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This is a recording of the premiere performance of Col Tuo Lume, given by EXAUDI, directed by James Weeks, at "Exposure2014", at the Bishopsgate Institute, London, in October 2014.

Col Tuo Lume means ‘with your light’ in Italian. The sung text is from the first canto of Dante’s Paradiso. The words describe Dante’s entrance into the first sphere of heaven and his first encounter with Beatrice, his guide. The preternatural revelations he experiences are related in ecstatic prose. My piece is also searching for a certain ecstasis, a certain revelation. Through its declamations, repetitions and elisions the music is ever-turning, ever-sifting, ever-trying to soar. The madrigals of Monteverdi and Gesualdo were ringing in my ears somewhat as I composed, particularly the suave fourth book of the former (1603) and the eccentric fifth book of the latter (1611). For me, the declamatory nature of this music often takes on a rather ritualistic atmosphere. It’s something I feel very close to.

The Italian text set to music is taken from the first canto of the Paradiso, the third part of La Divina Commedia by Medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri (c. 1265-1321). 

More info on the piece here: garrettsholdice.ie/col-tuo-lume

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Col Tuo Lume (2014)

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