Jason Eckardt: Tongues, part V: Dithyramb (2001)

Soprano Deborah Kayser recorded live in Melbourne, 2001.

"Dithyramb is an excerpt of a larger work, Tongues, which was inspired in part glossolalia, better known as 'speaking in tongues': an ecstatic outburst of unintelligible vocal sounds that resembles spoken language. The vocal writing in Tongues evokes the volatile grip of possession that is said to hold the human vessels through which the divine or supernatural passes. In six sections that vary in instrumentation and character, the soprano articulates sounds that suggest the transformation from self-awareness to rapture.

"A Dithyramb is an ancient Greek hymn, sung in honor of Dionysus, the god of wine and pleasure. Performances were said to be riotously ecstatic."

-- JE

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Jason Eckardt
• Dithyramb
• Tongues
• Deborah Kayser
• Libra Ensemble
• Mark Knoop
• atonal
• microtonal
• song
• glossolalia
• speaking in tongues
• soprano

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It is kind of scary but cool it kind of sounds like Tip Toe Through The Tulips from Tiny Tim.