as written by Stravinsky.

Variations On Stravinsky Les Cinq Doigts - Stan Sisskin on Piano

Composer, pianist and organist. Compose mostly modern classical music. 

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The Inverted Bowl for Soprano and Piano Music by Chris Sahar

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