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32 Cryptograms for Derek Jarman

from Open Veins by Robert Moran

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32 CRYPTOGRAMS FOR DEREK JARMAN was composed in 1994, written at the request of and for Charlie Barber and his Sound Affairs Band, Cardiff, Wales. Moran writes: “When Houston Grand Opera commissioned DESERT OF ROSES, I suggested that the finest director for this work would be Derek Jarman, whose film CARAVAGGIO so impressed me. Sadly through those strange ‘twists of Fate’, this was not to be. When Charlie asked for this new work, Jarman had just appeared at the New York International Film Festival where his film BLUE was being presented, and I felt that a set of ‘cryptograms’ — or, according to the dictionary, messages in code; occult symbols — should somehow determine the structure of the piece. With 1995 being a ‘big’ year for Henry Purcell, I took and stretched the bass line of the Dido’s famous lament, and then built aggregates of pitches over each note. The thickness of each ‘cryptogram’ was determined by the I Ching. Because each short section may be repeated at the discretion of the conductor, the work is open ended.”

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from Open Veins, released June 2, 2021
Sound Affairs Band, conducted by Charlie Barber
Recorded at the Henry Wood Hall, London, on 13 December 1994
Producer: Chris Pope
Recording Engineer: Jonathan Stokes

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Robert Moran Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Robert Moran has traveled many musical paths since 1957 when he began his study of 12-tone music in Vienna with Hans Erich Apostel. He has composed for solo instruments and intimate chamber groups; he has created musical compositions incorporating 100,000 performers, radio and television stations, skyscrapers, and airplanes; and he has collaborated with Phillip Glass to compose opera scores. ... more

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