salomé
music:
Epilogue - Salome
(Charlie Barber)
trailer for Autumn 2009 tour
"Inspired by traditional Arabic percussion ensembles, Barber uses a vast range of instruments, including the metal-frames Egyptian sistrum and the African Djembe drum...complex rhythmic pulses combine with Psalm settings, sung in Hebrew and Latin, to create an evocative soundscape." The Guardian, November 2009
"Welsh composer Charlie Barber's incredible new score for the 1923 film version of Wilde's Salome continually hammers home the decadence and violence of its theme. The music is often relentless, its interludes of calm steamy and prescient." South Wales Argus, Nov 2009
Track listing:
musicians:
Nick Baron, James Hulme, Alun Hathaway, Dave Danford (percussion)
Rhiannon Llewellyn, Gareth Treseder, Kelvin Thomas, Sianed Jones (voices)
production:
Charlie Barber -
executive producer
James Clarke-
producer & engineer
| 1 | Prologue - Psalm 1 | 7:37 |
| 2 | How Strange the Moon Appears | 3:04 |
| 3 | Bring Forth This Profit | 4:18 |
| 4 | Eyes of Amber | 3:52 |
| 5 | The Red Blasts of Trumpets | 8:37 |
| 6 | The Beating of Vast Wings | 3:32 |
| 7 | Stars Shall Fall Like Ripe Figs | 3:53 |
| 8 | A Garland of Roses Like Fire | 2:43 |
| 9 | Night Garden | 5:13 |
| 10 | A Garden of Myrrh | 5:08 |
| 11 | Epilogue | 7:04 |
Catalogue No: SA1008
Label: Sound Affairs
Release date: 10.10.09
