John Zorn - E Hermetic Organ Vol. 4 - St. Bartholomew's - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

John Zorn - HERMETIC ORGAN VOLUME 11 - FOR TERRY RILEY / This newest edition of The Hermetic Organ is a beautiful and evocative tribute to one of Zorn's biggest mentors, the pioneer West Coast visionary, Terry Riley. Performed at San Francisco's historic Grace Cathedral during the epic concert series presented by Fred Barnes at the Great American Music Hall in September 2023 for Zorn's 70th birthday, this is one of the most touching and personal of all Zorn's organ recitals. Present in the audience were a large number of the composer's closest and oldest friends, and as a result the music has a deep spiritual edge. Looming over much of this music is the spirit of Terry Riley, one of Zorn's early influences, and one of his dearest friends. Magical!

Office Nr. 11 The Fall of Satan * Spectral Angels * the Revelation of St. John Zorn's organ improvisations are transcendent, inspiring, outrageous and ecstatic experiences, offering a direct line to the workings of his rich compositional imagination. In this performance, recorded live at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in 2013, Zorn creates a shockingly dramatic world of bizarre sonorities, spectral experimentation, hypnotic moods and stirring melodies. From first throbbing moment to last, this third volume documenting Zorn's legendary organ recitals on majestic instruments around the world presents the power of organ music at it's most surprising, extreme and sublime.

John Zorn - The Hermetic Organ [COMPACT DISCS] date 06/19/2012