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Zabur

Title
Zabur / Mohammed Fairouz ; libretto by Najla Said ; Dann Coakwell, tenor ; Michael Kelly, baritone ; Indianapolis Children's Choir ; Indianapolis Symphonic Choir ; Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra ; Eric Stark.
Author
Fairouz, Mohammed
Publication
  • [Franklin Tennessee] : Naxos, [2016]
  • ℗2016, ©2016
Supplementary Content
The sung texts and translations can be found inside the booklet and online at

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Additional Authors
  • Said, Najla
  • Coakwell, Dann
  • Kelly, Michael (Baritone)
  • Stark, Eric
  • Indianapolis Children's Choir, singer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng
  • Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, singer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng
  • Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Description
1 audio disc (55 min., 43 sec.); 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
"Hailed by The New York Times as 'an important new artistic voice' and by Gramophone as 'a post-millennial Schubert, ' Mohammed Fairouz is one of the most significant composers of vocal music of our time. His oratorio Zabur (Arabic for 'psalms') is a kind of war requiem documenting a conflict's effects on human beings, most notably children. Though cast in a contemporary setting, in a city under siege, Fairouz evokes a timeless world, acknowledging tragedy while asserting an eternal, luminous hope that transcends the disastrous present."--Container.
Series Statement
American Classics
Uniform Title
American classics (Naxos (Sound recording label))
Subjects
Genre/Form
Requiems.
Note
  • Title from disc label.
  • "Commissioned by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir"--Container.
  • Program and biographical notes inserted in container.
  • Duration: 55 min., 43 sec.
Credits (note)
  • Executive director and producer, Michael Pettry ; artistic director, Eric Stark ; engineer, Douglass Dillon ; editors, Erick Stark and Michael Davis ; booklet notes, Mohammed Fairouz.
Language (note)
  • Lyrics in English and Arabic.
Contents
Part I. Prophecy (4:03) -- There is no power here (4:21) -- There is an occasional crackle far away (4:30) -- And so now what seemed so urgent before (3:40) -- The Lord scoffs at them (3:09) -- Serve the Lord with fear (3:02) -- Part II. Your candle is almost out (3:14) -- I tried to get the children to play, but they won't (4:02) -- We should all- especially the children here (5:33) -- Can we tell them we are hungry? (3:07) -- Yes, children, this is the power of art (1:50) -- This is inspiring! (1:01) -- Destruction of the Shelter (3:48) -- Hear my prayer, O Lord (3:01) -- The Lord looked down (2:37) -- In the beginning you laid the foundations (4:44).
LCCN
  • 00636943980323
  • 636943980323
OCLC
  • ocn960305965
  • 960305965
  • SCSB-13651322
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries