Prayer for Gaia

Improvisation for organ, cello, flute, clarinet, recorder and sounds of our planet: glacial melt, thunder, ocean wave, and birds.
A small permanent glacier high in the central Colorado Rockies provides the opening backdrop for this premiere performance. It's ice forms shelves that drip into tiny rivulets, eventually joining larger similar riulets that find themselves swallowed by streams, then rivers, and ultimately the Pacific Ocean. The Gregorian Chant Picardy, is presented by the cello soon joined by the Recorder flute. Accompanying the Chant is a lone Tinamou bird (Crupturellus soui) one of the most ancient birds on earth, archaeologically found in Central and South America, where they still live. They are secretive and shy, and live a quiet, peaceful life. But soon the organ crescendo brings on a passing thunderstorm, and settling back to the Pacific's waves and birds at La Jolla.

This premier performance is available on CD at www.firstumusic.com/cd and CDBaby.com

Category:

Music

Tags:

• pipe
• organ
• first
• unitarian
• choir
• gaia

[choralanthem]

Wonderful - gorgeous. It's a shame that during this very beautiful piece some of the choir members had to sit chatting with each other.