Revelation of St John the Divine Washington Cathedral Pipe Organ

[SuperVideodave]

oh those Moog and Korg electronics so eightys!!!

[MingnonDunn]

BTW: I like this, the very first time around; I really appreciate King's musical idiom. Thanks for unearthing this jewel.

[MingnonDunn]

Larry King produced a wonderful recording in the 70s called "Angels and Archangels" while at Trinity Wall Street. I play is every Christmas because it epitomizes the spirit of the season. I don't know if it's still available ; if you can grab it.

[brandyspearsca]

This piece was written for and dedicated to my friend, Cherry Rhodes.

[Sesquiltera]

I LOVE IT!

[maestrokyle75]

In hearing this, I hear some material that Larry King uses in his anthem 'And he shall reign as King'. It's a stunning choral piece that should be sung more often.

[larryocca]

Very cool - what an ingenius composition! King certainly creates an experience with this piece. I love it!

[JFSnail]

This is a daring piece of work and it does get better after repeated listens, it also helps to read the text that King is trying to describe, Revelations chap 1 v8, chap 6 v12, chap 21 v4.

Shame its not more widely heard. Thanks for posting!

[silverstartrucker]

Well let me say I like it. But I am not a narrow minded serious music purist like many other people. In fact I love it.

[SuperElBorba]

Interesting, but not my personal cup of tea . .

[a55b47]

You took the words right out of my mouth ;-) The first time I heard this, I said ,"Wha--?" But it's grown on me over the years -- not to the point where I really LIKE it, but to the point I say, like you, "interesting."

[SuperElBorba]

. . and I'm a Purvis student . . You would think I would love this stuff, but I went through the Synth + organ era of the 70's and 80's, and it never caught my fancy .. Purvis would improvise against tapes at Grace on occasion - It was very "Rick Wakeman" but not something I really thought was that avant garde . .

[a55b47]

Addendum, Codeman. Given what I'm seeing in the Related Videos column (45 minutes of Sikh prayers & Full Metal Brotherhood keep popping up), maybe I better call this something else a little less apocalyptic.

[mortondavid]

Doug played this on his recital at the re-dedication of our E.M. Skinner organ in 1996 (St. John's Episcopal Church, Charleston, WV). Contrary to what most people might have anticipated it was received with wild acclaim. One elderly lady said, "I want that played at my funeral"!

[aaround]

I agree with you codeman2008.!!.

[codeman2008]

I like it musically... but in relation to what is behind it, especially from an Episcopal stand point... it makes no sense at all.

[a55b47]

Well, I said it was a tough call, didn't I ? ;-) But King was an Anglican musician, so I guess it had some kind of liturgical underpinning.

[codeman2008]

Yes that you did. haha The Episcopal Church is Anglican so I still don't get what King was getting at!

[a55b47]

Codeman, I think what he was getting at was describing the End of the World -- in 10 minutes & 51 seconds. That's pretty ambitious ;-)

[codeman2008]

I like the sound of it, however he and I must have a very different understanding of Revelations!