SFCCO & SCSF performs Music for Humans

Music for Humans by Michael Cooke makes use of extended vocal sounds instead of the traditional chorus sing text. Based on ideas Michael has for a choral symphony, the chorus is asked to make sounds humans can make but choirs are rarely asked to. Clapping, snapping and clicking of the tongues are some of the extra sounds the chorus is asked to make. Since there is no text instead of the traditional Ooos and Aaahs, Michael has used the rich sounds of the Chinese Phonetic alphabet, Zhuyin Fuhao or BaPaMaFa. Not only are the sounds the choir makes in Music for Humans unusual, but so is the way the choir is used. Instead of being a soloist, they are used as just another set of instruments like they way he used 4 vocalist in his first symphony. As for the sound of work, one can hear hints of Witold Lutoslawski, Paul Hindemith, and Meredith Monk. Michael also makes use of techniques made famous by Giacinto Scelsi, where he improvises sections then transcribes them into notation for the orchestra to replay. Over all the work maybe a meditation of the human mind, with points of calm clarity, beauty and intense confusion that is how we humans live our lives everyday.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• classical
• symphony
• orchestra
• new
• music
• chorus
• choir
• modern
• chamber
• composer
• composition
• chinese
• Cooke
• San
• Francisco

[chew23]

what kind of music is this??

[SFCCO]

21St Century Classical. Reminiscent of the music of Witold Lutoslawski, Paul Hindemith, and Meredith Monk with a hint of multi-cultural influence.

[cgambaho]

what choir is this?

[SFCCO]

SCSF or  Schola Cantorum San Francisco

[vibe66]

that's great.thanks for post it.

anything about giacinto scelsi?

[SFCCO]

Only thing about Scelsi with this work is that some of the parts were written using techniques he used.

[abimaelcampos]

Um espetáculo!!!!

Meus parabens.

De um ouvinte Brasileiro : Abimael Campos

[answerplz3000]

beautiful piece of music, the recording is of a very high standard aswell.

fantastic work

[Quelianit]

this composer ir great!! all people should lisen to music contemporan.

[ctimur]

Pretty good.

[hardyasian]

Using chinese Zhuyin Fuhao-- chinese culture, music, sound. Unique. Thanks.

[sbuffoni]

very very good. favourited!!!